The tale of many ‘masterminds’Grab any handy Muslim and work backwards to prove your case. The majority would cheer every step of your inverted logic.
September 28, 2008
Angola’s chance for democracyThe world is gearing up to celebrate the first United Nations International Day of Democracy on September 15.
September 14, 2008
Enough of this bandh cultureWhen West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee cracked a rather serious joke this week, his party saw red. The CPM CM had committed blasphemy.
August 30, 2008
Rituals for national prideI will be so happy when this Independence weekend is over. Relax, dear reader, I am not about to embark on yet another fiery speech on why India’s freedom is meaningless lecture.
August 16, 2008
Oh, that sinking feeling!Do you have that sinking feeling? You know, the one you get during trust votes. No, not the “Oh! Gone? How terrible! Did you manage to get the mutual funds out?” kind of feeling.
July 19, 2008
When gay India came outLast Sunday, India saw the first splendid coming-out ceremony for gays in a multi-city gay pride march. Thousands marched for gay rights in Kolkata, Delhi and Bangalore.
July 5, 2008
For many of us Netaji lives, OK?This week, a PIL in the Kolkata High Court sought to rekindle our most robust conspiracy theory: Netaji’s death. Is Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose dead? If yes, how and when did he die?
June 22, 2008
Television news, Ramsay styleIn the capital, we get excited only over grisly murders with a sex angle.
May 25, 2008
The prejudice of the ignorantOne of the few saving graces of our near-decrepit nation is the sanity of our higher courts.
May 11, 2008
Three cheers for the leaders!I really can’t understand this nonsense about not having cheerleaders in Mumbai’s IPL matches. Vulgar, they say.
April 27, 2008
Politics of ban and counter banAs several people died on Friday in the worst riots in Tibet in over two decades, predictably China blamed the Dalai Lama’s ‘clique’ for the Lhasa violence.
March 16, 2008
A farmers’ budget, really?Aren’t you happy for the farmers? Of course you are. The poor dears slog so hard and still can’t make ends meet. Then they go drink pesticide and kill themselves.
March 2, 2008
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