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  Deconstructing a demarche
What's in a demarche? That French word, diplomatese for an initiative taken by one country to another, has become so loaded in the background of the MEA’s tongue-lashing to the European Union for reportedly leaking its stories to the media here on Gujarat, it has received a real beating.
   
Earlier Columns
 

Gujarat, going places, April 23, 2002
Gujarat shadow trails Chandrika, PM’s relaxed, April 16, 2002
Wiping the blood off India’s face , April 9, 2002
Miracles on the steel factory floor , April 6, 2002
From Mao to God of dollars, April 5, 2002
Beijing, Beijing, April 3, 2002
Behind the wall, April 2, 2002
When going got tough for Sattar, March 26, 2002
Musharraf back on hot spot, March 19, 2002
Agra is past: In Pak, Sushma’s raj, March 12, 2002
Shame in Gujarat, March 5, 2002
Mother India opens her doors, February 27, 2002
El Jaswant, February 26, 2002
Videsh Bhavan blues, February 19, 2002
Feisty Najma equals 10 men, February 12, 2002
The new Great Game in Kabul, February 11, 2002
Bono who?, February 5, 2002
After Powell, Ivanov’s turn, January 29, 2002
Rice and CNN, January 22, 2002
Chinese talk, January 15, 2002
US Afghan envoy to land in Delhi, January 8, 2002
Spit and polish, December 25, 2001
Mission Kabul, December 20, 2001
Loneliness of Jaswant Singh, December 11, 2001
US ignores Pak hand, December 4, 2001
Megha Chhaye, July 31, 2001
Rocca’s here, July 24, 2001
Vikas and mom, July 10, 2001
Nawaz & Kargil, July 03, 2001
Send them on a Bharat darshan, July 02, 2001
CE in Parliament?, June 19, 2001
The Oval office and the Kremlin, June 15, 2001
Where is Paras?, June 12, 2001
Bloody Friday, June 5, 2001
Missing the FO, May 29, 2001
‘Totalitarian China’ must get a shot at the Olympicsm, May 22, 2001
Destination Moscow, May 22, 2001
On your Marx, May 15, 2001
Mishra omission, May 08, 2001
Engaging a new India, May 04, 2001
Leave Sheikh Hasina alone, April 26, 2001