Those deadly skies
Whatever the cause of the Alliance Air crash in Patna, and officials seemed on Monday to hint at pilot error, this tragic accident yet again highlights Indian skies' dubious distinction as among the unsafest in the world.



After the green signal
The Shiv Sena chief and his band's reaction to the Congress-NCP government's sanction for prosecution against Bal Thackeray for his alleged role in the 1992-93 riots could have been foretold.



Paranoid in Pakistan
I was in Pakistan soon after the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly passed the autonomy resolution. JKLF leader Amanullah Khan welcomed it.



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