I dare say Navjot Singh Sidhu attracts controversy. He certainly seems to revel in it. Just as the brouhaha over his embracing the Pakistani Army Chief at Imran Khan’...
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Could you have imagined sex workers can be intelligently, seriously and usefully compared to business leaders and, when they are, might even come out better? Most of yo...
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To be honest, I don’t like crossing roads. I’m always apprehensive when I have to. Indeed, I try to do so only at zebra or pelican crossings. Even then I make a poi...
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There’s no doubt India-Pakistan relations are accident-prone and when they go into a tailspin they usually raise disturbing questions rather than provide meaningful a...
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Do we, as citizens of a democracy, have the right to be fully informed of the health of those who govern us as well as the amount spent by the exchequer on their treatm...
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Yesterday was ten years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the financial crisis that sparked off. A decade later one of the most talked about plays in London is ...
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Have you ever considered how much of our lives is determined by rules? I don’t mean the rule of law. I’m talking of the more subtle ones that influence how we speak as well as those that we ins...
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Who doesn’t like a little public recognition or to be the centre of attention? I certainly do. To be honest, it makes my old heart smile! But there can also be occasi...
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I’ve never known Pertie to get so excited. Normally, he’s a placid, laid-back sort of chap. Even when the waiter at the Gymkhana Club poured chicken curry into his ...
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For a politician Atal Bihari Vajpayee had a most engaging smile. It seemed to cover his entire face and, at the same time, made his eyes twinkle. That gave him an appea...
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