The Indian Express -- Expressions

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Saturday, December 27 1997

Letters to the Editor

Dissolving themselves

Gujarat Governor Krishna Pal Singh may have had an axe to grind in the dissolution of the state Assembly but this does not detract from the merit of the decision. It has brought to an end the farcical drama that has been going on in the state ever since Shankersinh Vaghela opted out of the BJP to form his own party.

A memorial for the Congress

Edouard Laboulaye wept bitterly as he saw the great ideals of liberte, fraternite, egalite (liberty, fraternity, equality) collapsing before his eyes. For those ideals, France had gone through a bloody revolution. Almost a century had passed and yet they remained elusive.

On a sticky wicket

It is, as everyone knows, a game of statistics and records galore. The shock and shame of Thursday for Indian cricket should, therefore, be an immortalising entry in the books. The day witnessed the first ever instance in the well-documented history of the game, when a One-Day International had to be abandoned not because of rains or bad light or unruly crowd behaviour but on the grounds of an unplayable pitch.

"There is no level playing field for Muslims in Congress"

Dissolving themselves

On a sticky wicket

A memorial for the Congress

Signals from the Air

Clinton leads a new Christian crusade