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October 17, 2014
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Why Modi-Shah duo will win Maharashtra

Political judgements based on opinion polls are hazardous at the best of times, but when there is a five-cornered fight like in Maharashtra, pollsters are often whistling in the...

October 16, 2014
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Exit, exit polls?

The tyranny of television rating points has meant that exit polls are now part of the great Indian election tamasha. Let me make an honest confession: I am a...

October 13, 2014
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In memory of Khushwant

It takes a book festival in Kasauli to get away from the noise of news. A weekend in the bracing hills of Himachal to attend the Khushwant Singh literary...

October 9, 2014
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Farewell MV Kamath

In February this year, I met MV Kamath for the last time. Kamath, a veteran journalist, was dean of the Manipal Institute of Communication and had invited me to...

October 6, 2014
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From Gaddar to Haider

Cinema often holds a mirror to society. Remember those macho 'war' films of the 1990s: the Gaddars and the Borders that glorified the army and projected Pakistan as the...

October 3, 2014
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“American way of life”

If Narendra Modi’s triumphant visit to the United States was marked by a series of photo-ops, two stood out: the first was in New York’s Central Park where the...

October 2, 2014
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Cleanliness begins at home

Of all the ideas that Narendra Modi has thrown up since becoming prime minister, the Swacha Bharat Abhiyan launched on Mahatma Gandhi's birthday is easily his most imaginative and...

September 27, 2014
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New York Calling : Part-2

So Narendra Modi has finally landed in America to much hype and excitement more than a decade after his last visit. And my mind rewinds to the year 2000...

September 25, 2014
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New York Calling

Every time I take a long international flight, my admiration for seafarers increases. Think of the long months and years that the Columbus and Vasco D Gamas spent discovering...

September 23, 2014
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Maha-battle

A Mahabharata is being played out in Maharashtra even before Election Day. For the BJP Shiv Sena alliance, it's all about kaun banega mukhya mantri. The saffron alliance...