The Indian Express -- Expressions

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Thursday, June 19 1997

Letters to the Editor

The wheels move

Political parties which suffered the heavy hand of the Centre and found little or no virtue in Article 356 are now in the hot seat themselves. They also find themselves accused of misusing the Centre's power to dismiss state governments as in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh.

Bihar withers away

According to official records, the pigs and cattle on the government farms in Bihar live in greater style and comfort than the poor governor. The government spends a mere Rs 1 crore annually on the governor, while each of the six government farms in the Ranchi district spent Rs 20 crore on feeding and looking after the lucky pigs and cattle.

Taliban fail to be the unifier

In a striking replay of the Great Game, the white flag of the radical Islamic Pashtun-majority Taliban fluttered over Afghanistan's northern Uzbek citadel of Mazar-i-Sharif briefly -- for a shorter time than the chequered flag flutters during the country's national sport of budkashi.

Laloo's limits

The widows of Latur

The trouble with translation