We, the billion...
Country becomes a billion on Wednesday. At 12.56 pm, to be exact. This means that India becomes the second nation in the world to join that exclusive billion plus club -- China of course having got there first.



Derailing the discourse
Opinions were sha-rply, even violently divided. Yet we were gathered. About fifty of us. There were journalists, representatives of NGOs, independent womens' and health activists and sex workers.



Where angels fear to tread
What was the single worst mistake ever made by a prime minister? Jawaharlal Nehru's decision to halt Indian troops in their tracks and refer Kashmir to the United Nations?



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