The Indian Express -- Expressions

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Monday, October 20 1997

Letters to the Editor

An inevitable end

The tragicomic end of the BJP-BSP government in UP will evoke no sympathy for either of the two allies. The writing on the wall was clear to everyone except a few day-dreamers in the Hindutva brigade who saw a tie-up with the BSP in UP as a stepping stone to Raisina Hill.

As women vanish in statistics

The UN Office has asked India to explain why 48 million women are missing which it claims is due to "women's lower status in Indian society". Part of these "missing" numbers are explained by the practice of female foeticide, asserts the UN.

Governance by arrangement -- Curse of the weak state

Through centuries of our recorded history, we have displayed a tendency to shy away from the tougher, less pleasant aspects of governance amd we have paid for it. Not even a magic realist of Rushdie's talent could sustain the theme of Inder Kumar Gujral as the new Mahathir Mohammed over a thousand words.

An inevitable end

America calling Respond in kind to the new goodwill

The right to annoy

Governance by arrangement -- Curse of the weak state

As women vanish in statistics