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Nehru and the cold wars

JAWAHARLAL Nehru strode across the land like a colossus. Little or nothing escaped his interest. His greatness is judged not by self-serving apologist

Secrets of the Cold War

WHAT is one to say of able chefs who prepare a feast but mar it with dishes that do not belong to the occasion, omitting others that one would expect

On the right to strike

International and European Protection of the Right to Strike by Tonia Novitz; Oxford University Press; pages 419, 70.

Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani.-VINO JOHN

HOW ADVANI WENT SCOT-FREE

The Rae Bareli court judgment in the Ayodhya case discharging Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani is against the weight of the entire evidence and viola

Taliban militiamen posted at the Afghan Red Crescent Society survey the damage to a building hit by U.S. missiles in Kandahar, November 1, 2001, on the 26th day of the U.S.-led air campaign in Afghanistan.-BANARAS KHAN/AFP

The demise of U.S. diplomacy

Al Qaeda: Casting A Shadow of Terror by Jason Burke; I.B. Tauris, distributors Rupa & Co.; pages 292; 12.95.

The truth about Kargil

WHY do Indians and Pakistanis find it so difficult to face the truths about their past and their present misdoings? The battles in Siachen (1984) and

At Chandni Chowk, in Delhi.-BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

India's architectural heritage

Delhi: The Emperor's City by Vijay Goel; Roli Books; pages 176, Rs.850.

The mystique of Swiss banks

Taunted for shielding "dirty money", Switzerland enforces a series of rules and designates regulatory bodies to stamp out money-laundering and abuse o

Jawaharlal Nehru and Mohammad Ali Jinnah.-THE HINDU PHOTO LIBRARY

The house that Jinnah built

Jinnah Papers: Pakistan - Struggling for Survival, 1 January - 30 September 1948, Editor-in-Chief Z.H. Zaidi; Qauid-i-Azam Papers Project, Government

Muslims in the forces

Khaki and the Ethnic Violence in India: Army, Police and Paramilitary Forces during communal riots by Omar Khalidi; Three Essays Collective, New Delhi

A legitimate right

The recent judgment of the Supreme Court in the "right to strike" case is against the spirit of the times and modern trends in the law, including Indi

Mumbai's heritage

Through the Looking Glass: The Grade I Heritage of Mumbai by Abha Narain Lambah; Urban Design Research Institute & Jasubhai Media, Navi Mumbai; pages