An agenda for Mr Joshi
Dismantling fiefdoms is a difficult task. Ask the Prime Minister who has had to create so many new departments to honour his political commitments.

Merciful justice
Sonia Gandhi has won many hearts by her plea for clemency for Nalini. The gesture, while it deserves to be acclaimed, should also encourage a matching official response to the campaign for presidential pardon for all the four chief convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.

Rational Expectations
When the BJP and its allies were first voted back, this newspaper was so enthused by all their talk of rapid-fire reforms that it actually began publishing a Reforms Diary on page one of the paper each day.

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