The Indian Express -- Expressions

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Tuesday, June 10 1997

Letters to the Editor

UF faces crisis of confidence

Prime Minister I.K. Gujral while speaking on the confidence motion in Parliament declared that his government would be transparent and no one would be spared if found guilty, however high the position he or she held. It was not the first time that the country came across such a profound statement.

Boom, boom, Bhupathi -- A rare appearance on centre court

There is that classic line from Casablanca, delivered in a Bogartian drawl: Here's looking at you kid. It just about sums up the feelings of the nation when 23-year-old Mahesh Bhupathi, and his Japanese partner Rika Hira, held up the winners' trophy at the French Open on Saturday.

Imperium and the empire -- Forget the colonial joke

The colonial heart is bleeding. Over Hong Kong? Surprisingly no. Maybe because sentimentality never works with the mandarins of the mainland. It happens to be Kashmir that concentrates the conscience of the crown.

The time machine at Nainital

An endangered institution -- Protect the governor