Saturday, April 10, 1999
Incriminating replay
People rushing home from work on Thursday evening to catch the Indian innings at Sharjah would have surely witnessed an unlikely sight. In lush green maidans and dusty footpaths alike, youngsters seemed more keen about getting a little batting practice than sitting bleary-eyed in front of the idiot box.
A pregnant pause
Finally, there's a chance India may be good at something. Given the country's propensity to add to the world's population, it appears there will be no dearth of babies born at the stroke of the midnight hour when the world sleeps on January 1, 2000.
The story of salvation
``There Saadat Hasan Manto lies buried -- and buried in his breast are all the secrets of the art of story writing. Even now, lying under tons of earth he is wondering whether he or God is the greatest short story writer''.
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