The battle for the mind of Egypt
Jyoti Malhotra travels to Egypt to find that the people have, at least for the time being, pushed back religious fanatics to reassert their very special cultural and religious identity.



Sound and fury, not much else
Given their unparalleled impact, the Tehelka tapes have been hailed as an example of investigative ournalism. But when those very tapes are put through a judicial scrutiny, the standards they have to measure up to are different.



Don't fast forward the tape
There is an anecdote about the last days of Sardar Vallabhbahi Patel. About a week before his death in 1950, he called in his daughter Mani-Behn Patel, gave her an envelope containing Rs 30,000 and asked her to send it to the treasurer of the Congress Party, S.K. Patil.



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