Ashok Malik

Jan 27, 2011
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Ashok Malik can be contacted at malikashok@gmail.com

Indian Payola League

Ever since the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing scandal broke on Thursday morning (May 16), there have been two equally tiresome responses. On Thursday itself, a succession of former cricketers, Indian or otherwise, turned up in television studios and spoke about the “romance of the game” being violated.

Milquetoast Doctrine

In its essence, the craft of politics is about winning space for manoeuvre. Sometimes the space for manoeuvre arises organically.

Not the usual suspects

It would stand to reason that news events lead to the formation of an opinion. In today’s frenetic, 24/7 media environment, complemented by rapid-fire social media platforms, news events appear to exist only to justify and validate a pre-formed opinion. One saw this disturbing verity play itself out in real time on Friday, April 19, as the Boston police battled two gunmen — later identified as a pair of disaffected Chechen brothers who had metamorphosed from ordinary migrants to crazed jihadists.

Ever since the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing scandal broke on Thursday morning (May 16), there have been two equally tiresome responses. On Thursday itself, a succession of former cricketers, Indian or otherwise, turned up in television studios and spoke about the “romance of the game” being violated.

Counting on continuity

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