Engaging Beijing
After the Pokharan chill, India-China relations is once again looking up. But the current visit of Li Peng may not lead to any diplomatic breakthrough. JYOTI MALHOTRA reports.



The Samba stain
Parallels are often drawn between the Samba spy case and France's Dreyfus scandal, for both concerned army men unfairly accused of treason. But there are telling differences. The Samba scandal broke in the second half of the 20th century; the Dreyfus affair at the end of the 19th.



Hold the celebrations
Since it is fashionable to be breathless with excitement speculating on the next round of Indo-Pak talks "at the highest level," let me also put in my two naya-paisa bit: not immediately.



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