The Indian Express -- Expressions

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Tuesday, July 22 1997

Letters to the Editor

Nurturing hate in Mumbai

Bombay, that grand cosmopolitan city by the sea, is regressing into Mumbai, a petty collection of squabbling sectarian ghettoes. The angry reaction of the Dalits on July 11 is not a spontaneous outburst. It is the end result of the simmering climate of sectarian hate and violence which has been calculatedly built up over the years.

Kesri's Congress

Who said Sitaram Kesri had no ideas, not to speak of an ideology? Look how cleverly he advised Laloo Prasad Yadav to resign after asking his party MLAs to abstain from a crucial vote of confidence!

A stakeholders' company

VSNL's employees say they will strike work to force the allotment to them of their company's shares. Actually, their threat is not as absurd as it appears to be. For one, the employees say, this was a promise made to them by the Telecom Commission chairman.

Apathy, a capital offence

India's potential ally

The greying laws of India