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Whatever the woman card is, it isn’t buying you anything
May 1, 2016, 12:00 AM IST
Donald Trump is designed to infuriate most women. And he played to type, claiming that all Hillary Clinton had going for her was “the woman card”, suggesting that her gender — a manifest disadvantage —…
May 1, 2016, 12:00 AM IST
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Fanning the fire: Why the Havells anti-reservation ad got everyone winded
March 31, 2016, 7:37 AM IST
Havells, an electrical appliances company, thought it had hit the “empowerment” sweet spot with its Hawa Badlegi ads. It sold steam irons and mixer grinders while talking of respect for women and old people and…
March 31, 2016, 7:37 AM IST
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Brotherhood of the brown pants
March 15, 2016, 6:59 AM IST
The RSS updates the uniform, but the uniformity project is going strong So the RSS is getting a new look – out with the billowing khaki shorts, in with discreet brown trousers. The Sangh has…
March 15, 2016, 6:59 AM IST
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Overselling of Prashant Kishor: Spin can’t win an election
March 6, 2016, 12:00 AM IST
Having stage-managed two remarkable victories for opposing sides, Modi in 2014 and Nitish Kumar in 2015, Prashant Kishor is as golden as it gets right now. A former public health professional and UN wonk, political…
March 6, 2016, 12:00 AM IST
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Aunty is as aunty does
February 28, 2016, 10:25 AM IST
Why it’s perfectly accurate to call Smriti Irani one At a time when the nation is at a great existential crossroads, some of us were consumed by one question alone. Should a newspaper have described…
February 28, 2016, 10:25 AM IST
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Stand up to the bullies
February 18, 2016, 1:20 AM IST
Why we must counter brute nationalism with a constitutional patriotism It’s perfectly clear why the BJP and kin would use nationalism to end all argument. It’s a feeling that warms the blood, tingles the nerves….
February 18, 2016, 1:20 AM IST
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Love aaj, kal rape?
February 7, 2016, 12:06 AM IST
If you love her and leave her, have you raped her? In a world where a woman meets a man on equal terms, can a reciprocal sexual act be later framed as rape? British hockey…
February 7, 2016, 12:06 AM IST
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Window of opportunity: PIB messes around on Photoshop, ruins Modi’s image
December 4, 2015, 7:49 PM IST
The dark arts of Photoshop aren’t for everyone, it turns out. Yesterday, the Press Information Bureau got it into its head to tweet a picture of Modi peering out of his plane window. Except, to…
December 4, 2015, 7:49 PM IST
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The Oxford Dictionary tries, way too late, to make emojis respectable
November 17, 2015, 7:57 PM IST
What does it mean that the Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year isn’t even a word? This year, the “tears of joy” emoji beat back formidable competition — “dark web”, “on fleek” and “sharing economy”….
November 17, 2015, 7:57 PM IST
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More Bisadas simmering in west UP
October 18, 2015, 12:01 AM IST
Having lost their economic clout and political relevance, youngsters of dominant agrarian castes have fallen back on cultural machismo Bisada, the west UP village where the 50-year-old Mohammed Akhlaq was lynched on the suspicion that…
October 18, 2015, 12:01 AM IST
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From Silicon Valley with love
September 26, 2015, 12:22 AM IST
What Modi can learn from its open, zany, talent-driven spirit This weekend, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit technology heavyweights in Silicon Valley. While he is carrying a sack of goodies for them, promising to…
September 26, 2015, 12:22 AM IST
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Names people play: A street smart Delhi would ensure that its place names reflect democratic consultation
September 21, 2015, 12:00 AM IST
After a BJP legislator’s petition a few weeks ago, the New Delhi Municipal Council decided – instantly and unanimously – to change what had been Aurangzeb Road to Abdul Kalam Road. Delhi chief minister Arvind…
September 21, 2015, 12:00 AM IST
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Screens and projections: A week where we learnt more about the media and ourselves than about Indrani Mukerjea
September 1, 2015, 12:02 AM IST
Now that the most intense convulsions around Indrani Mukerjea have ceased, let’s take a hard look at ourselves. What was that even about? So here are the facts – former TV executive Indrani, her ex-husband…
September 1, 2015, 12:02 AM IST
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Raise the banner high: Why flags remain such potent propaganda, from Kashmir to the American South
July 20, 2015, 4:05 PM IST
The Kashmiri protesters waving Pakistani, ISIS and Lashkar-e-Toiba flags knew exactly what they were doing. There is no simpler way to defy and provoke the Indian government. There they ripple in broad daylight, the black-and-white…
July 20, 2015, 4:05 PM IST
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Misquotation marks
July 14, 2015, 8:00 AM IST
Political statements are routinely misheard and misunderstood. Maybe Modi’s right to rely on acronyms after all. In today’s Twitter news, Amit Shah was mocked all morning for saying “achhe din” would arrive in 25 years….
July 14, 2015, 8:00 AM IST
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Get real, not virtual: Why there’s less than meets the eye in plans for Digital India
July 10, 2015, 12:05 AM IST
“I Dream of a Digital India,” said Narendra Modi with a prophet’s zeal, in a 15-point videoconference during his electoral campaign. Now, he has made good on his commitment, launching an ambitious, up-to-date e-governance programme….
July 10, 2015, 12:05 AM IST
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Raped but married
June 24, 2015, 4:32 PM IST
A woman who was raped and impregnated over a decade ago, when she was a minor, is now confronted with another horror. Instead of the redress owed to her, the Madras high court has ordered…
June 24, 2015, 4:32 PM IST
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