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Reservation road
September 16, 2010, 9:53 PM IST
(This is a humorous piece) Roads in Delhi and the NCR now have a special lane meant only for Commonwealth Games-related traffic i.e., coaches carrying athletes, vehicles carrying officials, etc. Anyone else caught using this…
September 16, 2010, 9:53 PM IST
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Force of arms
September 14, 2010, 9:24 PM IST
Can democracy come out of the barrel of a gun? That has been the question haunting Kashmir since the current spiral of agitation began in June this year and which, so far, has claimed over 80 lives, including those of women and children.
September 14, 2010, 9:24 PM IST
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Divorce outstrips marriage
September 13, 2010, 6:21 PM IST
(This is a humorous piece) In its latest report, the International Institute of Statistics has revealed that, the world over, the divorce rate has overtaken the marriage rate. A spokesperson of the institute, herself a…
September 13, 2010, 6:21 PM IST
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Phoo-phaa affair
September 9, 2010, 9:12 PM IST
(This is a humour piece) It was a phoo-phaa affair to beat all phoo-phaa affairs. Delhi had seldom witnessed so many phoo-phaa cars with red flashing beacon lights on their roofs, all going phoo-phaa, phoo-phaa!…
September 9, 2010, 9:12 PM IST
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Hunger march
September 7, 2010, 10:02 PM IST
The public outcry about the seemingly endless scams and swindles associated with the Commonwealth Games has drawn attention away from a much more shocking scandal: millions of tons of government-procured foodgrains are rotting in the open.
September 7, 2010, 10:02 PM IST
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Mamma T
September 6, 2010, 11:16 AM IST
It was 1970 and I had gone to meet Mother Teresa for the first time, in Nirmal Hriday, the Missionaries of Charity’s Home for Dying Destitutes in Kalighat, south Calcutta. I’d taken a deep breathe…
September 6, 2010, 11:16 AM IST
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After a fashion
September 2, 2010, 10:28 PM IST
(This piece is a humour) I’d thought fashion was something only women did, like multitasking and motherhood. So when, for some inexplicable reason, I was invited to a men’s fashion show, I was intrigued. Men…
September 2, 2010, 10:28 PM IST
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Whose boycott?
August 31, 2010, 8:54 PM IST
(This piece is a comment) Writing in the Sunday Times of India, Chetan Bhagat made an impassioned plea to all of us common citizens not just of Delhi but of all of India to boycott…
August 31, 2010, 8:54 PM IST
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Arth Shastra
August 26, 2010, 9:39 PM IST
(This is a humour piece) The new symbol for the Indian rupee has been hailed, far and wide, as a signal to the world that India is emerging as a global economic force to be…
August 26, 2010, 9:39 PM IST
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Take a hike
August 24, 2010, 9:01 PM IST
(This is a comment) When he was hauled up before the British Parliament for plundering wealth in India, Robert Clive is reported to have said that he stood amazed at his own moderation. Our members…
August 24, 2010, 9:01 PM IST
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Second sight
August 19, 2010, 10:05 PM IST
(This is a travel piece) Isn’t it beautiful? I’m not sure which of the two of us said it. It could have been either. Or both together. After all, both of us were tourists. And…
August 19, 2010, 10:05 PM IST
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Patriot games
August 17, 2010, 9:05 PM IST
Indeed, in that the bad policies of a particular government often harm the country, it could be said that criticising the government is the most patriotic thing in the world.
August 17, 2010, 9:05 PM IST
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Growing up with India
August 14, 2010, 12:48 PM IST
(This piece is a comment) Being born less than a year before Independence, I grew up along with India. The country’s birth was an agonising one, and its pain affected my own coming into the…
August 14, 2010, 12:48 PM IST
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Take a tip
August 12, 2010, 10:03 PM IST
Though not unique to US culture, giving a tip for services rendered is the bedrock on which American capitalism is based.
August 12, 2010, 10:03 PM IST
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Kashmir wool
August 10, 2010, 10:24 PM IST
(This piece is a comment) Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani has appealed to Kashmiris to celebrate August 14 – the day Pakistan was founded – while observing August 15, India’s Independence Day, as a…
August 10, 2010, 10:24 PM IST
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Kingdom of dreams
August 9, 2010, 10:40 AM IST
(This piece is a comment) A Japanese poet dreamt that he was a butterfly. And when he woke up, he wondered if he were now a butterfly dreaming it was a poet. That old mind-teaser…
August 9, 2010, 10:40 AM IST
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Stockholm syndrome
August 5, 2010, 8:32 PM IST
When I got to Stockholm, all of Sweden seemed closed. It was June 23, the day when Sweden goes on holiday to celebrate the summer solstice, when the sun is at its zenith and daylight lingers like a persistent lover all through the night.
August 5, 2010, 8:32 PM IST
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Games theory
August 4, 2010, 1:00 AM IST
(This piece is a comment) A hue and cry has been raised that our national honour will suffer irreparable damage as a result of corrupt and inefficient officials who’ve been getting kickbacks and cutting corners…
August 4, 2010, 1:00 AM IST
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Policy statement
July 1, 2010, 9:15 PM IST
On the eve of my setting off on my travels, I look at my travel insurance. It is for 2,00,000 US dollars. Which, as they say, is a whole bunch of dollars, and then some. My travel agent advised me to take the basic insurance policy, for a measly 50,000 dollars.
July 1, 2010, 9:15 PM IST
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English hatao
June 29, 2010, 7:43 PM IST
On October 25, 2010, a temple is to be inaugurated in UP. This in itself would not be news but for the fact that the temple is to be dedicated to an unusual deity: the English language.
June 29, 2010, 7:43 PM IST
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