Sunday, September 13, 1998
Violinist as chief inquisitor
Every government deserves the hero it creates, however uncomfortable it may be for the rulers. The most recent to join the galaxy of bureaucrat-stars is none other than Enforcement Director M.K. Bezbaruah.
The Sins of a Skin Smuggler
For bureaucrats, wildlife protection is an area of darkness. At a recent meeting convened by Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani to discuss the persistence of wildlife crime, the complete ignorance of the babus was on display. Senior bureaucrats attending the meeting did not even know that wildlife protection was a concurrent subject and that they could actually do something to prevent poaching and animal skin smuggling.
Inside Track
Atal Behari Vajpayee is undeniably one of the country's best orators, but since he became Prime Minister, Vajpayee seems to have lost his magical touch with his audiences. Vajpayee's Independence Day address, which should have been his moment of crowning glory, was rather lack-lustre. At times he slurred over the words as he read out his text from the ramparts of the Red Fort.
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