Arun Shouries article on IE. Must Read

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<b>Extracted from Will the Iron Fence Save a Tree Hollowed by Termites?, Arun Shourie’s new book that is being published by Rupa & Co, this month.</b> <!--emo&:cool--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/specool.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='specool.gif' /><!--endemo-->

<b>Has Musharraf’s heart changed? And why? </b>
<i>While US is looking at India to counter the growing power of China, Beijing is making overtures to ensure that New Delhi is not available to Washington as an instrument to ‘contain’ it. The result is the Musharraf of the changed heart</i>

<b>Mullah-Military: The unholy alliance</b>
<i>Instead of empowering liberal, democratic voices, Musharraf regime has co-opted the religious Right and relies on it to counter civilian opposition</i>

<b>A failed State, a Talibanised society</b>
<i>Pak is unable to think of an identity except as ‘Not India’, except as the country whose mission is to dismember India </i>