ARUN SHOURIE`S WRITTINGS IN THE INDIAN EXPRESS PACKED WITH EVIDENCE, UNCOMPROMISING, PROPHETIC ON THE ISSUES THAT ARE CONSUMING THE COUNTRY TODAY: EVAPORATION OF GOVERNANCE AND WHAT IT SPELLS FOR INTERNAL SECURITY; DEVELOPMENTS IN PAKISTAN, THE BREATHING TIME THEY GIVE US; WHAT THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF CHINA SPELL FOR US, AND WHAT WE MUST DO TO FACE UP TO THEM; HOW THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT HAS SOWN TROUBLE WITH THE NUCLEAR DEAL FOR OUR SECURITY AS WELL AS RELATIONS WITH THE US; THE NEED FOR REFORMS AND THE REAL RECORD OF LEFTISTS AND OTHERS WHO ARE BLOCKING THEM; THE CBI INQUIRY THAT WAS INSTITUTED AGAINST HIM, AND AN INQUIRY THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INSTITUTED AGAINST A CONGRESSI GOVERNMENT BUT WAS KILLED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT; THE FALSEHOODS WITH WHICH BUDGETS TO WHICH INDUSTRIALISTS HAVE BEEN GIVING SCORES OF "9 OUT OF 10" ; HOW RULERS TRY TO DODGE REVELATIONS IN THE MEDIA, AND HOW THOSE VERY DODGES NAIL THEM; HOW THEIR RESPONSES TO HIDE, TO SHIELD CONTRAST WITH THOSE OF GANDHIJI, AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT CONTRAST; HOW TODAY IDEALISM IN THE ONLY PRACTICAL POLITICS; THE WAY LEFTISTS BURY INCONVENIENT FACTS UNDER AN AVALANCHE OF ABUSE; THE VITAL SIMILARITY BETWEEN AND THE VITAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HINDUISM AND ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM; THE NEW JOURNALISM AND HOW IT IS JEOPARDIZING THE INTERESTS OF THE COUNTRY... A MUST FOR OUR TIMES. A MUST FOR SAVING THE COUNTRY.