“Beware of blogs”, Pertie warned a long time ago. “They’re often misleading.” What I didn’t realize is that’s sometimes also true of t...
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“When the BJP said Modi would make history, did you realize he would literally make it up?” Pertie was laughing but it was a telling point. “I...
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“Would you agree that sometimes Rahul Gandhi can be his own worst enemy?” Pertie’s question, I suddenly realized, was perhaps the correct expl...
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Absence of autonomy, I’m afraid, is not the only affliction the Central Bureau of Investigation suffers from. It’s handling of the Birla-Parakh ...
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Only rarely do journalists in India write in praise. If I’m honest, such sentiments get stuck in our throat. However, the smooth and very successf...
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Dussehra celebrates the triumph of good over evil. Sadly, as we approach 2014, I’m not confident that will happen next year. At the moment I can o...
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If there’s one thing you expect of those who could be prime minister it’s a sense of judgement. Last week I realized that our two most likely ca...
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The persistent ringing of the telephone sounded familiar. It was Pertie after months of silence. “What do you make of the Gen. V. K. Singh controv...
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There are times when Narendra Modi can be absolutely correct and yet trip himself up. His speech last sunday was a telling example. To a mammoth cro...
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Today’s sentiments is about two newspapers I respect and read regularly: The Indian Express and Mail Today. This is also why it’s not an easy ta...
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