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A daughters pledge for reform of youth (21 November 07:41) |
| By Farrukh Dhondy
Nov 21 : "…friendship, love, infatuation, fascination,
arrangement, blackmail, bondage, coercion, boredom, habit, nemesis… ‘relationship’…"
From Bach... |
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A day of reckoning for the Marxists (20 November 11:06) |
| Balbir K. Punj
Nov.20 : After reading reports about the discussion that took place in the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo following the Left’s defeat in October, close ... |
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Lebanon A two-act tragedy in West Asia (19 November 08:01) |
| By S. Nihal Singh
Nov 19 : If Lebanon is the weathervane of the Middle East (what we call West Asia), does the formation of a government after five months of post-election wrangling portend... |
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When politicians mock the voter (18 November 08:34) |
| By P.C. Alexander
Nov 18 : The political developments in some of the advanced states in the country, especially Karnataka, in the last few weeks have so badly dented the image of the parlia... |
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Fight Naxals the way US wages Taliban war (17 November 09:44) |
| Shankar Roychowdhury
Nov.17 : Radical ideologies, whether political or theological, have much in common in their public manifestation. The beheadings by Naxalite cadres of inspector Francis... |
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Mamatas rise a ray of hope for Bengal (16 November 01:58) |
| Arjun Sengupta
Nov.16 : Mamata Banerjee has emerged now as an extraordinary leader in West Bengal. The situation there is very precarious and without effective leadership controlling the de... |
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Cong voters return BJP almost invisible (15 November 11:25) |
| Arun Nehru
Nov.15 : Political trends are setting in and, as I had forecast last week, these are now visible and not easy to reverse unless major realignments take place or "political&q... |
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Indian cricket and the killer instinct (14 November 12:28) |
| Shiv Visvanathan
Nov.14 : A nation’s fears get frozen into stereotypes and have a long shelf life. The Punjabi, for example, is seen as fun-loving, the Tamilian is the perpetual nerd. Hin... |
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Paks Taliban war is a chess game (13 November 08:32) |
| By Srinath Raghavan
Nov 13 : Four weeks into the Army’s offensive in South Waziristan, Pakistan has been hit by a string of audacious and murderous terror attacks. The Tehreek-e-Taliban P... |
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The Walls gone but divisions remain (12 November 09:39) |
| By S. Nihal Singh
Nov 12 : The 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall leading to the reunification of two Germanys gave the main actors in the drama the opportunity to reminisce ab... |
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A bad beginning in Maharashtra (11 November 09:01) |
| By Inder Malhotra
Nov 11 : TIME was when today’s Maharashtra, then the multi-lingual state of Bombay, was one of the two best-administrated states, the other being the state of Madras, no... |
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A cloudy anniversary at the White House (10 November 09:26) |
| Govind Talwalkar
Nov.10 : Last year, on November 4, Barack Obama won the presidential race by an overwhelming majority. But on the first anniversary itself he has received a setback. Charle... |
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Karnataka crisis A lesson in governance (09 November 10:17) |
| Jayanthi Natarajan
Nov.09 : The last month has been traumatic for the people of Karnataka. Fierce floods have inundated over 15 districts of the state, and nearly 200 people have lost their... |
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Hard poll facts will extract compromises (08 November 08:20) |
| By Arun Nehru
Nov 08 : The political trend continues to be favourable to the Congress whereas the Opposition, both at the Centre and in the states, remains fragmented. I sometimes wonder if... |
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Whats your vice Wine or ganja (07 November 12:40) |
| Farrukh Dhondy
"If centipedes wore shoes,
Shoe-makers would be rich".
