The unfinished task
This is a moment for celebration, and not just in TN and Karnataka. A nation had counted the days -- every one of the 109 -- of matinee idol Rajkumar's captivity in Veerappan's lair in the Sathyamangalam forests.



Lone straw of hope
Could the frequent flier points notched up by Hurriyat leaders actually be proportional to the chances of reviving the ``delayed, not derailed'' dialogue between Kashmiri separatist leaders and the Centre initiated earlier this year?



One man, half vote
When I first went to the United States in 1988 as a graduate student at the University of California I was struck by the enormous political significance of that state.



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