For Muslims, the enemy lies withinWho are Islam’s worst enemies? Not the west, not the United States of America, not Jews, not extremist Hindus…. Islam’s worst enemies are Muslims.
November 8, 2009
A toast to the voters who defeated the BJPWho is the hero of the Maharashtra elections? If you believe the electronic media, it was indisputably Raj Thackeray.
October 26, 2009
It’s a holiday on polling dayTomorrow Mumbai goes to the polls, so you would expect a bit of election fever in the air.
October 12, 2009
The Indian Jekyll and Hyde personaAs a long-serving finance minister, Chidambaram should know that mere exhortations to be better citizens are never enough.
September 27, 2009
In cold blood and sponsored by the stateIt also had to do with the suspicious nature of this particular case, where the four victims were dubbed LeT operators with no proof being given to establish that as fact.
September 13, 2009
Monumental efforts to win electionsSuccess is often a matter of timing. The Maharashtra government has just announced plans to install a massive Shivaji statue off Marine Drive. Is the timing right?
August 30, 2009
Pandemic or media pandemonium?So what is the fuss all about? With the H1N1 virus floating all around the media, it is impossible not to be affected.
August 16, 2009
New Era is not about property aloneIndustrialists, especially the size of the Birla group, will have far more lucrative ways of making money than through education.
August 2, 2009
The woman who would be queenIt is commonplace to say that we get the leaders we deserve, but what have Dalits done to deserve Mayawati?
July 19, 2009
A bridge too small to ease traffic woesHave you seen the Bandra-Worli Sea Link yet? I haven’t. I didn’t want to add to the chaos by going for a joy ride.
July 5, 2009
Trial by the police and the mediaShiney Ahuja is guilty and should be in jail for __ years (fill in the blank). I am not saying this. More important, the judge isn’t saying this.
June 21, 2009
No country for old men stuck in a rutSharad Yadav says he will consume poison, rather than pass the Women’s Reservation Bill. The reaction of most people will be, “He’s welcome.”
June 7, 2009
The family which wants to have it allAsk any politician why he is in politics and the answer is bound to be: To serve the country.
May 24, 2009
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