If ever you needed proof that Indian governments take their soldiers for granted – requiring them to uncomplainingly lay down their lives but thereafter ignoring if not, actually, forgetting th...
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The arrest of two 21 year old Mumbai girls under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act for questioning on their Facebook page the shutting down of their ...
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I’ve always believed that it’s the small little kindnesses that matter more than the big grand gesture. At some point or another, all of us are capable of huge generosity. But the more meaningf...
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As the excitement of the American elections fades away its time to ask what lessons can we learn from the way they handle the process of choosing a president. No doubt it has its flaws and even its...
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Is Gen. V. K. Singh, a former army chief, justified in demanding the immediate dissolution of Parliament and, separately, threatening to gheraro it or is this a ...
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There’s one subject about which Arvind Kejriwal is absolutely right. To be honest, all of us have suspected it for years, whilst some have known for sure, but ...
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There’s one question that’s dominated the last week. It’s been asked again and again. Equally significantly, it’s been put by a wide range of people. “...
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“Why were you picking on Arvind Kejriwal last week?” Pertie asked, somewhat testily. “He’s done the right thing by drawing attention to Robert Vadra’s accounts an...
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I got to know Brajesh Mishra after the fall of the Vajpayee government. Before that he was somewhat wary of me. Afterwards, he never refused an interview. In fac...
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“There’s only one question about FDI in retail that matters.” It was, admittedly, a strange way to start a conversation yet it also clearly suggested that Pertie had thought about the subject...
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