As the guns fall silent in Kargil, New Delhi is preparing for the awesome and expensive task of permanently manning the previously unguarded and desolate mountainous frontier. More than two
Successive Pakistani governments have painted themselves into a corner over Kashmir by their overuse of rhetoric and emotion. This has locked Pakistan into an all-or-nothing position.
The 'state'
Powerful officials walk warily down the corridors of the North and South Blocks, alert for ambushes by monkeys.
Thousands of homeless monkeys have been living for decades in or around
