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March 29, 2003



It is Pax Americana, stupid!
'Forget the present war as being one to force tyrant Saddam into history. Forget democratisation of Iraq. It's the new 21st century colonialism of Stars and Stripes.'




March 21, 2003



Remembering and forgetting
'In openly opposing the US action on Iraq,India too has become guilty of forgetting remembrance diplomacy.'




March 15, 2003



Hitler, Vatican and Gandhi
'It was neither Jinnah nor Savarkar who introduced religion into all India politics. Rather, it was Mahatma Gandhi.'




March 6, 2003



A saint vs a patriot
'Why didn't the prosecution under Nehru's Congress government appeal against Savarkar's acquittal in the Gandhi murder case? The answer is in the silence.'




March 1, 2003



The caste quicksand
'The allegedly liberal and intellectual Hindus say they abhor the caste tag but practise it nevertheless in daily living excepting when circumstances just don't permit it.'




February 13, 2003



We need a CEC, not a CEO
'Even the black eye given by the Gujarat voter hasn't compelled J M Lyngdoh to turn a new leaf. He remains opinionated and overbearing.'




February 5, 2003



Why isn't the media accountable?
'The media demands foolproof accountability from every institution in our land. Why then doesn't it demand the same from itself?'




January 31, 2003



All for some sound bytes
'The Jethmalani Committee must tell the Mufti that simply going to Mumbai to woo industrialists to invest in his state is not going to work.'




January 17, 2003



The judicial jigsaw
'In respect of removal from office through impeachment, a Supreme Court judge is not only at par with the President of India but even higher.'




December 31, 2002



Where is the Mufti heading?
'Mufti Mohammed Sayeed says nothing can deter him from his 'healing touch' policy. Can people who constantly fear acts of terror ever be 'healed' by any potion at all until terror itself is killed at the roots?'




December 24, 2002



Still banking on hope
'Yes, there is hope still for communal amity if only the 'secularists' will desist spreading their patented poison of 50 years and instead provide the antidote.'




December 17, 2002



A Muslim scholar's bombshell
'Indeed the essence of Dr Zakaria's prescription lies in what he says Sardar Patel told him in a personal meting on May 19, 1950: 'The goodwill of the majority was the best safeguard for a minority.'




December 10, 2002



Queer silence on the Bofors boom
'Why despite the severity of the judicial indictment of the Bofors deal, did our newspapers and web users hardly take any notice of it? Was it because Bofors has become such a dragging bore over the years?'




November 26, 2002



Our elite's fetish for human rights
'Of what kind is this milk of human kindness in India that expects its policemen to somehow get rid of terrorism without waving even a fly swatter?'

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