In a short piece in Outlook, Mark Tully reviews his book, “India’s Unending Journey” and talks about how:
“India traditionally does not write full stops because it understands the uncertainty of certainty, it prefers the middle road, and believes in the perpetual search for balance….The West, on the other hand, tends to see things in black and white, to look for certainties, and so to lurch from one extreme to another…
The most obvious evidence for this contrast lies in the different attitudes to religion. R.C. Zaehner, who held the chair at …

Outlook’s issue of 25th June has a picture** of Hon Rly Minister Shri Laloo Prasad Yadav celebrating his birthday with “an uncharacteristically quiet bash, with wife Rabri Devi, Manmohand Singh and his wife Gursharan, and Sonia Gandhi for company as he cut the cake”  (emphasis mine).
In case you missed it, please read: “On track for 7, Race Course Rd… and the pieces seem to be falling in place.
* Title courtesy (and find of the day!): http://laluleela.blogspot.com/
** Unfortunately I could not scan the photo – if any of you have it, please email it …