The Indian Express -- Expressions

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Wednesday, May 14 1997

Letters to the Editor

After the handshake

As symbols go, the warmth of the Gujral-Sharif handshake in Male can be counted as important, signifying a meeting of minds and a willingness to go the extra mile to start an India-Pakistan dialogue. The message is unmistakable. Both Prime Ministers want an end to the rigid postures of the past.

Entrance by any means

A private coaching institute in Lucknow secretly called a group of its students on the day before the exam for admission into the Indian Institute of Technology for valuable suggestions. Nearly 100 students out of the total 700 reached were excited to see 70% of the physics and chemistry questions appeared in the examination papers, forcing IIT to reschedule the exams.

McCarthyism in Parliament Mani Shankar Aiyar

Chandrashekhar's charge is a lie. Either he should repeat it outside the House to enable Sen Gupta to sue him; or he should publicly apologise for resorting to such McCarthyism. Worse, Chandrashekhar now wants an Indian version of the McCarthy Committee to vet extra-civil service appointments.

US says the future is green

District boom -- When politics redraws State maps