Saturday, November 21, 1998
Partition of the national mind
Nationalist Muslims! This expression has been dinned into our ears for years and is still being bandied about in scholarly and popular writings.
Sharma and his official secrets
While housing minister Ram Jethmalani's scheme to open up his ministry's files for public scrutiny has died a natural death following the opposition of top bureaucrats, it's perhaps time to revisit it, especially in the light of the current investigations being carried out into Dawood Ibrahim's alleged frontman and extortionist, Romesh Sharma.
Notional security
The Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister is not competent to hold the office of National Security Advisor (NSA). And the Principal Secretary cannot double as the National Security Advisor for the simple reason that it is a full-time commitment and cannot be handled by a re-employed bureaucrat simultaneously engaged in running the Prime Minister's Office.
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