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By Karan Thapar
“Has Anna made a mistake?” Pertie and I were watching the news and this was his comment not just on the night’s fare but the full week’s offerings. “Does he really believe he, or anyone for ...
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By Karan Thapar
I have to admit that Australia feels as if it’s at the other end of the world. The flying time alone takes more than 13 hours and that’s without counting the 2 hours you spend in Singapore changin...
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By Karan Thapar
“Are you sure you don’t want to interview Rinku instead?” At the time the question surprised me but it shouldn’t have. It was typical of Tiger. He wore his talent and celebrity lightly. It’s...
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By Karan Thapar
English is a delightful language and I never cease to marvel at its richness as well as its winning eccentricities. I’ve often written about the vagaries of its pronunciation, the peculiarities of i...
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By Karan Thapar
I wonder if we realize how powerful the media is? Do we realize that so much of what we think, feel, believe or how we anticipate and then react to events is conditioned by the television channels we ...
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“Don’t you think politicians are sometimes their own worst enemies?” Pertie has an uncanny knack of asking seemingly innocent questions which hit the nail devastatingly straight on the head. Was...
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Now that a week has passed and the euphoria diminished it’s time to ask how much did Anna Hazare’s fast achieve? Could it be that the cold stark facts of reality are somewhat different to the hype...
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By Karan Thapar
Can you disagree with a person and still admire him? In theory, you can. But in practice it creates confusion. I discovered this on tuesday night when I sent a few friends an sms which read “Much as...
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By Karan Thapar
“Do you ever admire politicians?” It’s the sort of sardonic query I’m often asked but when my colleague, Vijay Shaw, popped the question it caught me off guard. We’d just finished an inte...
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By Karan Thapar
The truth is I don’t understand cricket and don’t particularly like it either. To me, it’s just elaborate gullidanda. Though I watch when I have no alternative I could just as easily switch off....
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