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Questions, questions, questions
AS the carnage and destruction, both manmade and nature’s wrath, around -
Spectre of secularism
The common people of Pakistan have every reason to dread the anti-secularism lobby: I.A. Rehman. -
Uncorking the Babri genie
The Babri genie is set to communalise Indian politics once again, writes Jawed Naqvi. -
End of the feudals?
The view that the reign of feudalism may be drawing to a close is naïve, even though understandable. -
Cricket as a metaphor
It would seem that this innocent nation has just had its first experience of corruption: Irfan Husain. -
Cricket’s inglorious certainties
The shadow over the Pakistan team extends to its deplorable management: Ali. -
Disaster after ignominy after disaster
Amidst the furore by Altaf Bhai come the latest allegations of match-fixing: Kamran Shafi. -
Will India get the real culprits?
The real culprits in religious pillorying are the vigilante groups: Jawed Naqvi.
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