The Indian Express -- Expressions

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Monday, June 16 1997

Letters to the Editor

Saddamised and worse

The Prithvi launched from the sacred pages of The Washington Post has hit the desired target. The missile-struck edifice of the Gujral Doctrine, which aspires to herald a velvet arrangement of co-existence in the subcontinent, has not only revealed its nuclear core but let out the hidden energy of Pak-fed paranoia.

Nawabs of the day

P Chidambaram may have failed to set up his commission to enforce belt-tightening in government, but he is certainly living up to the ideal of austerity. At least, he has managed to prevent Romesh Bhandari from charging his bathroom fittings, billiard cues and heavy drapes to the exchequer.

Open letter to Sharad Yadav

Opposing the women's reservation bill in Parliament, Sharad Yadav of the Janata Dal is reported to have thundered, "Do you think these women with short hair can speak for women, for our women... let them take out a rally. We will match them 1,000 for every one."

Very Virtual -- Medicine men in the Net

Prithvi hits Gujral Doctrine