Sunday, December 20, 1998
Clinton's Christmas carols
It was just a week from Christmas. The carol singers had made their rounds, and the old Yuletide spirit reverberated in the festive air.
Tohra, Tohra, Tohra
To face a crisis is not a new experience for the septuagenarian Akali leader, Gurcharan Singh Tohra, who has come to be known as the "Pope of the Sikhs" over the years.
"I am a prisoner within these walls... it's almost as if I am in a nunnery"
Since coming to power in 1994, Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga has held out the promise of peace and a just political settlement to the Tamil minority community. In an interview ahead of her visit to New Delhi, Kumaratunga spoke to Nirupama Subramanian about her hopes of delivering on her promise despite the setbacks.
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