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...subcontinental context, that kind of statement is a license for the killings to continue. According to diplomatic sources, the burden of the crisis made Vajpayee unwell. Adds Vinod Mehta, editor-in-chief of the Indian weekly Outlook magazine, Advani and his supporters used the illness to gather the party's hard-line core and read him the riot act. "The party basically gave him no room to maneuver," says Mehta. "He knew he could have lost his job and he had neither the spirit nor the physical strength to fight back. So he just gave up his moderate stance...
...Line of Control to ensure an end to infiltration. All week Mishra was briefing India's national newspapers that the government had decided to tone down the rhetoric. And significantly, when Vajpayee returned to Delhi on Wednesday night, Mishra stayed behind for further talks. But, warns Outlook editor Mehta, Mishra is just an appointed government servant, however close he is to the boss. "Mishra's influence is directly proportional to Vajpayee's position. He has no party base. When Vajpayee goes down, Mishra goes with...
...York-based writer Suketu Mehta's nonfiction book on Bombay will be published by Alfred A. Knopf next January...
...Alex Mehta, 31, a 152-lb. barrister, had always dreamed of beating up a judge. And last month he got his chance at the Royal National Hotel in London, where he fought Phil Maier, 43, a 150-lb. judge from New York City. Wearing gloves and headgear, they pounded each other for four rounds. Mehta won, but there were no hard feelings. The next day, the fighters had lunch together. Such camaraderie isn't unusual on the white-collar boxing circuit, where Wall Street traders, City of London bankers and other execs routinely pummel one another. Bouts are organized...
...Ravi's getting a preview). The next step, however, is the real trial: raising enough money and manufacturer interest to get the Simputer onto store shelves. "We need a new breed of social entrepreneur to address the technology needs of the world's underprivileged," said the late Dewang Mehta, a visionary who headed India's software trade body, nasscom, until his sudden death in mid-April. The Bangalore Seven has formed a for-profit spin-off, picoPeta, to manage the Simputer's commercial birth. Deshpande gave a spirited presentation at last year's World Economic Summit in Davos. But drumming...