The Indian Express -- Expressions

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Thursday, June 12 1997

Letters to the Editor

Talking oil with Mr Yechury

These are excerpts from an imaginary tete-a-tete with the CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury on his suggestions on the oil pool deficit. Yechury's answers are largely drawn from his article in a leading daily a few days ago and his pamphlet on the oil pool deficit.

Making of the President

The 50th year of Independence should be one of soul searching. We are mired in poverty. Our political mechanisms are grossly out of order. Our international problems have become chronic. Tragic as the trends are they could still be reversible if our national character was intact.

Jawans in tennis shoes

According to the old cliche, armies march on their stomachs. But not in this country. Going by the Chief of Army Staff's recent letter to the Prime Minister, the Indian Army marches on pie in the sky. Promises of higher allocations to improve combat worthiness have not been met.

Dead, alive, or just missing?

The last republicans

The plain Janes