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Annie Zaidi
Annie Zaidi writes poetry, stories, essays, scripts (and in a dark, distant past, recipes she never actually tried). |
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Sunday, May 20, 2012
There have been improvements over the years, but there’s no end to infrastructure and hygiene problems because maintenance is a lifetime responsibility. Read the entire column »
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Recently, some friends mentioned that they suffer too much guilt on account of the fellow pulling the rickshaw, says Annie Zaidi. Read the entire column »
Sunday, April 29, 2012
In 2008, I was gobsmacked at the outpouring of rage and resentment in the Delhi media when the first BRT (bus rapid transit) corridor was opened. Read the entire column »
Sunday, April 22, 2012
A beef festival was organised recently at Osmania University, Hyderabad. It was led by Dalit students who wanted to assert their right to eat beef. Read the entire column »
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Private corporations, corporate insurance, private hospitals — each one with its own rules and financial arrangements. How could I argue when I’ve bought a policy, after having read the fine print? Read the entire column »
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Are we so blinkered that we believe that people who buy gold for every wedding constitute the ‘common man’ for whom the government must frame policies? Read the entire column »
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Once someone is convicted to a long prison sentence, how far do we push the punitive button? Do we make him suffer? Or do we just forget about vengeance and focus on turning jails into correctional facilities? Read the entire column »
Sunday, March 25, 2012
A real democracy does not send in 6,000 armed policemen to deal with a bunch of unarmed villagers who do not want a nuclear energy plant in their backyard. Read the entire column »
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Out there in the world, bad things happen. People tell lies, pick pockets. There are genocides. Read the entire column »
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Often, a child must die or be maimed before someone takes action. The La Martiniere School for Boys banned corporal punishment only
after a student committed suicide. Read the entire column »
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