Sunday Sentiments
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Politicians don’t like to be reminded of the past. For them it’s “a foreign country”. As L. P. Hartley put it “they do things differently there”. But that’s precisely what I intend to...
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My first bank account was with the State Bank of India’s Parliament Street branch. I was around 16 when Daddy opened it. It was to deposit my share of proceeds from t...
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Have you ever considered how much a book can reveal of the author’s personality? Of course, unless you know the person you would never think along these lines. But wh...
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A picture of Fali Nariman hangs on the wall opposite my desk in office. It doesn’t capture the gentle smile and twinkling eyes characteristic of him but it clearly co...
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If you’re someone who finds economics difficult to grasp and its agricultural subset befuddling, let me try to acquaint you with opinions from both sides of the sharp...
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We all know weird and wonderful things often happen in our country. It’s what makes India interesting, exciting and, frequently, unpredictable. However, a recent stor...
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I have no doubt the BJP politician I have got to know best – and through him his family – is Lal Krishna Advani. There was a time when I had clearly won his confide...
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We’re all familiar with deserters and turncoats. They’re not as uncommon as one would hope. But would you agree that Nitish Kumar simply takes the cake? Although ma...
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If, like me, you are starting to despair of Indian journalism then you’ll be pleased to know there’s good news on the horizon. Admittedly, it’s not work done for ...
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The point I wish to make today is simple and straight forward. The chances of the 28 party INDIA alliance realizing its dream of ‘defeating’ Narendra Modi and the BJP in the forthcoming electio...
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By Karan Thapar