I suppose our dislike of British rule is understandable. What’s not is our lack of knowledge. Even less so our inability to understand the English language. Yet it seems the latter two have le...
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I guess it's not an accident that dramabazi is a word Indians have coined. We have a flair for it. Listen to the way we speak. Where one adjective could do we insist on three or four. And rather ...
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I guess it’s not an accident that dramabazi is a word Indians have coined. After all, we have a flair for it. Listen, for instance, to the way we speak. Where one adjective could do we insis...
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Should a woman raped by her father-in-law be allowed to continue her marriage with her husband or is she, after the rape, deemed to have become his mother and her father-in-law’s presumptive wife...
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“What’s so special about Wimbledon?” Aru had just walked into my office and caught me watching a repeat of last night’s match. I thought his question was a dig but his curiosity was genui...
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In my teens there was a word my generation was rather fond of – bonkers. It doesn’t simply mean stupidity, it suggests that someone or something is quite unbelievably mad. Furthermore, it isn...
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I could tell it was Pertie. Whenever he calls the phone rings insistently.

“Tell me, Oh Knowledgeable One” he started. “How do you see Jinnah? As a secular and great leader or as...
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Heaven protect us from governments that seek to do good, peopled with ministers who are nothing short of fools. It’s a disastrous combination. For in their zeal and conviction that they are act...
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Perhaps I should start with a warning. If you’re tucking into bacon and eggs don’t read further. Postpone this column till breakfast is over. Otherwise, at the very least, it could ruin your ...
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