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An issue called Sonia
The first round of electioneering is over and, with it, a cherished illusion among many that the dynasty was dead and that, henceforth, real issues of real relevance would drive the polls. Just at this point, and indeed since she set foot on the campaign trail, there is little doubt that Sonia Gandhi is the issue of Election 1998. Not only that, apart from being responsible for the election degenerating into a debate about whether or not a naturalized citizen can be prime minister, she is also setting the agenda for the polls and after -- whether on the Bofors investigation or forcing the BJP into some nimble footwork on the Mandir issue.
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Ram too deserves justice
The apex court of the country by its order made on 16th January directed issue of notice to Union government and the Gujarat government to answer the allegations made in the letter addressed to the Chief Justice by Magsaysay award winner Kiran Bedi as to the awful state of the birthplace of the Father of the Nation, Mahatama Gandhi, at Porbandar.
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Sock it to Bill!
In the furore over Bill Clinton's troubles apropos an alleged affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, the world media have overlooked another important development. Socks, the tomcat of the Clinton household, is under fire for seducing a young pussycat and -- worse -- for pressuring her to lie about it under oath.
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Defining the reasonable
The hysterical chorus against the proposed amendments to the Bombay Rent Control Act of 1947 by tenants' organisations smacks of a campaign to thwart the imminent reforms. This of a piece with a similar outcry against the Delhi model Bill -- more from traders than occupants of residential premises -- which has stymied this long overdue piece of legislation.
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