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A life-and-death question
September 19, 2011, 10:35 AM IST
Is there in us an inbuilt ‘death instinct’ to counterbalance the ‘life instinct’? The life instinct is obvious in its manifestation, rooted as it is in the primordial urge of self-preservation, without which not just…
September 19, 2011, 10:35 AM IST
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Ain’t it grand!
September 15, 2011, 9:10 PM IST
Why dadus are far more popular than dads
September 15, 2011, 9:10 PM IST
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Ostrich sarkar
September 13, 2011, 8:08 PM IST
The ostrich is a very peculiar creature. When faced with danger, it buries its head in the ground. The reasoning is that if the ostrich can no longer see the source of danger then the…
September 13, 2011, 8:08 PM IST
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Privileged class
September 8, 2011, 9:46 PM IST
Following reports that some MPs were thinking of bringing a breach of privilege motion against Kiran Bedi and other Anna followers, JV sought out an MP. JV : Could you please tell me what exactly a…
September 8, 2011, 9:46 PM IST
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Media savvy
September 6, 2011, 11:50 PM IST
Who should decide what is news? The general public, which is you and me? Or should it be the government? In a democracy the news obviously belongs to the people. In totalitarian countries like China,…
September 6, 2011, 11:50 PM IST
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Godly graft
September 5, 2011, 12:14 AM IST
Are prayers a form of divine bribery?
September 5, 2011, 12:14 AM IST
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Household democracy
August 30, 2011, 9:42 PM IST
Perhaps the single most important thing that the Anna movement has taught us is that politics is too important to be left only to professional politicians. India has been like a house owned by a…
August 30, 2011, 9:42 PM IST
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The elective identities of Internationalistan
August 27, 2011, 2:35 PM IST
Is Anna not just India, but more than India? James Lock and Diana Christov, from Australia and Germany respectively, might well think so. Because both of them, while visiting India, have participated in the Jan…
August 27, 2011, 2:35 PM IST
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Fifty years of Catch-23
August 26, 2011, 3:25 PM IST
Yossarian looked at the patient in the hospital bed next to his. The patient’s entire body was swathed in bandages. Tubes containing unidentifiable fluids went into the bandages at one end and tubes containing unidentifiable…
August 26, 2011, 3:25 PM IST
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Bong song
August 26, 2011, 9:46 AM IST
Why West Bengal is becoming Paschimbanga?
August 26, 2011, 9:46 AM IST
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Beyond Anna’s India
August 24, 2011, 12:43 AM IST
Is Anna India, as Kiran Bedi has claimed? An unfortunate remark, which echoed the Emergency mantra: India is Indira, and Indira is India. However, for his million-plus following, which is apparently growing every day, Anna…
August 24, 2011, 12:43 AM IST
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Azad India
August 18, 2011, 10:15 PM IST
By arresting Anna Hazare a day after Independence Day the sarkar demonstrated its commitment to total freedom, purno swaraj, for India. While sarkars elsewhere in the world – the sarkars of lesser beings such as…
August 18, 2011, 10:15 PM IST
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State vs Anna
August 16, 2011, 10:49 PM IST
Is Anna Hazare a saviour of democracy or is he sabotaging it? This is the crucial question facing India days after it celebrated the 64th year of its independence from foreign rule. The Congress party…
August 16, 2011, 10:49 PM IST
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Bilayati bazaar
August 11, 2011, 10:01 PM IST
Arre, sirji, badde changay jootay leylo. Jootay nahin pasand? Koi gal nahin, saax leylo. The salesman trying to interest me, in Urdu laced with Punjabi, into buying the shoes and socks he was selling was…
August 11, 2011, 10:01 PM IST
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Debt do us part
August 9, 2011, 10:17 PM IST
When i was a child in Calcutta, i got four annas a day as pocket money. Enough to buy a packet of toffees or a bar of chocolate. One day, being greedier than usual, i…
August 9, 2011, 10:17 PM IST
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Noo Yawk, Noo Yawk
August 4, 2011, 11:34 PM IST
The Naked Cowboy stands in the stone-and-steel canyon of Times Square, surrounded by the silent thunder of cascading Niagaras of neon. The Naked Cowboy is not really a cowboy and he’s not really naked. A…
August 4, 2011, 11:34 PM IST
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What’s the olds?
August 2, 2011, 11:41 PM IST
One of the reassuring things about coming back to India after a few weeks is the news.
August 2, 2011, 11:41 PM IST
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Horny India
July 28, 2011, 8:59 PM IST
Why are Indians so horny? Is it because they are so many that they are so horny, or is it the other way round? If the men are bad, the women are worse. They’re horny…
July 28, 2011, 8:59 PM IST
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Work it out
July 26, 2011, 9:15 PM IST
Do we need an IIP – Indian Institute of Politics – like our IIMs and IITs?
July 26, 2011, 9:15 PM IST
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Let them ChiPak
June 28, 2011, 10:45 PM IST
Should New Delhi be unduly worried about ChiPak? ChiPak is not a misspelling of Sunderlal Bahuguna’s Chipko movement; ChiPak is the telescoped term to denote growing chumminess between China and Pakistan. Teetering on the brink…
June 28, 2011, 10:45 PM IST
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