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January 1, 2021
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A prayer for 2021: where the mind is without fear ..

After a traumatic and turbulent 2020, its time to ring in a new year with hope. And since Rabindranath Tagore is being re-discovered by our netas ahead of the...

December 18, 2020
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The Anna and kisan movements

One of the more ironical images during last week’s Bharat Bandh called by farmers groups was that of social activist Anna Hazare on a day long hunger fast in...

December 4, 2020
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Farmers vs Modi govt: Reform by Diktat

‘Are these really farmers who are blocking the roads and protesting?” It’s a quizzical question asked often enough on prime time news tv by many who have rarely stepped...

November 26, 2020
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The inscrutable man in the shadows, Ahmed Patel

In the byzantine corridors of the Delhi durbar, power is the sole currency. Power here doesn’t flow from a gun barrel but from position and address, the more proximate...

November 20, 2020
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TV Anchors vs Aam Aadmi: ‘Personal Liberty’ cant be selective

“Let’s send the message across to every High Court. Please exercise your jurisdiction to protect personal liberty. Because that’s the ultimate reason for our existence as constitutional courts.. if...

October 23, 2020
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Bihar’s ‘Shatranj’ Election

Electoral politics in Bihar provides a much needed dose of oxygen for a critical patient on ventilator. For the last 12 months, Bihar has lurched from one disaster to...

October 9, 2020
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Of Muslim and Dalit Lives in Yogi’s UP

Long before Boolgarhi village in Hathras, there was Bisada village in Dadri. Exactly five years ago in September 2015, a 50 year old Mohammed Akhlaq was lynched to death...

September 25, 2020
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Hate is in the Air

Covid 19 is not the only virus stalking the nation. Hate is in the air with social media acting as a super-spreader. Last week, on the death of prominent...

September 11, 2020
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Sushant-Rhea case: We are all part of a circus

For several weeks now, the obituary of tv news has been written by many media observers. The breathlessly sensational, ethically flawed and, at times, totally inane coverage of actor...

August 28, 2020
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Of Dynasts and Democrats

In the aftermath of the ‘letter bomb’ in the Congress that didn’t quite explode, there has been much angst over the apparent lack of inner party democracy in the...