From The Proverbs of
Bachchoo-ka-Adda
Nov.06 : "My name is Farrukh and I am a ganjeri!" - er...... |
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Maoists talk only to the power of a gun (06 November 01:23) |
| Balbir K. Punj
Nov.06 : Normally, we would have welcomed home minister P. Chidambaram’s offer to the Maoists to discuss problems like land acquisition, forest rights of tribals, discrimin... |
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Bt brinjal can awaken a sleeping poison (05 November 10:54) |
| Suman Sahai
Nov.05 : What, you may ask, is common between potatoes, tomatoes, brinjal, chilli, datura, tobacco and the deadly nightshade (belladonna)? They all belong to a plant family call... |
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No Kashmir deal will work if US helps (04 November 08:09) |
| Indranil Banerjie
Nov.04 : Something is afoot on Kashmir. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, while inaugurating the Anantnag-Qazigund railway stretch last week, declared that he was open to tal... |
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Will US ignore Paks misuse of bounty (03 November 11:26) |
| Shankar Roychowdhury
Nov.03 : The Kerry-Lugar Bill, which was recently cleared by both Houses of the United States Congress, has been signed into law as the "The Enhanced Partnership w... |
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Left must push for a new united front (02 November 11:50) |
| Arjun Sengupta
Oct.02 : The idea of the United Front extends much beyond the simple notion of electoral alliances of different political parties to form a government. The United Front means... |
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Sivakasi the White House (01 November 09:48) |
| Kancha Ilaiah
Oct.31 : Dear Mr President,Let me first express my warm but belated congratulations to you for getting the Nobel Peace Prize. While many think that you do not deserve it, I th... |
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Rapid fire with UK far-right party chief (31 October 08:29) |
| By Farrukh Dhondy
Oct 31 : The BBC invited Nick Griffin, the leader of the British National Party (BNP), to participate in a TV debate as a panelist on their prestigious current affairs sho... |
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Gudiya to Durga (31 October 08:26) |
| By Inder Malhotra
Oct 31 : NEXT only to her illustrious father, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi was the longest-lasting Prime Minister of India but with a crucial difference. He was at the ... |
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Tawang Why China gets all worked up (30 October 10:01) |
| Srinath Raghavan
Oct.30 : The Dalai Lama's impending visit to Tawang has raised the hackles of the Chinese government, leading to yet another contretemps between Beijing and New Delhi. The ... |
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Talk to Maoists but also show whos boss (29 October 12:24) |
| S. Nihal Singh
Oct.29 : By staging the cop drama in West Bengal, the Maoists have shown that apart from holding territory and causing mayhem, they can take on the government in the game of ... |
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In education debate geography matters (28 October 09:08) |
| Ashok Malik
When the finger points to the moon, the idiot points to the finger.
— Old Chinese proverb
Oct.28 : In many ways the debate, discussion and disputation following human resour... |
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Decline and fall of BJP Shiv Sena (27 October 08:46) |
| By Govind Talwalkar
Oct 27 : Both the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have been on the decline for the past 10 years and their defeat in the Maharashtra Assembly elections wa... |
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No ifs and buts in Congress victory (26 October 12:16) |
| Jayanthi Natarajan
Oct.26 : The best quotable quote from the discussions on the verdict in the three Assembly elections held recently in Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and Haryana came from... |
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Reading between the Assembly poll results (25 October 09:08) |
| By Arun Nehru
Oct 25 : The election results in the three states of Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh hold implications for the future. The three states together have amongst them 6... |
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War or peace A Nobel for the answer (24 October 01:42) |
| Farrukh Dhondy
"That love never dies
Is the biggest of lies.
Never, never, never
Trust the word ‘forever’…"
From Bachh ke Raho by Bachchoo
Oct.24 : I won a lot of money... |
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A mirage of peace shimmers across (23 October 11:27) |
| Balbir K. Punj
Oct.23 : It is to be hoped that India will not be misled by a series of recent events in Pakistan into believing that the Pakistani Army is now all set to crush the Taliban a... |
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Gaza report dents Israels immunity (22 October 06:21) |
| S. Nihal Singh
Oct.22 : The Goldstone Report blaming Israel more than the Hamas movement for alleged war crimes in the 22-day Gaza war of December 2008-January 2009 leaving nearly 1,500 Pal... |
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After the poll results expect realignments (21 October 08:55) |
| Arun Nehru
Oct.21 : The results of the Assembly elections in Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh will throw up few surprises and the Congress should win in all the three states with ... |
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Can India facilitate a US-Iran dialogue (20 October 09:50) |
| By Shankar Roychowdhury
Oct 20 : Does Iran have a clandestine nuclear weapons programme? The question comes almost straight out of a television script, but without any prizes for the correc... |
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Development Give rights pride of place (19 October 10:56) |
| By Arjun Sengupta
Oct 19 : Development literature is now increasingly talking about rights-based development built on the appeal of the right-rhetoric when every government professes its co... |
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The art and craft of British racism (17 October 01:05) |
| By Farrukh Dhondy
Oct 17 : "Tally ho! Tally hoo! Tally Ha ha ha ha ha!"
