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  • The Importance of Awards

    February 2, 2010, 12:02 AM IST

    Awards do not only acknowledge success; they recognise many other qualities: ability, struggle, effort and, above all, excellence. For every Shah Rukh who succeeds and hits the jackpot, winning wealth, fame and honour, there are hundreds of equally gifted actors who do not make it.

    February 2, 2010, 12:02 AM IST

    Extraordinary Issue , India , TOI

  • BJP outgrew Kalyan, SP outgrew Amar: All is transitional in UP politics

    January 31, 2010, 5:33 PM IST

    Mayawati owes her political existence to upper caste-bashing and espousing Bahujan cause: TrueMayawati wants upper caste votes and is all for Sarvajan harmony: Equally true ——————— BSP and BJP can never be allies again: Self-evident…

    January 31, 2010, 5:33 PM IST

    Click Lit , India , TOI

  • A Weapon Called Time

    January 31, 2010, 4:50 PM IST

    It took sixteen years to get a verdict in the Ruchika case (nine years to register an FIR) and seventeen years to get a report from the Liberhan commission (it was originally given 3 months…

    January 31, 2010, 4:50 PM IST

    City City Bang Bang , India , TOI

  • Don’t teach English to your children in Class I

    January 31, 2010, 12:09 AM IST

    A recent news report highlighted the fact that only 48.3% of Indian children in Class 1 could read the English alphabet, even in big capital letters. The annual education audit by the NGO Pratham showed…

    January 31, 2010, 12:09 AM IST

    Swaminomics , India , TOI

  • We need private firms in defence

    January 31, 2010, 12:06 AM IST

    In theory the Republic Day parade is an exposition of our military strength. In practice it might have become an exposure of military fragility. If it were merely a question of poor display, it would…

    January 31, 2010, 12:06 AM IST

    The Siege Within , India , TOI

  • Mind your language, we’re all Indians

    January 31, 2010, 12:03 AM IST

    For someone whose fluency in the languages of the Aryavarta is fairly basic, there are few things more exasperating than being caught in the crossfire of incomprehension at social gatherings where, as a rule, you…

    January 31, 2010, 12:03 AM IST

    Right & Wrong , India , TOI

  • Educate our educationists

    January 30, 2010, 8:13 PM IST

    This report came less than two weeks ago but I am still waiting for the clarion call from our educationists. After all, the report’s findings definitely threaten to undercut our GDP growth rate in the…

    January 30, 2010, 8:13 PM IST

    Changing Frames , India , TOI

  • An idea whose time hasn’t come?

    January 29, 2010, 6:06 PM IST

     There is a palpable sense of drift and dither with the government, if you leave aside P Chidambaram’s handling of the home ministry. And while the home ministry’s administrative élan has gone up significantly, it…

    January 29, 2010, 6:06 PM IST

    Cursor , India , TOI

  • Don’t fly before you can walk

    January 29, 2010, 4:00 PM IST

    That’s advice that our government should take. Why is it trying to fly when it can’t even walk properly? Having merged state-owned Air India and Indian Airlines in August 2007 – in an effort to…

    January 29, 2010, 4:00 PM IST

    Juggle-Bandhi , India , TOI

  • Women hockey players don’t need sympathy, but fair treatment

    January 29, 2010, 11:40 AM IST

    ‘Here’s why Indian women hockey players are seeking your money,’ said the caption of the lead story in The Times of India on Thursday elaborating on the admittedly not very cheery personal circumstances of some…

    January 29, 2010, 11:40 AM IST

    Myth-n-Reality , India , ET

  • An idea whose time hasn’t come?

    January 28, 2010, 11:48 AM IST

    There is a palpable sense of drift and dither with the government, if you leave aside P Chidambaram’s handling of the home ministry. And while the home ministry’s administrative élan has gone up significantly, it…

    January 28, 2010, 11:48 AM IST

    Cursor , India , ET

  • Netaji and the Lal Chowk tricolour: Inconvenient. Take them both off!

    January 27, 2010, 11:16 PM IST

    There are a few things in the past few days which may, or may not, have a link, but they seemed to have an underlying thread. They served to bug me, however, fairly thoroughly at…

    January 27, 2010, 11:16 PM IST

    Click Lit , India , TOI

  • Camp Paining

    January 27, 2010, 10:56 AM IST

    I can only imagine what all of you outside of the film industry must conjure up when you hear of the supposed ‘camps in Bollywood.’ Film scribes are constantly referring to actors and filmmakers belonging…

    January 27, 2010, 10:56 AM IST

    Karan Johar's Blog , India , TOI

  • Towards A Second Republic ?

    January 26, 2010, 2:08 PM IST

    As India celebrates the diamond jubilee of its Republic, analysts and watchers are increasingly veering to the opinion that the GOI announcement on December 9 last year to create Telangana is part of an idea…

    January 26, 2010, 2:08 PM IST

    Masala Noodles , India , TOI

  • Best time to buy luxury homes

    January 26, 2010, 2:05 PM IST

    For anybody who has been seeking lifestyle and luxury homes at best values, this is the time to buy. When the number of takers for premium or super premium properties dropped, so did the values….

    January 26, 2010, 2:05 PM IST

    A brick on the wall , India , TOI

  • On becoming peripatetic

    January 26, 2010, 1:28 PM IST

    How do you start a blog? To paraphrase the words of Miss Elizabeth Bennett, that most delightful of creatures to have come out of the pages of Jane Austen, once one has started, one should…

    January 26, 2010, 1:28 PM IST

    The Peripatetic Wonderer , India , TOI

  • The second flag

    January 26, 2010, 8:04 AM IST

    In our republic, which boasts of one nation, one people and one union, we have two flags. One for India and the other for Kashmir. No one asks why? If the mere picture of a foreign…

    January 26, 2010, 8:04 AM IST

    Indus Calling , India , TOI

  • Dumb parades

    January 25, 2010, 11:13 PM IST

    The sight of a marching army battalion — heads up, swinging arms and the single sound of a hundred heels digging into the tarmac — is an unparalleled sight of solidarity of physical rhythm, unity…

    January 25, 2010, 11:13 PM IST

    Masquerader , India , TOI

  • Former Pak air chief in Indian govt ad: What if it was Osama’s picture?

    January 25, 2010, 3:33 PM IST

    Were you really surprised with the advertisement yesterday by the ministry of women and child welfare that had the picture of the former Pakistan Air Force Chief, Tanvir Ahmed, along with the sons of India…

    January 25, 2010, 3:33 PM IST

    Random Access , India , TOI

  • Privatising Foreign Policy

    January 24, 2010, 12:23 PM IST

    The IPL snub to Pakistani players has led to a predictable pattern of responses –  some are apologetic about causing gratuitous offence to the players while others feel strongly that is what they deserve, given…

    January 24, 2010, 12:23 PM IST

    City City Bang Bang , India , TOI
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