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Friday, November 07 1997

Letters to the Editor

The enduring morality of Albert Camus

Should Sartre be burned? In a dull Delhi evening, this Gallic exceptionalism of making a bonfire of ideas is at best a teasing diversion. Place yourself in the last waystation of this century, and Olivier Todd's provocation becomes a theme larger than Sartre: the charred remains of prophecies blowing in the wind of history.

Not just the furniture

Having presided over one of the most shameless displays of engineered defections that the country has ever witnessed, Uttar Pradesh Speaker Kesari Nath Tripathi is now understandably anxious to demonstrate to the world that his House is in order. This explains the alacrity with which he has had the microphones in the UP legislative Assembly screwed down, and all movable items like chairs and stools fixed to the ground. He now guarantees that the House is devoid of any object that can be used as projectiles in future skirmishes.

Predators on the prowl

Congress president Sitaram Kesri's statement that his party is not averse to joining the United Front Government if such a proposal emanates from the 14-party coalition is a precautionary move. His intention is to keep those Congress MPs, who are not content with supporting the government from outside, hopeful, rather than restless. Obviously, Kesri does not want a repeat at the Central level of what occurred in the party's UP unit.

No more the Valley of the day before

The enduring morality of Albert Camus

Getting Ambedkar for free

Not just the furniture

Predators on the prowl