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Building ‘Brand India’ with ethics, empathy (12 October 11:09) |
| Jayanthi Natarajan
Events and disasters, predictions of economic doom and dire intelligence of terrorist plots, electricity cuts and tightening of the belt are thoughts and stories which ha... |
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Law and order will top poll agenda (12 October 10:50) |
| Arun Nehru
As internal security considerations dominate the political landscape, I have no doubt that law and order and the integrity of the State will be major issues in the five Assembly ... |
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Daddy gets the boot, girl off to go-go bar (10 October 11:59) |
| Farrukh Dhondy
"Jesus enjoined me to love my neighbour
Unfortunately, her husband hadn’t read the Bible."
From Bachchoo’s Epitaphs
The Germans coined the word schadenfreude... |
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Give armed forces their rightful dues (10 October 12:07) |
| Arun Kumar Singh
I must clarify that I am not a member of the ESM (Ex-Servicemen Movement) which has been holding marches and press conferences all over the country to press its demand for ... |
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It’s time to revamp the intelligence machinery (08 October 11:49) |
| Nitish Sengupta
The Agartala blasts provide yet more proof, if it is needed, that a handful of thoroughly brainwashed people have declared war on the people of India, for whom they have no ... |
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The troubles of Shivraj Patil (07 October 10:21) |
| P.C. Alexander
Home minister Shivraj Patil must have been taken aback by the vehemence of the attacks on him from all sides — the Opposition parties, the media and even a section of his o... |
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Shrine tragedies and the insensitive state (06 October 11:22) |
| Jagmohan
Hardly had the mourning for the 150 dead in the Naina Devi temple stampede ended came the news of the tragedy at the Chamunda Devi temple near Jodhpur. About 200 persons were tramp... |
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To regain trust, police must reform itself (06 October 12:06) |
| Joginder Singh
Police gets it in the neck, if it does, and also when it does not. Besides law and order policing and investigation, another dimension, which is by far the most important, ha... |
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Cong can turn certain defeat into victory (04 October 11:33) |
| Arun Nehru
India faces several important issues which require urgent attention. However, with the Assembly elections coming up in five states, poll issues are again in focus.
Delhi is a &q... |
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Many battles won for UK, one for Gurkhas (03 October 11:30) |
| Farrukh Dhondy
"The wrong end of the stick?
My fellow traveller, my friend,
This stick has but one end…"
From Zenbaazi by Bachchoo
On Tuesday of this week the Gurkhas won a ... |
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Could Wall Street relocate to Dalal St? (03 October 11:14) |
| Nitish Sengupta
The collapse of the "big five" investment bank, in the Wall Street crash, which started a week ago, has been the biggest humiliation for the United States since Pe... |
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Gandhi’s Hinduism was a religion of humanity (01 October 11:44) |
| Jagmohan
On Gandhi’s birthday, instead of going round the Mahatma’s Samadhi and attending prayer meetings ritualistically, the ruling elite will do well to think how a strong and health... |
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How not to deal with defence services (01 October 01:49) |
| Inder Malhotra
MERCIFULLY, THE ugly imbroglio over the armed forces’ grievances about salaries and status of their officers and men, following the release of the Sixth Pay Commission repo... |
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Presidential debate ended in a draw (29 September 10:14) |
| Govind Talwalkar
Neither Senator John McCain nor Senator Barack Obama won a decisive victory in the first presidential debate held on Friday at the University of Mississippi, Oxford. Each n... |
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Let one heart beat for me and you, ethically (29 September 12:47) |
| Jayanthi Natarajan
A few days ago in Chennai, a 16-year-old boy, riding a motorbike without a helmet, met with an accident that cost him his life. His grief-stricken parents, both doctors, ... |
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Everyone will pay for the ‘greed’ factor (27 September 11:03) |
| Arun Nehru
The United States of America flouts every rule when it comes to the concept of a "free" market. The country virtually nationalised all its major financial institutions ... |
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2024: Comrade Bush quotes Brother Marx (27 September 12:15) |
| Farrukh Dhondy
"Aakhir mey janaab —
It comes to the same old khaki pants!"
