Recipe for disaster
Seen within the narrow confines of the Sangh Parivar, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad's manoeuvre at the Kumbh Mela is a master stroke. If it proceeds with the Hindu mobilisation plans announced at the Mela, the Bharatiya Janata Party will have a much tougher political dilemma next year than it did this year.



Happy hunting
In mid-December, one of our correspondents filed a story on how the well-heeled and influential of the states of Haryana and Punjab have developed a taste for hunting wild boar even while forest officials swear that no shikar takes place in the region.



Mocking the Republic
It is an irony that the celebration of the 50th anniversary of our Republic is being organised by those who made no contribution to the establishment of the Republic or to the elaboration of the Constitution which underpins it.



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