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14 Biting the Bullet Train
Seven years from now, Mumbai-Ahmedabad will indeed wake up to that gleaming reality.
But has India as a nation got a good deal
24 A Distorted Emblem
India’s national emblem is not an accurate replica of the original Ashoka pillar at Sarnath,
something Radha Kumud Mukherjee had told Nehru in a letter that went unheeded
34 The Pathankot Mismanoeuvre
The botch-up in Pathnakot casts a long shadow over NSA Ajit Doval, laying bare the perils of
overcentralisation. A look at the man and how he works. Also: What will Pathankot mean for India-
Pakistan talks And Ayesha Siddiqa presents the view from across the border.
62 History of a Debacle
Excerpts from Shiv Kunal Verma’s 1962: The War That Wasn’t
03 LEADER 06 LETTERS 12 THE SHINE 18 BIZTRO 20 SEVEN DAYS
22 DEEP THROAT 57 EAT, PRAY, LIVE 66 BOOKS 68 THE REVIEWS
71 THE SKED 72 TRENDING 74 DIARY