|
|
 |
|
|
 |
| Prince of smoothness |
| The Saudi ambassador to the US has Washington’s dream job |
| This week brought confirmation of something which diplomats and foreign correspondents in Washington have long suspected: that there is the job of an ambassador to the United States of America, which is the dream of every diplomat. ... |
Read.. |
|
| |
|
|
| The son rises |
|
Sir — A father reviling his son as a nalayak because he feels the latter is becoming a littl ... |
Read..
|
|
| |
| Rice in the cooker |
|
Sir — Condoleezza Rice’s much-awaited testimony was an anticlimax, especially after the tension bui ... |
Read..
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
 |
| MAOIST MYTHS |
| A spectre is haunting many parts of India in these times of the elections — the spectre of Maoism. It is no coincidence, thou...| Read.. |
|
| |
| KEEP SITTING |
| Patriotism often takes the form of puerile touchiness in India. Some of it is comic, but most of it is an unfunny waste of pu...| Read.. |
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
| Of lines and places |
|
Objects of art and monuments are significant to us for a variety of reasons. Some, like the Taj Mahal, are of aesthetic and h... | Read.. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| No rose revolution |
| The Uzbek state had it coming. Since its independence on September 1, 1991, Islamic extremism — which came northwards across the Amu Darya with young Soviet and Muslim recruit... |
Read.. |
|
| |
| A return to nowhere |
| Prison conditions are extremely poor and the Amnesty International has stated that torture occurs regularly, particularly at police stations and military camps. The United Nat... |
Read.. |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
To disarm the strong and arm the weak would be to change the social order which it’s my job to preserve. Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned. — ANATAOLE FRANCE
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
