To bay for Salman Rushdie's blood is to let the "absolutism of the pure" fight a gory battle against the "hybridity" and "impurities" of cosmopolitan "mongrelization". Not acceptable, writes
Zia Haq.
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Dabs & JabsLt Gen Vijay Oberoi (retd), former Vice Chief of Army Staff, reacted: “I am glad that the Chief has approached the court. It is a matter of honour. It will help the Army as it shows he is a strong chief. The ministry of defence should have sorted it out in house. But they took it to media. You cannot play with Chief of Army Staff on technical grounds.”
A solution between Army chief General Vijay Kumar Singh and the government over the age controversy had almost been reached but here is what led to him calling off the deal,
Shishir Gupta writes.
Army chief General VK Singh had not only mentioned 1950 as his year of birth while applying for entry to the National Defence Academy in 1965, but also reaffirmed it four years later in his confidential Indian Military Academy dossier.
Nagendar Sharma and
Rahul Singh report.
What the documents say |
Dossier tells all
I was the first one who raised the issue obliquely when I wrote about the Sukhna scam more than two years ago and how it could have been related to General Singh’s birth matter.
Pankaj Vohra writes.
Just Faith | Fad For Thought | Shreyas NavareThe Cabinet Committee on Appointments had returned the defence ministry’s recommendation to appoint General VK Singh as an army commander in Jan 2008 for a cross-check following the dispute over his date of birth.
Nagendar Sharma and
Rahul Singh report.
Road to cammanding heights
Much is happening in Pakistan. Self-exiled Pervez Musharraf is threatening to join politics back home, Asif Zardari says he isn’t under the army's pressure to quit, Nawaz Sharif's struggling to hold his own and Imran Khan going great guns in his quest for power. Vinod Sharma writes. Page Turner | Terminal 3
Babu Singh Kushwaha, picked up by the BJP in Uttar Pradesh after being sacked for corruption by Mayawati, asked for his membership to be put on hold. The BJP was cornered by political rivals for its doublespeak on corruption after it inducted Kushwaha and another Maya discard.
HT reports.
Rape accused BSP leader wants BJP entryD Diptivilasa has taken over as the new additional secretary in the urban development ministry. His last assignment was in the home ministry as joint secretary. Diptivilasa will look after the Delhi division and CPWD.
I accept that the evidence against Dhoni is not conclusive and beyond all reasonable doubt, but six away Test defeats in a row is a strong body of evidence… other captains have paid with their heads for less.
Arnab Mitra writes.
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In election bound Uttarakand, wild-lifers managed to catch a rogue elephant alive on Saturday morning even as hundreds of locals demanded that the tusker be killed for attacking them.
Chetan Chauhan writes.
Sportoholic
Tinker Tailor: Dull, dark and lost on England
There is an unwritten rule of cinema and TV direction. It goes something like this: if you are making a period picture or TV series then you must settle on a tone. Vir Sanghvi writes. Singly Political | Madversity | Dabs & Jabs
The announcement by the Delhi Mayor renaming the main road, which runs through Chandni Chowk as the Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar Marg, is blasphemous. Why should any attempt be made to rename an area, which has been synonymous with the city's life and culture?
Pankaj Vohra writes.
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