#Express 5: Pak boat blows up in a cloud of suspicion; ‘How to recognise a terrorist?’ ask the RSS

2. Letters from Latitude 20°15

Sandhya Salve, known here as “Sister Salve”, is angry because “the government doesn’t care about her”. She is happy because she has just had a baby son, two months old.
She is angry again — she is on a 11-month contract renewable each year and the lack of job security is “killing her”. There, she is happy now, her elder son, three-year-old Aryan, has come into the room and is tugging at her white sari.

READ MORE: ‘I want my sons to become what I could not’ by Ajay Shankar

3. RSS Gyan

Terrorists wear warm clothes even in hot weather, try to sneak past metal detectors, and may start running all of a sudden. So says an advisory displayed prominently at the RSS workers’ camp that began here on Friday.

READ MORE: ‘How to tell a terrorist? Jackets in summer, odd behaviour’ by Satish Jha

4. Opinion

Mumbai, the corporate hub of the nation, is not just a money-making machine but a vibrant city. Today, however, it is crumbling. The single biggest problem in the city is the availability, or lack thereof, of adequate housing. Our government wants to improve the quality of life and overall satisfaction of its citizens.

READ MORE: Here’s looking at you again, Mumbai by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis

5. Sports

The SCG is also referred to as the Old Lady on occasions. Justifiably so. For it’s one of the few venues Down Under which has still retained the old-world charm. The stands here, for starters, are still named after doyens of the cricketing world who flourished with bat and ball almost a century ago.

READ MORE: SCG: Sydney Cricket Grief by Bharat Sundaresan