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How do i feel??
December 8, 2009, 9:55 AM IST
How do i feel !! can i explain?? i can try..m sad that y do all good things have to come to an end 🙁 n specially when its ending with a stiff competition where…
December 8, 2009, 9:55 AM IST
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Copenhagen, Christmas and all that
December 7, 2009, 4:49 PM IST
There’s a Christmas kind of hush in the air. Carol concerts in churches, mulled wine, mince pies, the hunt for that perfect Christmas turkey or duck has now begun in earnest. Those of us lucky…
December 7, 2009, 4:49 PM IST
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Ruled by Anniversaries
December 7, 2009, 2:11 AM IST
Suddenly we are outraged about the Bhopal disaster. For the last few years, Bhopal has not even been a blip on our radars, having outlived its utility as a story that delivered any stimulation to…
December 7, 2009, 2:11 AM IST
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Was Rao a winner or loser? Let history decide
December 6, 2009, 1:04 AM IST
In Alan Bennett’s celebrated play ‘Forty Years On’, there is an amusing but poignant scene centred on the trial of Neville Chamberlain by the ‘Court of History’. This court, the presiding judge informs the disoriented…
December 6, 2009, 1:04 AM IST
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Bhopal: 25 years of sheer apathy
December 6, 2009, 1:01 AM IST
Every anniversary of a trauma, whether Bhopal, Bhagalpur, Bluestar, Ahmedabad or the anti-Sikh riots on Delhi’s streets, turns into a struggle between anger and amnesia. It is a no-contest. Amnesia wins every time. Eyeless in…
December 6, 2009, 1:01 AM IST
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Bhopal tragedy and Swiss accounts
December 5, 2009, 11:30 AM IST
What do the Bhopal gas tragedy – one of the worst industrial disasters in this country – and secret Swiss bank accounts and foreign tax havens – where Indians have reportedly stashed away an estimated US $1.4 trillion…
December 5, 2009, 11:30 AM IST
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Bankers’ checks
December 3, 2009, 9:11 PM IST
Last week the TOI carried a report about a Delhi University graduate, Adit Mathur, who was recruited off the campus by a multinational bank for a job paying him a starting salary which was the…
December 3, 2009, 9:11 PM IST
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Unaffordable God
December 1, 2009, 8:32 PM IST
On the anniversary of the 26/11 terror attack, the TOI cited an anonymous official as saying that keeping the sole surviving perpetrator of the assault, Ajmal Kasab, in safe custody has already cost the exchequer…
December 1, 2009, 8:32 PM IST
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‘Raaz Pichle Janam Ka’: I was a BOY!
December 1, 2009, 4:43 PM IST
Well I have always wondered why I am not so close with my dad as I am with my mom and brother.. Why do I get overtly possessive or say dependent in my relationships or friendships with men…..
December 1, 2009, 4:43 PM IST
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A poem dedicated to Dimma on her b’day
November 30, 2009, 9:52 PM IST
Ok, I have a confession to make. I’m no poet. But today’s blog includes something I scribbled about my poet Dimma, a child-widow who remarried for love and earned a living all her life through…
November 30, 2009, 9:52 PM IST
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Sound and substance
November 30, 2009, 6:02 PM IST
There was a President of Hindustaan, Who wished to fly in an aeroplaan, She ordered the Staff Chief for a Sukhoi, And took off as the crew said, ahoy, ahoy, She landed with a whirlwind,…
November 30, 2009, 6:02 PM IST
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Letters, tweets, one paisa SMS
November 30, 2009, 2:10 PM IST
When I was young, everyone wrote letters to each other. I have many handwritten letters from people and even though some of them may be torn or faded, the memories they evoke are rich and…
November 30, 2009, 2:10 PM IST
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26/11 and Babri: We never forgive, but always forget
November 30, 2009, 12:34 PM IST
When someone does you wrong, forgive but don’t forget, says the old homily. The point being that you forgive the wrongdoer (after all, you yourself might have earlier wronged that person, or someone else) but…
November 30, 2009, 12:34 PM IST
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The Paradox of Retribution
November 29, 2009, 9:55 AM IST
The trouble is that with the Masjid gone, there is nothing to rail against, no flag to fly under. The ability of the idea of Hindutva to rally sections of society, particularly when it comes to elections appears to have weakened considerably.
November 29, 2009, 9:55 AM IST
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Liberhan: 17 years and few surprises
November 29, 2009, 12:54 AM IST
A mere handful of professions are honoured with an honorific that survives beyond the office. Priests, judges, armed services officers, professors and doctors, of both the medical and academic disciplines: that’s about it. Journalists, even…
November 29, 2009, 12:54 AM IST
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Hidden benefits of the brain drain
November 29, 2009, 12:52 AM IST
Cynics will call Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s US visit a non-event. Yet, it was a breakthrough in one respect: it was a major media event. Historically, visits of Indian prime ministers were virtually ignored by…
November 29, 2009, 12:52 AM IST
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Why aamchi Mumbai is like Rani Mukherjee
November 29, 2009, 12:49 AM IST
The first anniversary of 26/11 is behind us. The tears have dried. Candles snuffed out. Flowers, wilted. Speeches and parades done with. Mumbai is back to ‘normal’. There will be post-mortems and more. Some will…
November 29, 2009, 12:49 AM IST
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Bring in reforms to prevent more Kodas
November 29, 2009, 12:46 AM IST
At a smart luncheon party in South Delhi this week something very peculiar happened. Someone blurted out, “These high and mighty guests are friends of Madhu Koda!” This did not go down well with our…
November 29, 2009, 12:46 AM IST
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Mumbai is like that only
November 27, 2009, 6:59 PM IST
Although I am a true-blue Mumbaikar, I am confused. While the media and outsiders never fail to hail the ‘spirit’ of Mumbai, others (mostly non-Mumbaikars) blame all our ills on our apathy. Now how can…
November 27, 2009, 6:59 PM IST
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Our apathy, not Kasab, is public enemy No. 1
November 26, 2009, 6:30 PM IST
“Hang Kasab, End the Violence,” cries the headline. “Kasab is India’s public enemy number 1.” This is Mumbai’s message, it screams, on the first anniversary of 26/11. “What trash!” I say as I read the…
November 26, 2009, 6:30 PM IST
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