Friday, September 11, 1998
The Amarnath trail
Though life had not given Krishna Thakur the small joys that matter, she had not turned against God. Doing the Amarnath yatra all by herself, she had only one burning desire -- peace and blessings for her family which, incidentally, was also the source of many of her woes.
Wired for growth
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, with its consultation paper on new telephone tariffs, has given proof of why regulatory authorities are so necessary. Its ideas on tariffs are sensible and come like a breath of fresh air in a sector where rational pricing has simply not existed.
Comeback Kim
The haunting spectre of communism may be a dead metaphor. In North Korea, the last kingdom of spooky socialism, it is the dead leader, the great leader, the only leader, the eternal leader. He haunts. He speaks. He rules.
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