Wednesday, August 19, 1998
Bill me, America
It was not Saint Augustine at his confessional peak. Rather, it was a smarmy survivor at his political best. So, what has been happening? Simple: Bill Clinton was lying, he was lying to the prosecutor, to the American people and to a whole lot of others who watch television.
Illusion of Uttarakhand
Statehood for Uttarakhand was promised to the hill folk of Uttar Pradesh years ago. At long last a draft Bill has been submitted to the President for his approval before it is introduced in Parliament. This happened after MLAs and MPs of the BJP from Uttarakhand threatened to resign if the electoral promise of the BJP government to form the new state was not honoured. Will Uttarakhand ever become a reality?
When truth is no defence
Fifty years of satyamev jayate (let truth win) have left us saddled with a Supreme Court judgment which holds that truth is no defence against the charge of contempt of court. This judgment is State of Maharashtra vs Perspective Publications.
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