The Indian Express -- Expressions

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Wednesday, November 12 1997

Letters to the Editor

Let the strong rule

Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral doth protest too much. He protests, curiously enough, not his resolve to do something, but his inability to do anything. At the outset, he was helpless about corruption. These days he pleads his helplessness about the Pay Commission award, which will single-handedly blow a hole into his government's fiscal deficit management.

Life after leaks

The Gujral government is developing an obsession for messengers when it should be concerned about the messages they bear. Every leak to the press now has to be scrupulously investigated. The route taken by information is more important than the information itself.

Developing a healthy society

The internationally funded leprosy eradication programme is the best example of the failure of the judicial process to enforce health law in Delhi. This in spite of the official reports showing a rising rate of leprosy in the Capital, which may soon become an almost endemic area for the disease.

Let the strong rule

Life after leaks

A broader Look-East vision

Developing a healthy society