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...Boston Globe calls it “aggressively dull, blocky, and abstract” with nothing to indicate the “joy of human habitation.” The New York Times calls it a “distinctive example of progressive contextualism.” Anupam Mishra, a second-year HBS student, calls it “the ugliest thing since Canaday...
...preserve in our minds, safe from change. It requires a quantum of courage to revisit one's home of the past. These writers had the courage to take the journey back to a place that was and will never be again. Among all the journeys home, that of Pankaj Mishra and Ved Mehta appealed to me the most. The Indian subcontinent has altered irrevocably over the past two generations; at the same time, however, the people have retained all that is traditionally subcontinental?warm hospitality and a love for beauty. A truly memorable TIME issue worth preserving! Meenakshi Chawla Gurgaon...
...leader could cut a peace deal with an archenemy. Now he seems content to serve out his term, which ends in 2004. With Vajpayee fading in mind and spirit, many wonder who wields the real power in India. Vajpayee's shadowy right-hand man and national security adviser, Brajesh Mishra, has the Prime Minister's ear. But consensus has it that it is the hawkish Advani, 72, his B.J.P. colleague of 50 years and heir apparent, who increasingly calls the shots...
...While no one questions that key decisions on national security and foreign policy are still made by Vajpayee, the focus is now turning to the two men behind the throne: Vajpayee's low-key National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra, and Vajpayee's hard-line BJP colleague of 50 years, 72-year-old Advani. The consensus among observers and diplomats is that the hawkish Advani is preparing to succeed Vajpayee at the next national elections due by late 2004. "There is no doubt he is the Prime Minister in waiting," remarks a diplomat...
...body on the other end of the seesaw is Mishra, a 70-year-old career civil servant and diplomat, who functions as the equivalent of a White House chief of staff. The fact that Mishra has survived countless calls for his removal?he's accused of wielding influence beyond his position?is testament to his pivotal role, diplomats say. Mishra is considered to be the brains behind the peace overtures of the past. His influence with Vajpayee these days waxes when the two men get away from the capital and the rest of the BJP. At a regional security conference...