Friday, October 22, 1999
Irrational complacency, irrational fears
No HIV/AIDS please, we're Indian. We also love our wives. Somewhere, Indian society seems to have internalised the received wisdom that while Africans are promiscuous, Indians are not. Therefore, while AIDS may be a problem for them lot, we really have nothing to worry about.
The runaway budget
Few would have suspected that the Union Finance Minister had deep pockets but that seems to be the case when it comes to the defence ministry. It is reported that defence expenditure is to be raised by a huge Rs 8,000 crore.
Keeping Faith
Jammu, the ``city of temples'', could also be called the city of secular shrines, specially when the very foundation of the city is secularism, peace and the spirit of co-existence.
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