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Saturday, November 21, 2009

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Antara Dev Sen
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The world outside the box

The discomfort about pigeonholing identities has perhaps come to a head with a cult figure like Tendulkar taking a stand against the xenophobia.
November 19, 2009

Maoist, tribals and the idea of progress

I have just heard two very different bits of news today. One, that Manmohan Singh has announced that 'tribals must be the primary beneficiaries of the development process.'
November 4, 2009

A cuppa can defuse Indo-China tension

As an astoundingly insightful Bengali myself, I propose that if we pay a little more attention to cha we may manage to keep the Chinese at bay.
October 21, 2009

Where do our literary awards fail?

Hilary Mantel has won the Man Booker Prize. Of course you knew that. It is in all the papers today and anyway, you knew she was the bookies’ favourite.
October 7, 2009

No uncleji, a tweet is not a sweet nothing

When it comes to certain leaders, the party doesn’t need to use its head — bended knees would do.
September 23, 2009

For a long life nurture your thunder thighs

With all due sympathy for the skinny lot, I must say that such findings will make a lot of us, men and women of substance, happy.
September 9, 2009

Wake up and smell the new reality

My heart goes out to the National Commission for Women. They try so hard, poor dears, yet they never get it right.
August 26, 2009

Song of the ravaged motherland

As we face one of the worst droughts in Independent India, as 600 farmers in Jharkhand threaten mass suicide, we gear up for the Independence Day celebrations.
August 12, 2009

For the best liar the prize is Rs1 crore

Reader, forgive me, for I have sinned. I have chosen crass curiosity over human decency, I have pried into the lives of people, heard their confessions, witnessed their distress.
July 29, 2009

Political violence at college campuses

Around the world, student activism has stood for progressive thought. Let's not make India one of the few ignoble exceptions.
July 15, 2009

It is queer to give in to religious demands

We have such a queer government. Last week the law minister hinted at changing the archaic law criminalising homosexuality. This week it has hastily retraced its footsteps.
July 1, 2009

Ailing healthcare fighting swine flu!

It’s also the appalling lack of hygiene, the absence of doctors, the dysfunctional equipment, the rude and inhuman staff and the dearth of services.
June 17, 2009

Of love, lust and other demons

Her burial on Tuesday at the Palayam Juma Masjid concluded the story of Kamala, the legend behind My Story, her celebrated and controversial autobiography written at 42.
June 6, 2009
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