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The art of not forgetting
The blood on the streets may have been hosed clean by time. The Justice Srikrishna Commission Report on the Mumbai riots is late, coming as it does five years after those weeks of madness that saw 860 (official figure) people slaughtered on the streets of India's largest metropolis. Yet, it is a recognition, slight though it may be, that the State is accountable for its citizen's lives.
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The pendulum swings to the centre
Seldom has there been such a clear ideological choice in an election. The issue of the Gandhi dynasty versus Hindu nationalism raises fundamental questions which can influence the future of the country.
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Lions in winter
What do lions do in winter? According to zoologists, they just hibernate. And hibernation, according to the dictionary means "going into retreat or making oneself scarce". India's political lions, however, never hibernate. They bask in perpetual summer -- always ready to get up and go. Winter never touches them.
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Culture wars
The fragile fabric of Indian culture again faces the threat of desecration, and again its self-righteous protectors have turned out in the usual disorderly fashion to protect it from an international conspiracy.
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