From Invocations To Call Mounted Fools Into A Ring (With apologies to Shakespeare from Bachchoo)
I once w... |
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US aid A saga of carrots no sticks (16 October 06:20) |
| Srinath Raghavan
Oct.16 : The enactment of the Kerry-Lugar Bill marks the onset of an important phase in US-Pakistan relations. The bill provides $1.5 billion annual economic assistance to ... |
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A historic accord to open sealed borders (15 October 08:36) |
| S. Nihal Singh
Oct.15 : Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accomplished a unique feat, with help from his Armenian counterpart Serge Sarkisian and Europe and the United States,... |
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Let Air Force gun for Naxals quickly (14 October 12:31) |
| Anil Bhat
Oct.14 : A major issue that has emerged during the period of celebrations of the 77th anniversary of the Indian Air Force (IAF), beginning with the first interaction which the new... |
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Obama is not so charismatic after all (13 October 04:08) |
| Govind Talwalkar
Oct.13 : The President of United States, Barack Obama, is confident that he can carry everything and anything with him because of his extraordinary popularity and charisma.... |
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30 A fair share for the fair sex (11 October 09:51) |
| Jayanthi Natarajan
Oct.12 : The media images of a young woman flight attendant breaking down, while relating how the commander of an airplane and his co-pilot shouted at her and shoved her,... |
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Indiscretions are denting UPA image (11 October 01:03) |
| By Arun Nehru
Oct 11 : Political fortunes and public opinion can be quite fickle and are subject to dramatic changes. Sometimes, political leaders and parties are extremely vulnerable even ... |
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UNs caste charter is a boon not liability (09 October 04:00) |
| Nitish Sengupta
Oct.09 : India’s opposition to the draft of principles and guidelines published by the United Nations Human Rights Commission is somewhat intriguing. It pledges to work fo... |
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Is it Ides of March for Advani already (07 October 02:07) |
| P.C. Alexander
Oct.07 : A few days ago, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Manohar Parrikar compared Lal Krishna Advani to a "pickle that had turned rancid" and said that ... |
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US war in Afghan vital for India too (06 October 02:10) |
| By Shankar Roychowdhury
Oct 06 : "This is not a war of choice. This is a war of necessity — to disrupt, dismantle and defeat Al Qaeda and its extremist allies... If left unchecked, t... |
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Development can help curtail Naxals growth (05 October 02:45) |
| By Arjun Sengupta
Oct 05 : In my last column Naxal violence is a cry to be heard (September 21), I wrote about Naxal violence, supporting the Prime Minister’s concern about leftist extrem... |
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Sincere efforts win hearts fetch votes (04 October 01:54) |
| By Arun Nehru
Oct 03 : The Pittsburgh Group of Twenty (G-20) summit saw the emergence of the Bric nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China) in the global decision-making process and this re... |
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Muslim world needs an alternative discourse (04 October 01:52) |
| By Ayesha Siddiqa
Oct 04 : A few months ago, I met a three-member team from a UK-based think-tank called Quilliam. Based in London, the organisation claims to be the first counter-terrorism... |
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Grief loss when death do us part (03 October 12:36) |
| By Farrukh Dhondy
Oct 03 : "If religion is the opium of the masses
Superstition is its ganja"
From Das Dasguptal by Bachchoo
All one’s life one comes to terms with death. No... |
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Gandhi Chaplin and Modern Times (02 October 12:30) |
| Tridip Suhrud
Oct.02 : On November 5, 1931, Mahatma Gandhi along with other delegates to the Second Round Table conference was invited to a garden party at the Buckingham Palace. The invita... |
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