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Silencing the rationalist

Silencing the rationalist

Certain “dastardly deeds” (how our netas love these two words!) are just more “dastardly” than...

23 Aug 2013 10:17 PM IST

A toothy tale

“How far can you go If you’re not Rimbaud How much do you dare If you’re not Baudelaire Contemplate...

23 Aug 2013 10:16 PM IST

The muffled sounds of the dholak

The muffled sounds of the dholak

Gazing into India, on my occasional visits, standing on the Pakistani side of Wagah border, the only land crossing...

23 Aug 2013 10:15 PM IST

What are our MPs really up to now

What are our MPs really up to now

One of the last matters India’s Parliament attends to is legislative business, which should be defining the very...

23 Aug 2013 9:43 PM IST

Publicity gimmick

Publicity gimmick

The incident involving Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan in which his voice was allegedly doctored in a YouTube video to...

23 Aug 2013 9:42 PM IST

Data gone missing

Data gone missing

The missing files pertaining to coal allocation took me back to the time when I had to visit North Block regularly for...

23 Aug 2013 9:42 PM IST

Focus on education

Focus on education

Indian policymaker Sam Pitroda’s concern over the bad quality of education in India barring five per cent...

23 Aug 2013 9:41 PM IST

What unites India

What unites India

“Though Shakespeare did not invent the form He wrote a lot of sonnets to a guy Encapsulating both the calm and...

20 July 2013 3:11 AM IST

Dancing in the dark

Dancing in the dark

Kajol, who lived on the upscale Altamount Road, had never seen life in the raw.

20 July 2013 3:05 AM IST

Get new strike corps up and running

Get new strike corps up and running

The government has at last given the green light to the raising of a mountain strike corps — an accretion of some...

20 July 2013 3:00 AM IST

A risky BJP strategy

A risky BJP strategy

Judging by the forays of Narendra Modi, the Bharatiya Janata Party is still honing its message for the 2014 general...

20 July 2013 2:57 AM IST

Overcome hurdles to FDI

Overcome hurdles to FDI

In a nasty twist to the FDI-friendly announcements that the government made, there was a withdrawal of $12 billion in...

20 July 2013 2:54 AM IST