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Tuesday, May 27 1997
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A widow and a rath![[Details]](/icons/bullet.gif){kind=icon}
Politics in India are not difficult to predict. The situations are. It was known for some time that the BJP and Congress, which saw a mid-term poll round the corner, would start preparing. L K Advani's rath yatra and Sonia Gandhi's membership of Congress are the respective cards the two parties have played.
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Vintage illogic
The United Front steering committee has managed to meet for hours without transacting any business whatsoever. It has managed to avoid taking a decision on the most important item on the national agenda: how to bridge the oil pool deficit.
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India backed wrong horse in race for Kabul
The near-takeover of Afghanistan by the Pakistan-aided Taliban militia last weekend has sent a body blow to whatever the Ministry of External Affairs was doing in the name of its Afghan policy.
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Endgame in Afghanistan Tamed Tigers add to Tamil trauma
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The Group
