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Atal Bihari Vajpayee addresses party workers at a meeting held as part of the Bharatiya Janata Party's National Executive session in Mumbai on June 23.-

The man behind the image

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Bharatiya Janata Party's mask of moderation so far, has in fact been an unwavering adherent of the Sangh Parivar's credo and

Disclosure and candour

White House Tapes: Eavesdropping on the President (a book-and-CD set) edited by John Prados; The New Press; pages 331, 34.95.

Lessons from history

For the UPA to succeed in office, good governance must be coupled with an ideological onslaught on Hindutva.

War on Iraq: an international crime

THE United States' attack on Iraq in 2003, along with Britain and a few other accomplices, was a war of aggression; conceived in malice and executed i

Discipline and decision-making

NOBODY in or outside the government talks about the National Security Council or the National Security Advisory Board. The Council was set up with muc

The March 9 launch of Pakistan's intermediate-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile Shaheen II, which is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead deep into India.-AFP

The nuclear equation

SOONER or later India and Pakistan will have to come to an understanding on the fundamentals of a relationship, which assures security for both. Conve

Bank employees protesting against the Supreme Court's verdict on workers' right to strike, in Shimoga, Karnataka. A file picture.-

The Supreme Court and labour

The Right to Strike by K.D. Ewing; Oxford University Press; pages 182, 60. Exploitative Contracts by Rick Bigwood; Oxford University Press; pages 354,

Iraq's revolt in 1920

The parallel between the British occupation of Iraq in 1920 and the United States' occupation of the country now is startling.

Benazir in Swiss courts

The conviction of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and her husband Asif Ali Zardari by Swiss courts in cases related to money laundering

Hindutva and history

Somanatha: The Many Voices of a History by Romila Thapar; Viking; pages 260, Rs.375.

President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the unveiling of the portrait of V.D. Savarkar on February 26, 2003, at Parliament House. Also in the picture are Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar Joshi.-AP

Hindutva, not Hinduism

Although Advani tries to increase the level of his acceptability as a national leader by defining Hindutva as a way of life, the difference between Hi

Journalists and power

IN India, interest in issues of freedom of the press waxes and wanes. Reassuring outburst of outrage at gross violations are followed by indifference