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I am not sad , but not happy either !
December 18, 2009, 7:43 PM IST
I was so home sick all this while , during most of my stay ..then why did being back not give me as much happiness as i thought it would ??? Seeing familiar surroundings did…
December 18, 2009, 7:43 PM IST
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Thoo be it
December 17, 2009, 9:34 PM IST
Indians spit. Caste, creed and sex no bar. The frequent and energetic ejection of saliva – despite the cautionary notices put up in our post offices, ‘Do not affix stamp with sputum’ – spitting is not just a national pastime; it is a national passion.
December 17, 2009, 9:34 PM IST
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Telanagana and pre-modern promises
December 17, 2009, 6:00 PM IST
Every child who’s read Alice in wonderland knows that saying what you mean and meaning what you say are two different things. So do the political parties that supported a separate Telangana till the Centre…
December 17, 2009, 6:00 PM IST
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This Amoeba Nation
December 16, 2009, 8:07 PM IST
First amoeba, then states and political parties – if this trend to multiply by dividing continues, the aftermath will be worse than any math. Telengana is only the latest in a notorious lineage, and certainly…
December 16, 2009, 8:07 PM IST
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Why Telangana makes sense
December 15, 2009, 10:38 PM IST
The din and violence surrounding the government’s announcement that it’ll finally push to carve out the state of Telangana from Andhra Pradesh, has claimed a major victim: reason. Most arguments against carving out Telangana are…
December 15, 2009, 10:38 PM IST
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Sorry, Indians not allowed
December 15, 2009, 2:39 PM IST
My friend Ramit (name changed on request) called me late Friday night. He sounded quite agitated. “You know, Haagen Dazs has opened its Delhi outlet”. I reacted with a joke. “Good, now you can spend…
December 15, 2009, 2:39 PM IST
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Is Hyderabad just a piece of land?
December 14, 2009, 7:12 PM IST
One of the first things that struck me when I came to live in Hyderabad four and a half years ago was the obsession of those who lived in other parts of Andhra Pradesh to…
December 14, 2009, 7:12 PM IST
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Don’t need to feel inferior anymore
December 13, 2009, 4:53 PM IST
On my visits to Hyderabad, my hometown, I often find myself looking for a CD or DVD of an old, forgotten Telugu movie called Maa Bhoomi. Though I come across a lot of old stuff…
December 13, 2009, 4:53 PM IST
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sorry india !
December 13, 2009, 12:08 PM IST
I may have innumerable number of reasons so as to why i couldnt make it , but that wouldnt take away from the fact that i dint make it ! Sorry india i know how…
December 13, 2009, 12:08 PM IST
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Andhra split opens up a Pandora’s box
December 13, 2009, 1:27 AM IST
The public school of politics has only one subject in its tutorials: Events. The big boys of Delhi have been playing truant, lulled by an imposter’s mantra. Two victories in five years convinced them that delay is a solution.
December 13, 2009, 1:27 AM IST
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Bajaj scooter & passing of the middle class
December 12, 2009, 3:41 PM IST
The demise of Bajaj scooter represents a passing of not only an era but a consciousness. Nothing captured the complex reality of existence in Middle India better than this hybrid creature that offered mobility and…
December 12, 2009, 3:41 PM IST
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Fast track to death
December 12, 2009, 11:13 AM IST
The fast unto death of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti leader, K Chandrasekhara Rao, raises legal and ethical questions. Should such death-fasts be allowed, particularly when – as in the case of the Telangana leader –…
December 12, 2009, 11:13 AM IST
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INDIA WILL WALK
December 12, 2009, 10:47 AM IST
YES !! u cant hold back someones right to participate , m a matured girl and take complete responsibility of myself , anything happens to me on stge or after no one from mw org…
December 12, 2009, 10:47 AM IST
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Wanted: A World Fit For Women
December 12, 2009, 12:49 AM IST
The conviction this week of Ajeet Singh Katiyar in Delhi in the notorious Dhaula Kuan gang rape case of a university student from Mizoram is good news.
December 12, 2009, 12:49 AM IST
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I want a state too
December 11, 2009, 7:46 PM IST
Dear Mr Prime Minister, I am 30 years old, fat, educated and I want my own state. To achieve this objective I have decided to proceed on a fast immediately… after my next pizza, that…
December 11, 2009, 7:46 PM IST
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40 Cents: That’s the cost of an Indian life
December 10, 2009, 11:12 PM IST
You know what’s the cost of an Indian life for an American MNC? 40 cents. That’s it. And, guess what, the government of India agrees with this value. All Indians – all 1.1 billion of…
December 10, 2009, 11:12 PM IST
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Tele phoney
December 10, 2009, 8:05 PM IST
Ah mate mah threel/ Ohn Bloo-bairy Heel/ Ohn Bloo-bairy Heel/ Where Ah fownd yew. Bunny’s phone is singing. It is singing Blueberry Hill to tell her that someone is calling her on it. I remember…
December 10, 2009, 8:05 PM IST
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Nobody killed three men who were murdered
December 10, 2009, 1:10 PM IST
Agni, the fire, cleanses everything – The Vedas On May 9, 2007, a mob attacked the Madurai office of Tamil Daily ‘Dinakaran’ owned by Kalanidhi Maran. They smashed windows, computers and furniture, and set fire…
December 10, 2009, 1:10 PM IST
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WHY DID YOU DO THIS GOD?
December 10, 2009, 1:59 AM IST
:……… Unfortunately twisted my ankle while running downstairs in heels , doc says 3weeeks bed rest with a cast and no participation !! its 3am right now and my tears have dried . Mom and…
December 10, 2009, 1:59 AM IST
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My quest for aesthetics
December 8, 2009, 3:23 PM IST
Seven months into the fashion industry, and the discoveries I have made have startled, as well as distressed me. From the minute you set foot in India, you know you’ve entered an absorbing, exotic land,…
December 8, 2009, 3:23 PM IST
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