Tuesday, March 23, 1999
Justice in uniform
Thanks to l'affaire Bhagwat, the Law Commission which has been examining the justice system in the armed forces for 20 years or so appears at last to be ready with some recommendations for improving the system.
To be or not to be
All may be fair in love and war, but clearly when it comes to love versus war, the former has a definite edge. With romantic Elizabethan fantasies vying competitively with World War II dramas at this year's Academy Awards -- that too sans any predictions of a Titanic-like deluge -- Shakespeare in Love swooped up seven Oscars.
No more Ms Nice Gal
For a full year, the BJP-led government has been sustained by Sonia Gandhi. Where almost any other Congress leader would have been tempted by the arithmetic of the Lok Sabha to pull the life-support system off the Vajpayee coalition, the Congress president has been consistent in waiting for the saffron to wither on the vine.
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