"This sunday morning as the columns around me concentrate on the surprise outcome of the elections, I've deliberately decided to be different. Or do I mean contrary? The latter word has a perve...
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If I was a woman I'd be furious. I would feel lied to, cheated and exploited. And it's not my husband or boyfriend who would be the cause of my anger but politicians, political parties and thei...
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Perhaps the world consists of two types : those who love them and those who don't. I'm afraid I fall into the latter category. But not my family. And not the British either.

I thoug...
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The truth, they say, is stranger than fiction. May be but till last week I had my doubts. I treated this adage as one of those half-witted comments people make when they cannot think of anything ...
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The phone rang and I waited patiently to find out who it was. A delightful moment of expectation had begun. Then Ummed Singh appeared grinning gleefully and my heart leapt with excitement.

“When a man is tired of London” Samuel Johnson once pronounced “he is tired of life”. No doubt, in his day he was right. Today, however, New York is considered a more exciting city. Yet ...
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India won the cricket series but Pakistan, I think, has won our hearts. You only have to skim the reports from Karachi, Rawalpindi, Peshawar and Lahore to realise I’m not exaggerating. No do...
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It amazes me how Pertie’s stray questions can make me think. Perhaps there’s more to him than I give him credit for! Last week was a good example.

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No doubt politicians believe consistency is the virtue of fools. What they said yesterday has little bearing on what they’re doing today whilst where they will be tomorrow cannot be predicted fr...
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