Shrill thrills
It would be perfectly in order to come to at least two conclusions about Mamata Banerjee's decision to quit the Vajpayee government.



Farooq's folly
Most people would think a world class golf course is not exactly the number one priority for Srinagar today. There are scores of other more important demands on the state's purse.



In the name of divestment
The private sector is efficient, the public sector is not. That, at bottom, is the most persuasive argument for disinvestment.



Other headlines
Politics of sightseeing
The island of the elite
A child on Death Row