A rare gift from Baba

There may be unanimity among political parties in Tamil Nadu on the need for the Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project (SSCP); and a sense of righteous indignation that it has taken so long for the Centre to clear it. But that does not justify the way in which the public hearings are being handled in the coastal districts, and opposition to the project is being dealt with.  From September 2004 editorial in The Hindu