Thursday, August 13, 1998
River rafting with Jaya
On June 25, 1991, the Cauvery Tribunal directed Karnataka to release water "so as to ensure that 205 tmc of water is available in Tamil Nadu's Mettur Reservoir in a year from June to May". The Tribunal also specified the monthly and weekly schedule for provision of the said 205 tmc.
Time to rock Maneka's Ark
Our biggest problem is that of excess -- excess of people, excess of disease, and the mother of all excesses: an excess of extremists. Extremists not of the gun-toting type, but of the talk show-seminar circuit-frequent flyer variety.
Ways of seeing
Interesting experiences are a dime a dozen in the newspaper business, but the real pleasures are few and far between. This summer, my third as a journalist, brought me one of the nicer sort.
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