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Saturday, November 08 1997

Letters to the Editor

Justice at last

The acquittal of former Union Minister Kalpnath Rai in the TADA case against him does the judicial system proud. This is because his conviction by the TADA court, which first heard the case, did not appear very convincing. What's worse, the punishment awarded to him -- 10 years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10 lakh — appeared unduly harsh.

The strong gets stronger

If the business world was looking for positive signs that public sector banks are overcoming psychological obstacles to credit disbursements, it would have found the annual meeting between the Finance Minister and bank chiefs somewhat depressing. Try as the Reserve Bank Governor might to pump more funds into the system, force interest rates down and thus compel banks to take to the market with more aggressive credit policies, many still seem reluctant to get their feet wet.

Leader, amend thy mind

There are seven deadly sins to which the Indian body politic is heir. Taken collectively, they negate the basic premise of democracy the fundamental right of a people to govern themselves through their duly elected representatives.

Justice at last

The strong gets stronger

A crash course in globalisation

The editor in the drawer

Leader, amend thy mind

Why the Patel ministry is not falling