Politicians have lost our voteBy now, everyone in Mumbai must have received the SMS that purports to mock Raj Thackeray on the grounds that the much-reviled north Indians had to come to Mumbai to save the situation after the terror attack.
November 30, 2008
The darker side of sunny GoaSitting in sunny Goa one might feel all worries wash away. Tourists come to Goa for its famous susegad, best explained as a languid, laidback attitude.
November 22, 2008
Gen Next of militant HindutvaA congregation of over 5,000 Muslim clergy of the Deobandi group issued a fatwa against terror, declaring it un-Islamic. It was a historic moment; even if sceptics will raise many ifs and buts about it.
November 15, 2008
Now for the Obama reality checkHad he not won, the worst fears and prejudices about America would have been confirmed; now that he has come through, the Americans have redeemed themselves in the world's eyes
November 8, 2008
The man with the golden touchBut both as a journalist and as a fan, I quickly found a way to move on to another, more important subject — James Bond.
November 2, 2008
It’s not all black and whiteGender and race are supposed to be the two overriding themes of the presidential election in the US this time round.
October 26, 2008
Middle India feels the earthquakeIn all the drama about the laying off of pretty hostesses and smart stewards, another story, a far more tragic one, got relegated to the background after its small moment of media attention.
October 19, 2008
Baby you can drive my carAn intriguing postscript to the shift of Ratan Tata’s dream project to manufacture the Nano to Gujarat has been the almost total silence of the secular brigade.
October 11, 2008
Dangers of Orissa violenceWhen Nicolas Sarkozy met Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh in Paris recently, he raised the issue of the “massacre” of Christians in India.
October 4, 2008
Creating a climate of fearIn the early 1980s, Delhi was in the grip of terror and excitement over ‘transistor bombs.’
September 28, 2008
All about the (new) facts of lifeThe news report last week about British Asians getting hot and bothered about a sex-education booklet aimed at six years olds came as a bit of light relief in the midst of grim stories.
September 21, 2008
Guide to living 85 years youngIn a few days from now, September 26 to be precise, one of Hindi film cinema’s most durable personalities, Dev Anand will celebrate his 85th birthday.
September 14, 2008
The man who would be Singh?What is it about Manmohan Singh that gets his political opponents so worked up? As prime minister of the UPA coalition, he is constantly under attack, but that is part of the job.
September 6, 2008
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