Friday, April 9, 1999
Glorious 300
For Sikhs arriving at Anandpur Sahib from all over the country and many parts of the world, the celebrations of the 300th anniversary of the establishment of the Khalsa provide an occasion both to look back with pride at the achievements of the community and to reaffirm the essential values of their faith.
Media matters
The arrest of Keonjhar journalist Benoy Bhushan Patnaik for having conducted a TV interview with Dara Singh, the alleged murderer of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons, raises yet again questions concerning freedom of expression and the media.
Blunder to blunder
As Pramod Mahajan has demonstrated with such felicity, this is the season for turning events into occasions and personalities into icons. It was perhaps appropriate that the completion of one year in office by the BJP coalition was celebrated by staging a cricket match of no consequence.
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