Hein Kiessling has the kind of access in Pakistan that journalists (and spies) would die for, says Kanika Datta.

'The family is the final court of appeal, the first among unequals. If there is no family, all leaders are equal. If all leaders are equal, anyone can lead the Congress. So every time the family has stayed in the background, the Congress has split.'

Polytechnic University, New York, invites students to pursue technology-focused post graduate programmes in the Fall 2005 semester.