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December 11, 2013
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Six degrees of separation: why it’s tough for Rahul to learn from AAP

Arvind Kejriwal and Rahul Gandhi are both youthful public figures in their 40s. Sadly, that’s where the comparisons end. One is now a political rockstar, the other is in...

November 27, 2013
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Kejriwal and Modi – bringing politics back to the common man

On the face of it, Arvind Kejriwal and Narendra Modi are literally chalk and cheese. One is an IITian and former IRS officer who is surrounded by a mix...

November 13, 2013
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Banning of opinion polls is not a way forward

In the land of astrologers and soothsayers, it is faintly amusing to see our politicians in a lather over opinion polls. The very netas who plan their lives according...

October 31, 2013
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Confront these painful truths about communalism

Why does an underworld don who offered the Indian cricket team Toyota cars if they beat Pakistan in Sharjah in 1986 become a resident of Karachi and India’s most...

October 2, 2013
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Rahul’s attack on ordinance raises more questions than it answers

Dear Rahulji, Damned if you do, damned if you don’t: as someone who has long advocated in these columns the need for you to speak up, I should be...

September 18, 2013
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Too soon to say goodbye

The three most influential politicians of the 1990s were Narasimha Rao, Vishwanath Pratap Singh and LK Advani. At a time when the last of the triumvirate prepares to fade...

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...