Monday, October 12, 1998
Allied victory
It came close to being a Boston tea-party of disaffected allies whose pursuit of more berths in the Union government had been stymied twice over by a much harassed Prime Minister. In the event, after Jayalalitha was persuaded to invite the BJP to tea, it turned out to be a fairly innocuous precursor to a coordination committee meeting of the ruling coalition.
Off-screen humbug
If there is one thing in Bollywood that is more intolerable than jhatka songs, it is starry earnestness. From organ donation to safe motherhood, Bollywood film stars seem to be sprouting a cause a day. Perhaps it has something to do with the success of Indian beauty queens in international pageants which placed a premium on hypocrisy.
How the cookie crumbles
The Delhi High Court's poser to the counsel for Surrinder Singh Gill in his petition against the Prasar Bharati Ordinance is a challenging one. A constitutional issue has been raised. The outcome is likely to invite the apex court's intervention.
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