Contents:
Foreuond v;
Acknowlolgement ix;
Introduction xi;
Section-I General 1;
1. Currency Crisis in East Asian Economies 3;
2. The International Monetary Fund Bogey 12;
3. Tobacco Control 18;
4. Sind and Sindhis 21;
Section-II Law 27;
5. Detention without Trial 29;
6. Espionage and Fair Trial 44;
7. Palkhivala and Supreme Court Judges 49;
8. POTO and Me 66;
9. PIL Will Stay 73;
10. Death Penalty 79;
11. Uniform Code and the Supreme Court 85;
12. Boosting True Secularism 91;
13. Appointment of Judges 97;
14. Our Judges: Decline of Confidence 103
15. Judiciary and Corruption 106;
16. What Sort of National Commission Is the Answer 112;
17. Why Article 356 Has to Go 116;
18. Defence of the Despised 120;
Section – III Politics (International) 125;
19. Indian Foreign Policy-Ambivalences and Challenges 127;
20. Iraq War and International Law 133;
21. India and Israel-Full Diplomatic Ties 139;
22. Our Struggle and the Red Herrings 143;
23. China-A Case of Woodenheadedness 147;
24. India's China Policy: Dismal Spectacle of Ineptitude and Lack of Self-Respect 154;
25. Keynote Address at Vienna for the World Jurist Association Conference 159;
26. Foreign Policy by the Book 166;
27. Time to Tick off Iran's President 171;
Section - IV Politics (National) 175
28. Hindutva on Weak Knees 117;
29. An Attack on Freedom of the Press 183;
30. Disaster at Cancun 187;
31. The Rule of Law Cannot Be Subverted 191;
32. Reflections of a Convalescent 195;
33. The BJP Debacle 200;
34. Role of the President under the Constitution of India 205;
35. How to Conquer Terror
36. Politicians and Their Specifications
37. India and Pakistan
38. Dealing with Pakistan 234
Section- V Government 239
39. Support for Mr Rao Some Conditions Precedent
40. CBI and Government 246
41. End this Stinking Hypocrisy 252
42. Coalition Government 257
43. A Fortnight in Government-The People Betrayed 266
44. Members' Profit, House's Loss Section- VI Kashmir 277 279
45. The Gujral Doctrine and Kashmir
46. The Kashmir Dialogue 284
47. Kashmir-What Next?
48. Elections in Kashmir 294
49. Our Kashmir Policy-A Great Betrayal
50. The Kashmir Committee 305
51. A Case of Thinking Out of the Box 309;
Section - VII Religion and Philosophy 315;
52. Religion and Politics 317;
53. A Call for Sanity 323;
54. Message from Gujarat 330;
55 Moslems of India Wake Up 334;
56 National integration and Communal Harmony 339;
57 Return to Sanity Advice to Militants 345;
58 The Wisdom of Confucius 350;
59. Arabs Must Make Peace with Israel 355
60. The Pope: Where He Went Wrong 359;
61. NAM Is Dead 366;
62. A Tryst with Vande Mataram 371.