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Anil Dharker

Anil Dharker is a Mumbai-based writer and columnist.

At various stages in his life, Dharker has been an engineer (on the academic staff of the University of Glasgow and as a consultant in a Mumbai architectural firm), a film critic and censor, a promoter of New Cinema (with the National Film Development Corporation) and an editor (successively, of Debonair, Mid-Day and Sunday Mid-Day, The Independent, and The Illustrated Weekly of India).

Anil Dharker
Monday, January 10, 2011
What we need is nothing less than an overhaul of government, a system of regulatory bodies and separate judicial benches to deal with serious frauds in the economy. Read the entire column »
Monday, December 27, 2010
WikiLeaks can be more useful if it exposes hypocrisy, double standards, and double lives. The world could do with a WikiLeaks, which knew where the moral high ground was. Read the entire column »
Monday, December 13, 2010
Whether it is the 2G scam or Adarsh society, the media seems to get into the act only after someone else has pursued the corrupt. Why is the media so hesitant in going after the crooks? Read the entire column »
Monday, November 29, 2010
Much was promised on beefing up security preparedness after the November, 2008, terror attacks in Mumbai. But, on most counts, progress has been slow, and the official attitude smacks of inertia Read the entire column »
Monday, November 15, 2010
The easy way to deal with the corrupt is to seek a resignation. But is this justice enough? We have to throw every agency after Raja to ensure justice is seen to be done. Read the entire column »
Monday, November 1, 2010
The marginal and subsistence farmer borrows at 26% or a higher rate of interest for essentials, which is more than double of what we pay for our home loans. Read the entire column »
Monday, October 18, 2010
Aditya Thackeray has the chance to think of a young Sena. He should urge his father to mould the Sena into a party that addresses the real needs of the people of Maharashtra. Read the entire column »
Monday, October 4, 2010
Peace prevailed on September 30 because no party — Left, Right or Centre — wanted a rupture. What is now clear is that communal flare-ups are fostered by politicians. Read the entire column »
Monday, September 20, 2010
If an underground betting network thrives before everyone’s eyes, it means one of two things: either the government is powerless to control it or it does not want to. Read the entire column »
Monday, September 6, 2010
The Pakistan Cricket Board cannot be in a permanent state of denial about the rot that has set in, as the recent spot-fixing allegations show. It is time to fix the problem. Read the entire column »
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