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	The constitution-framers India forgot

What has India achieved in 60 years?
We need to evaluate our progress.

Who chose Amitabh Bachchan's name?
Test your knowledge.

'For 60 years, we prayed for our family's reunion'
How Partition seared the Tandon family.

Bapu's soul lives on
At his first ashram in India.

The English connection
How the lure of Hindi films is cast wider.

'Reforms will create millionaires'
Finance minister Chidambaram lauds India's success story



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With 1,55,618 post offices and over 5,66,000 employees, India has the world's largest postal network. The first official airmail flight also took place right here in India in 1911.

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		'I love my country' An engineering student from the minority community shares his dreams for India.



		Five decisions that changed India Building a modern democratic state involved a large number of wise decisions.



		A 60 year partition of minds The meaning of freedom: A debate


How is India really changing
•		The soldier who became a legend

•		New India belongs to them

•		The Daughters of Bihar

•		Handicapped by life, he provides hope


	From Elswhere • India: 60 years in pictures • A video tribute to India's economic history