Power of speechThe feeling of love and hatred can be invoked or provoked by a single catalyst like an address by a charismatic leader.
February 12, 2009
Virar gives votes, lathi for BoriviliThe government railway police’s decision to register a case against 32 of the 50,000 Borivili protestors seems to me to be churlish and colossally ineffectual.
February 7, 2009
Patient cureIn his heart of hearts, Naidu sensed something amiss, wanting to visit a doctor, but postponing it due to work.
February 6, 2009
Cops desecrating Omble’s memoryPolice officers had become my heroes; had they not become yours, too, after 26/11? I told myself as my car clunked its way to the Agripada police station.
February 2, 2009
Slums are usLet us admit it: slums are us. If you want more proof, let us move away from Boyle to Gregory David Roberts.
January 24, 2009
Unhappy is the land that needs heroesI write this as a list of nominees for the Republic Day gallantry awards, prepared by the Mumbai police, spreads bitterness and rage within the force.
January 16, 2009
Oil strike was good for cityThe strike called by officers of PSUs in the oil and gas sector set off fumes of disgust from the common people.
January 10, 2009
Maids get weekly offs, but who profits?The Domestic Workers' Welfare Board Bill was passed on the day on which the Centre conceded that army officers should be treated with as much respect as file-warming babus.
January 3, 2009
Ungrateful Mumbai wants ‘chic qurbani’Let us remember Tukaram Omble and bow our heads — in shame.
December 27, 2008
Karmic rulesIn life, the 'unknown external factors' of the Johari-window theory are karma. One realises it when one matures and ages.
December 25, 2008
Housing societies act like dictatorsTolerance is being eroded because many of housing societies function as fiefs of dictatorial committee members.
December 20, 2008
I am what I thinkStart thinking about every word, sentence, and about each paragraph. You have to learn the process of thinking.
December 18, 2008
After grief, let’s have securityIt is not enough for media and government to shame-facedly revisit CST.
December 13, 2008
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