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Safety catch
December 29, 2011, 8:48 PM IST
Bunny and i’ve once again had to send out our New Year greetings cards late. The reason for this is not terminal absent-mindedness on our part. Why we’re always late in sending out our cards…
December 29, 2011, 8:48 PM IST
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Hunger pangs
December 27, 2011, 9:12 PM IST
It’s heartening to see that in a climate of increasing cynicism the government still believes in miracles. It is only such a belief which can explain how the government has – despite the objections of…
December 27, 2011, 9:12 PM IST
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Held to ransom
December 22, 2011, 9:43 PM IST
The trouble with Indian democracy is that often its arithmetic is all wrong. Take the case of multi-brand FDI in retail. A move that would have benefited some 300 million farmers — not to mention…
December 22, 2011, 9:43 PM IST
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Kurukshetra now
December 20, 2011, 9:40 PM IST
Arjuna: Oh God, not again! Look, this just isn’t fair. You promised me the last time that the last time was the last time and you and i wouldn’t have to do this Kurukshetra number…
December 20, 2011, 9:40 PM IST
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Sport of archery
December 20, 2011, 12:41 PM IST
Planning your year-end holiday? If you’re going up to the hills to celebrate a frost-white Christmas, don’t forget to take along your thermal inner wear and a bottle of something to keep you warm of…
December 20, 2011, 12:41 PM IST
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You’ve come a long way, Dilli
December 19, 2011, 3:37 PM IST
On a visit to Delhi in the mid 1970s, I stayed for a couple of days as a house guest with an uncle and aunt. One evening, when my host and hostess were going out…
December 19, 2011, 3:37 PM IST
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Bilayati kirana
December 15, 2011, 10:13 PM IST
A life in the day of a mom-and-pop shop in London
December 15, 2011, 10:13 PM IST
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Unfree speech
December 13, 2011, 9:54 PM IST
The best censor is the censor in your own mind How free is free speech? How free can it be, even in the freest and most open of societies? These questions have once again been…
December 13, 2011, 9:54 PM IST
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Delhi’s ‘No prablum, ji’ solution
December 10, 2011, 11:50 AM IST
Delhi – or Dilli as it often prefers to call itself – has a simple solution to all problems. It’s called the ‘No prablum, ji’ solution. The British had possibly heard of this magical mantra…
December 10, 2011, 11:50 AM IST
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Make – or – brake democracy
December 9, 2011, 3:29 PM IST
Can a parliamentary democracy work without a functioning Parliament? Obviously not. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said as much when he remarked that the parliamentary deadlock over first the 2G spectrum scam and then over FDI…
December 9, 2011, 3:29 PM IST
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Dum maro Dev
December 8, 2011, 9:45 PM IST
“Welcome to Hare Rama!” he said, lunging out at me from the dazzle and hiss and smoke of the lights. He looked to be about my age, mid-20s. He radiated energy like a high-voltage cable….
December 8, 2011, 9:45 PM IST
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Get the job done
December 6, 2011, 9:46 PM IST
India is at a crossroads. In a world increasingly beset by financial and economic turmoil, sweeping political change, and cut-throat competition for dwindling natural resources, from fossil fuels to water, India faces daunting challenges as…
December 6, 2011, 9:46 PM IST
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The right con text
December 1, 2011, 8:32 PM IST
My mobile phone chirrups like a demented canary. I have just received an SMS. Will it be one of those ‘pesky messages’ as people refer to them? Congratulations!!! You have won LOTTERY of GBP 10,000,000….
December 1, 2011, 8:32 PM IST
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Punch drunk
November 29, 2011, 9:33 PM IST
Anna Hazare wants to beat up people who get drunk as he has done in his village of Ralegan Siddhi. Anna’s remarks have created a storm in a cocktail glass. Comparing him to the Taliban,…
November 29, 2011, 9:33 PM IST
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That’s just fine
November 24, 2011, 10:14 PM IST
Everyone is beset by inflation. The aam admi is beset by rising food prices. The not-so-aam admi by rising fuel costs. The not-at-all-aam admi by the rising price of gold. What’ll be hit next? Diamonds?…
November 24, 2011, 10:14 PM IST
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West isn’t best
November 23, 2011, 12:25 AM IST
Eleven months ago i had to get a new car and decided on a German brand. I bought my new car in winter and didn’t need to use the A/C the vehicle came with. But…
November 23, 2011, 12:25 AM IST
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Battle of democracy
November 21, 2011, 2:00 PM IST
Democracy raises more questions than it provides answers. That’s one of the tests of a democracy: how many questions does it allow all those who participate in it to ask of themselves and of each…
November 21, 2011, 2:00 PM IST
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If you read this and respond, you’re a prosumer
November 21, 2011, 11:33 AM IST
In marketing circles there is an increasingly popular buzzword in use. That word is prosumer. A prosumer is a person who is both a producer as well as a consumer of a particular product or…
November 21, 2011, 11:33 AM IST
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Goan, goan, gone?
November 17, 2011, 9:39 PM IST
As it has been since i first visited it 33 years ago, Goa is lush with greenery and the graceful sway of palm trees. There’s only one problem. The greenery and the palm trees are…
November 17, 2011, 9:39 PM IST
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Democracy reinvented
November 16, 2011, 12:39 PM IST
The real importance of being Anna Hazare. If Anna Hazare didn’t exist would Indian democracy have had to invent him? Quite possibly. For he has reintroduced an increasingly cynical urban middle class to political debate….
November 16, 2011, 12:39 PM IST
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