Chandra Shekhar is a rare phenomenon in Indian politics. A man of transparent sincerity, honesty, courage and commitment in these cynical times when self-aggrandizement has become the rule in our public life. Now he has become a unique phenomenon. No other Indian, not even a Jain monk, has ever walked … Read More
LE MONDE, Paris, has carried a sensational report to the effect that France has agreed to lease five Exocet-armed super Etendard jets to Iraq. If this report is accurate which there is no reason to doubt, this is the first time that France has taken such a dramatic step in … Read More
So Mrs. Gandhi has turned out to be a Hindu communalist. What doubt can there be when not only the self-appointed guardians of Islam such as Col. Gaddafy but also one of the arch-priests of secularism, the secretary-general of the Communist Party of India, Mr. C Rajeswara Rao, says so? … Read More
No words are too strong to condemn the orgy of violence, loot and arson in certain parts of Srinagar on Tuesday. The National Conference leaders cannot avoid their share of responsibility for it. They, of course, did not incite their so-called supporters to attack localities where by and large the … Read More
It does not look as if it is a mere accident that Mr. Swaraj Paul should have been the first businessman of ‘“Indian origin” to have decided to invest in this country in a big way and that he should have sought to acquire in one go more shares in … Read More
While it is premature to speculate on future developments in Jammu and Kashmir, it is too late in the day to bemoan the bitter electoral battle between the Congress(I) and the National Conference. The battle is a fact. It has taken place. It has produced certain consequences which can be … Read More
THE election to the vidhan sabha in Jammu and Kashmir has been far from peaceful and in that sense not quite free and fair. Even so the results should by and large be accepted as reflecting the popular will. By any reckoning, it has been a momentous election. It is … Read More
As agency messages relating to Mr Seymour Hersh’s charge against Mr Morarji Desai came in on Thursday, our reaction was one of stunned disbelief. Everything we have known about Mr. Desai led to the inescapable conclusion that he could not be guilty of such a heinous crime – his long … Read More
