The Indian Express -- Expressions

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Wednesday, July 9 1997

Letters to the Editor

India's missile defence options -- It's her sovereign right

The Washington Post raised temperatures in Indo-US relations in early June by publishing a report asbout India's deployment of medium range Prithvi ballistic missiles in Punjab, bringing Islamabad, Lahore, Faislabad and Rawalpindi within the striking range of Indian forces.

Politics of vendetta -- Arrest of Raghavan does not do Marxism

Four decades ago when Glory, who was in an advanced stage of pregnancy, was killed in a police firing, it became a political liability for then Chief Minister E.M.S. Namboodiripad eventually leading to the dismissal of his government.

Whitewash job

There is a lot in American jurisprudence that is worthy of emulation: its speed, its sensitivity, its commitment to consider every point of view. But in the hearings on match-fixing, we have chosen to emulate its worst attribute: the trial as public entertainment.

From war to PR

Plain tale from the hills