Paved with good intentions

The schizophrenia that marked the economic policy pronouncements of the United Front Government seems to be dramatically evident in the draft Ninth Fi

Justice vs Jain

The M. C. Jain Commission came perilously close to wrecking the Rajiv Gandhi assassination trial.

A common enterprise

The high command of the BJP, the RSS, and the VHP, who in fact overlap to a significant degree, engage in a direct coordination of rituals, agitation

Justice Jain's sweeping censure

Justice Jain's censure of "the Tamils in Tamil Nadu" for "the deep nexus" they had with the LTTE is nothing short of group libel on communities.

The BJP and the Bommai case

The party can at any moment fall foul of the Supreme Court ruling that "secularism is one of the basic features of the Constitution" and a State Gover

The rupee begins to slip

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Medievalism in practice and theory

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