A cool head
Heightened tensions on the border today are the direct outcome of the flurry of Pakistani military activity which Indian intelligence agencies have reported as well as intensified shelling of Indian border towns.



Polarised in Pondicherry
The surprise is not that the DMK-led R. V. Janakiraman government has fallen in Pondicherry, but that it has taken thus long to do so. It survived what then seemed so many close calls or false alarms before succumbing to inexorable political logic over the weekend.



Kargil report shows the way
Ever since the report of the Kargil Review Committee, chaired by K. Subrahmanyam, was placed before Parliament, it has been subjected to comments and criticism, which have been instantaneous and quick on the draw.



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