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September 4, 2013
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The enigma of silence

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win!: Mahatma Gandhi Sonia Gandhi is no Mahatma (although sycophantic Congressmen would have you believe...

August 21, 2013
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Connecting with youth: Modi has edge over Rahul

In the age of marketing, there is perhaps no social category as attractive as the urban ‘youth’ brand. The MTV generation has spawned channels, products, a lifestyle designed to...

August 7, 2013
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Get past the potholes

Tweeting can be risky business in the age of the Senas as celebrity author Shobhaa Dé has just found out. Her comment suggesting that Mumbai could be carved out...

July 25, 2013
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Not secularism, stupid

How does one define a tweet as secular or communal? Last week, I sent a morning greeting wishing people Happy Ekadashi. A particularly auspicious day in Maharashtra, it is...

July 14, 2013
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Devolution for evolution

There is a story, possibly apocryphal, on Babasaheb Bhosale being made Maharashtra chief minister in 1982 when AR Antulay had to resign in the wake of the cement scandal,...

June 26, 2013
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Lalu model re-caste

For the political journalist who thrives on caste arithmetic, Bihar is perhaps the last refuge. Even on a whistle-stop visit to Patna to interview the Bihar chief minister, every...

June 12, 2013
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With him or against him

If elections were to held in the social media, Narendra Modi would almost certainly be ‘crowned’ prime minister. Modi has more than 17 lakh followers on twitter, more than...

May 29, 2013
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How the mighty fall

First a confession: I am a T20 convert. I find the T20 game inventive, exciting and almost addictive. I have even learnt to take Sidhu’s pun-a-minute motor mouth in...

May 15, 2013
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Bowling a dot ball

If not in politics, Pakistan’s world cup winning captain Imran Khan has certainly always been a larger than life cricketer. My favourite Imran story dates back to a Sharjah...

May 1, 2013
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Silence as a curse

It may seem incongruous to say today, but there was a time when one found Manmohan Singh’s silence a mark of quiet dignity. In this age of noise, where...