The Indian Express -- Expressions

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Monday, June 9 1997

Letters to the Editor

Gujral stands up

Gujral's acid reference to India's civil aviation policy may have been unpremeditated, and Kathmandu may not have been the most appropriate venue for a Prime Ministerial statement, but it has hit the nail on the head.

Lessons of the missile "leak" -- Pity the soft state

Jawaharlal Nehru once called the Americans the most paranoid people in the world, with the only possible exception of the Bengalis. But given the problems he was having at that juncture with a certain Bengali pretender for the Congress presidentship, he could be pardoned that indiscretion.

India needs some radical stuff

Principal, teachers, parents and some 200 students of Delhi's elite The Shri Ram School staged a play recently that lambasted the "system". The politician, Dukh Ram, was portrayed as a suitcase-lugging corpulent slob.

Sense and sensibility

Stars in the eyes