Sunday Sentiments
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By Karan Thapar
Most people, I believe, grow to fill the responsibility placed on them. Promotions are, therefore, an act of faith. But that said and done I’m flabbergasted by the change in Asif Zardari. ...
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By Karan Thapar
Pronouncements have a way of sticking and becoming established truths. If no one questions them they become unchallengeable. Thereafter they’re simply reasserted to prove their own veracit...
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By Karan Thapar
“We’re two countries separated by a shared history” – that’s how Maleeha Lodi explained the India-Pakistan relationship in the early 1980s. At the time she was teac...
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By Karan Thapar
I agree with the American Ambassador and that’s why I’m concerned about the future of the Indo-US nuclear deal. David Mulford has reminded us of a few stark realities we were in dang...
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By Karan Thapar
Do you know what ‘dontopedology’ means? According to Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, it’s “the science of opening your mouth and putting your foot in it”. He s...
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By Karan Thapar
The Health Minister says smoking is increasing at a “frightening” rate. He calls the situation “alarming”. And he adds that the time has come “to scare smokers&rdquo...
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By Karan Thapar
There was a time when people said ‘if it’s not in The Times, it hasn’t happened’. That simple sentence was a great tribute to the British paper. Today many say if it’s not mentioned by...
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By Karan Thapar
The debate provoked by Ratan Tata’s Nano misses the point. ‘Is it a miracle of modern manufacturing that makes cheap cars available to millions or, in Indian circumstances, a potenti...
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By Karan Thapar
Of one thing you can be certain, Voltaire would not approve of present-day India. That may sound facetious but, in fact, it conveys a sad and disturbing truth. I accept he may never have actuall...
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By Karan Thapar
Narendra Modi’s stunning victory will change Indian politics decisively, perhaps dramatically, possibly desperately. I have no doubt it’s a turning point. Actually, it will amount to several tu...
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