“For someone who is supposed to be intelligent you can at times be incredibly stupid. Don’t you ever pause to think before you shoot your mouth off?”

That, incidentally, is the sor...
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I’m aware what I am about to write may seem flippant but I still want you to think seriously about it. Sometimes there is truth in a casual comment. Not everything that makes sense has to be we...
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Do you think it’s just a coincidence?” Pertie suddenly asked. He has an irritating habit of popping questions without explaining what they are about. Fortunately, the mystery does not last ve...
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I’m often asked why I always spend New Year in London and when I answer that it’s because I believe it’s important to start the year in a civilised city most people tend to laugh. Usually th...
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They say absence makes the heart grow fonder. Possibly although I wouldn’t necessarily swear to it. But distance can certainly put things in sharper focus. Now that might sound odd but sitting...
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Every now and then you witness something that can bring a warm smile to your face. It doesn’t have to be a big earthshaking development nor a major pronouncement. More often than not it’s the...
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I remember clearly my first meeting with Hamid Karzai. It had an incongruity which today seems a bit like farce. But it also reveals something of the open and accommodating character of the man. ...
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December is a pleasant month to visit Singapore. It’s not cold, although at night the locals often think it is, but it’s not hot either. You can shop till you drop without sweating unless the...
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There are moments in time when a columnist ends up with egg all over his face. Well, let me make a clean breast of it, I face such a moment today. Actually, to be honest, it was last sunday but I...
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I am writing to pick a fight with Mr. Joginder Singh Rajput. Now, you may well ask who he is and as my quarrel is with him that would be a pertinent question. He is the Director of the National C...
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