The nuclear deal is a sensitive subject for The Hindu. Its chief editor is opposed to it, and senior staff have to toe the editorial line. Siddharth Vardarajan’s article on July 12,saying it wasn’t such a bad deal after all, was countered on July 14 by Prabir Purkayastha, a contributor, who rebutted Vardarajan’s arguments. The latter’s rejoinder was carried on his own blog, not in the paper. But on July 19 the paper’s editor,