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April 3, 2015
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Losing semi-final is not ‘national shame’, farmer suicide is

On the night before India’s World Cup semi-finals with Australia, I innocently tweeted: ‘Heart with India, head with Australia.’ Within minutes, followers on my twitter account were enraged: Not...

March 20, 2015
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AAP politics: The khichdi has begun to smell

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce, but what happens when the farce is played out time and again? Many years ago, I asked the veteran socialist...

March 6, 2015
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The marathon runner will win

Dear Rahul, An open letter is perhaps the best way to communicate. The reason I write is to add my two paise bit to the controversy over your decision...

February 20, 2015
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It’s too early to consider Kejriwal as magnet for anti-BJP forces

Call it "tyranny of distance” or simply the nature of the Delhi-centric 24x7 “national” media, but a day after Arvind Kejriwal’s famous win, the BJP swept the local body...

February 6, 2015
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Delhi polls a ‘class war’ between ‘mufflerman’ and supreme leader

Just before the December 2013 Delhi elections, our housekeeper, who has been the mainstay of our home for over a decade, came with a special request. “Sir, I want...

January 23, 2015
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Kejriwal vs Bedi contest has opened a fascinating window in Indian politics

The year 2011 was the year of Anna Hazare, as a septuagenarian activist was literally lifted out of near-retirement to be projected as a modern-day Gandhi. Four years later,...

December 29, 2014
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Right man, right place, right time

India's most powerful prime minister in decades,Narendra Modi has become the focal point of a young nation's aspiration for a better tomorrow

December 26, 2014
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Good Governance Day sends wrong message on Xmas

For me, the year’s end invariably means Christmas, bringing its unique sense of renewal and joie de vivre. Turkey, plum cake and mulled wine on December 25 have been...

December 12, 2014
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Space for change in Kashmir, but BJP may miss the chance

The year 2014 has been the year of the lotus. The indefatigable Narendra Modi-Amit Shah combine has taken the BJP to a spectacular victory at the Centre, won Maharashtra...

November 28, 2014
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Game is to hide: Srinivasan symbolic of deeper rot

Prime time news television thrives on the idea of a daily enemy, someone who can be court-martialled every night and then pronounced guilty by the news anchor playing the...