PERSONAL ATTACKS

The Congress, out of desperation, is unnecessarily stooping low by engaging in personal attacks ( After Rahul jibe, BJP says will expose Nehru family secrets, April 12). This will lead to matching steps by opponents, and many of our former leaders will have to turn in their graves. H.K. Srinivas

Hyderabad tutor. The court physician and the old hakim were often seen together, discussing medical matters, and talking in whispers.

Next week the goldsmith’s condition became critical and the old hakim paid him a visit.

Just at that hour the king was presented with a beautiful stallion by one of the nobles who had acquired it during a successful military campaign. To test the horse the king announced a hunting expedition and the whole palace began ringing with noisy preparations for the hunt.

The goldsmith died and was quietly buried in a grave outside the city walls a few hours before the hunting expedition left the palace.

Forty-one days later, when the king returned from the hunt the queen ordered a celebration in his honour.

The king attended the celebration but later retired to his chamber where the girl he had seen and fallen in love with during another hunting expedition awaited him. She had a coquettish look in her eyes. Musharraf Ali Farooqi is an author, novelist and translator

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