Crafty art
The ugly cat-and-mouse game that is being played over the control of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts highlights yet again the urgent need to ensure a modicum of autonomy to the country's public institutions.



In a jungle
Those who know the Janata Parivar and its cantankerous leaders won't be surprised by the failure of the Janata Dal (United) and the Samata Party to merge their identities.



Disinvestment, saffron style
When CPI Rajya Sabha member Gurudas Gupta accused the finance minister of selling the family jewellery to pay the grocer's bill, an indignant Yashwant Sinha demanded to know who the grocer was.



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