Friday, February 12, 1999
When nightmares travel
It was a perfect take off from Delhi International Airport on Saturday, February 6, 1999. Air-India Flight 319 (Airbus 310-300 VT-EJL) with a full load of 200-plus passenger, 126.8 ton weight, and a 33-second take off run from runway 10-28 retracted its undercarriage, and quickly climbed to its cruise level of 28000 ft.
Playing with fire
The controversy over the 300-year celebrations of the Khalsa has taken a dangerous turn with the escalating row between the Punjab government and some Sikh priests threatening to create divisions in society.
Less than literary
The war of words that has broken out between Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray and the delegates at the 72nd All-India Marathi Sahitya Sammelan can only bode ill for the state's artistic temperament.
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