Monday, October 19, 1998
Cast in the same mould
Those who calculated that Sahib Singh Verma's removal as Chief Minister of Delhi would cause only a ripple had evidently considered his undistinguished record in office alone. They had reckoned without the caste factor.
Call for dialogue
Examples speak louder than words and it is a great example that Pope John Paul II has set by choosing to speak in the voice of Galileo. The most quotable part, perhaps, of the latest encyclical to emanate from the Vatican is an emphatically approving quotation of the words of the 17th-century astronomer who faced the sacred rage of the Church for his discovery of the place of the Earth in the vast universe.
Politically incorrect schools
The school has one of those splendid traditions that go back more than 125 years. It also manages to produce spectacular results at every board examination, outdoing itself every successive year. However, that just isn't a good enough reason to feel proud or even smug about sending your children there anymore.
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