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• When individuals win and institutions lose

  Broadcast On March 11, 2018

  ... even feel sorry for what they’ve done? (A third collection of Sunday Sentiments columns called As I Like It was published on Wednesday by Wisdom Tree.)  ...

• THIS COLUMN’S 25! AND THERE’S MUCH TO CHERISH

  Broadcast On July 3, 2022

  ... peculiar combination that’s contributed to the column’s longevity. If you don’t like the Sentiments that appear on one sunday there’s a good possibility you’ll like the column the week after.   I’ve ...

• The most difficult thing

  Broadcast On April 1, 2003

  ...  The aim was to use my television programmes and previous Sunday Sentiments to prove I was pro-Pakstani, anti-Indian and a fifth columnist who ordinary innocent people should beware of. The only thing ...

• Some of my favourites

  Broadcast On January 6, 2013

  In this, the first Sunday Sentiments of 2013, I’m going to write about the three best books I recommend you read. Out of the many I’ve started– and the even greater number I’ve left unfinished – these ...

• Rules of the game

  Broadcast On July 15, 2012

  ...  “Right” said Pertie. “That’s as far as my trust goes. If I say anymore I’ll be reading it in Sunday Sentiments!”        ...

• Oops, excuse me

  Broadcast On September 30, 1998

  ... on whilst we have to fight another day. It’s time for a reprieve.  I’m off to London to indulge in sin.  If you read next week’s Sunday Sentiments I’ll reveal just ...

• Number crunching !

  Broadcast On January 19, 2006

  ... significance? A collection of Karan Thapar’s Sunday Sentiments columns was published last week by Wisdom Tree and is available in all leading bookshops.  ...

• Never trust a newspaper

  Broadcast On December 3, 2001

  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 can ...

• Lollipoppery, you and I

  Broadcast On July 5, 1999

  ... Sunday Sentiments. I wanted to write the following sentence : “If you think the BBC is good – and it is, in fact, at its best it’s unbeatable ....”, but do you know what the printer turned this into? ...

• It's been a momentous two decades indeed!

  Broadcast On July 9, 2017

  Today Sunday Sentiments is 20 years old. It can now claim to be an adult column! However, the elements of juvenility that you frequently glimpse are a true reflection of my personality. I’m a child at ...

• Don’t cry for me Islamabad

  Broadcast On August 28, 2000

  ...  There are times when I can’t recognise what I read about myself. One such was last sunday in The Indian Express. The paper published a full-page story on KBC which is my favourite television programme. ...

• Desh ke liye marna acha hei

  Broadcast On July 12, 1999

  ... first choice every time! Oh yes, and if I may, can I add that I’m delighted that when Mike Woolridge gets a respite from Kargil, and catches-up on the reading he has missed, old editions of Sunday Sentiments ...

• A little admission

  Broadcast On January 4, 2006

  ... Thapar's Sunday Sentiments columns will be published as a book by Wisdom Tree on January 13th'.  ...

• When jest is best

  Broadcast On October 22, 2009

  ... watch what I say. (A collection of Karan Thapar’s Sunday Sentiments, ‘More Salt Than Pepper’, was published on friday by HarperCollins).  ...

• The first Mrs. G

  Broadcast On October 30, 2009

  ...  (A collection of Karan Thapar’s Sunday Sentiments, ‘More Salt Than Pepper’, has been published by HarperCollins).  ...

• Disclaimer

  ... Devil’s Advocate lie with Network18’s CNN-IBN. Similarly, all Sunday Sentiments columns are properties of Hindustan Times. The write ups here are unedited and thus may vary slightly or may have different ...

• Karan Thapar

  ... subject and brings together the top two or three people from different political viewpoints to discuss a single issue. In January 2006 Karan Thapar launched a primetime sunday night one-to-one current ...