Tuesday, October 26, 1999
The unhidden agenda
The President's customary address to the joint session of both the Houses of Parliament, after the constitution of the 13th Lok Sabha, claimed special significance on two counts. To the historic symbolism of the millennium's last occasion of the kind was added the importance of the address as the outline of the new government's official agenda.
Wages of profligacy
It is now official. Maharashtra has a full-blown financial crisis on its hands. This is the legacy of the first-ever Shiv Sena-BJP government in the state and the result of its fiscal imprudence during a four-and-a-half year term.
The hawk swoops in Pakistan
People in Pakistan are generally happy, not because they prefer the military junta but because they have not found civilian rulers any better.
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