Friday, December 18, 1998
No woman "asks for it"
The right to life. In Ambikapur, Priti Srivastava was denied it. Four young men in a jeep first drove over her tiffin carrier and then over the girl, when she raised her voice against them.
Bombed and Saddamised
Well, the script has assumed a weary predictability: Saddam says stop and Clinton says action; there are speeches at the UN and there are visitors in Baghdad; inspection resumed and intervention renewed. And the story always ends with a last laugh from Saddam Hussein.
Passing the Bills
The situation has come to such a pass that the mere introduction of legislative Bills in Parliament is considered a major achievement by the government.
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