Monday, December 28, 1998
Zia and South Block
Jalandhar gave this world Zia ul-Haq. The late general, chief martial law administrator and president of Pakistan has left behind a legacy that is as interesting as it is disturbing.
What can JP do for Vajpayee?
It is not widely known that Jayaprakash Narayan, the new Bharat Ratna, had in 1977 rejected it. The then Prime Minister Morarji Desai had offered the country's highest honour to both JP and Acharya J.B. Kripalani.
Talking as equals
in Moscow, Primakov last week threatened his own Parliament with his resignation if they would not pass his Budget. In New Delhi mere days earlier, the nation's political and business elite turned out to fete Russia's prime minister despite the fact that he touched upon that most sensitive topic.
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