The guilt of Ayodhya
Defence Minister George Fernandes has been a commissar, not a yogi. He understandably does not appreciate the pull of morality. He gave a ‘clean chit’ to his state minister Hiren Pathak, who quit the Union Cabinet having been chargesheeted in a case relating to ‘murder’ in 1985.



Environmental `laws' that change nothing
Last month one more environmental law came into being. This time to regulate the manner in which urban waste was to be dealt with in our cities (Municipal Solid Waste Management and Handling Rules, 2000).



Mamata on the roll
By blinking first in its confrontation with a recalcitrant ally, the Vajpayee government has signalled that it is more than willing to be a push-over. Trinamool Congress’ Didi is already in election mode, and the rest of the nation is left holding the bill for her misguided and expensive populism.



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A separate peace
A tale to tell
Price of ecological concerns