Party time for Vajpayee
For most of his long political life Atal Bihari Vajpayee was compelled to follow the dictates of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS); to defy the organisation which nurtured him would have spelt political suicide.



The man with the slouch cap
Slowly, the little camera we all carry in our heads has been unwinding and I am transported back to September 1992, when I trekked deep into the interiors of J&K for an exclusive interview with Salahuddin for the now defunct The Illustrated Weekly of India.



In Veerappan land
Goodness alone knows what all the Tamil Nadu and Karnataka governments will do to mollycoddle Veerappan. So far, they have done everything possible to fulfill the demands of the elephant poacher.



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