From Compiled Graffiti, edited by Bachchoo
September 19, 2024, Washington: Rumours that comrade Pre... |
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What! Pota again? (25 September 11:50) |
| Fali S. Nariman
Is a harsh law really necessary to put an end to "terrorism"? Past experience shows that it is not.
The Tada Acts of 1987, which lapsed in May 1995, were very str... |
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Who’s afraid of Raj Thackeray? (24 September 10:54) |
| Nitish Sengupta
One is saddened with the antics of people like Raj Thackeray, especially his recent outbursts against Jaya Bachchan because she spoke in Hindi and justified it by saying tha... |
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Place basic issues before the voters (24 September 03:56) |
| Harsh V. Pant
Amid all the hype about India’s rise as an economic superpower it was being assumed by Indians that perhaps, just perhaps, they were moving towards a tentative solution to t... |
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Asia richer, healthier, but only in its cities (24 September 03:46) |
| Ajay Chhibber
At the midpoint of the 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), global leaders will gather at the United Nations in New York later this week, on Se... |
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UPA misjudged N-deal, now blames America (22 September 05:03) |
| Brahma Chellaney
The nuclear deal now on offer creates a Tarapur-style trap of gargantuan dimensions. The deal’s terms are far worse than the agreement under which the US-built Tarapur nu... |
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Going after Patil won’t make terror disappear (20 September 11:52) |
| Arun Nehru
Security considerations require urgent intervention and it is good to see senior political leaders in the UPA talking of "new tough laws". Security issues are not a sub... |
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Sufi poetry sets young Muslims’ minds in motion (20 September 12:47) |
| Farrukh Dhondy
"Cover up thy daughters, my pious friends-
There is enough ugliness in the world!"
From The Scorpion Speaks by Bachchoo
This is a report from the front line, a d... |
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India needs stringent anti-terror laws (19 September 03:52) |
| Joginder Singh
After October 2005, Delhi was again targeted by terrorists who orchestrated a series of co-ordinated bomb blasts on September 13 killing as many 21 people and injuring over 1... |
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Rising India must correct its flaws (18 September 02:54) |
| Nitish Sengupta
A recent report, Doing Business 2009, published by the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation, should concern us seriously. This report, based on 10 indicators... |
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Kosi’s chilling history: No lessons ever learnt (16 September 11:35) |
| Inder Malhotra
WAY BACK in 1953, I had the privilege of accompanying Jawaharlal Nehru to Bihar. In those days, within the country, the Prime Minister travelled by an IAF Dakota. Even so, he... |
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Manmohan Singh’s second revolution (15 September 10:53) |
| Govind Talwalkar
IN VIENNA, the Nuclear Suppliers Group of 45 nations ended India’s nuclear isolation without India having to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty or the Comprehensive Test B... |
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Palin is no poster girl of woman power (14 September 10:59) |
| Jayanthi Natarajan
It may not be a very productive political exercise to compare an Indian election with the US presidential race, feverishly being fought and discussed in political circles... |
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India’s politicians must shake hands on N-deal (13 September 11:52) |
| Arun Nehru
India got a favourable decision at the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) meet in Vienna. This is a remarkable achievement, and more so because it goes beyond all political controvers... |
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Save the vulture, save the world (12 September 09:56) |
| Farrukh Dhondy
"Dhobi Talao
Dhobi Talao
Jugga-mugga Jugga mugga
Dhobi Talao…"
From The Vagueness of Chants by Bachchoo
In my multi-racial, multi-religious school in Pune, t... |
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N-deal won’t yield any poll dividend (11 September 10:50) |
| S. Viswam
Former US ambassador to India Frank Wisner may well have a done a distinct service to both India and his home country by asking both not to get too euphoric over the prospects of ... |
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How Nano crisis grew: All sides made mistakes (10 September 10:10) |
| Nitish Sengupta
Nearly every party in the Singur dispute has made serious mistakes — the Trinamul Congress, the West Bengal government, Tata Motors and the Union government. The result is... |
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Poll allies must share power, accountability (09 September 11:32) |
| Dr P.C. Alexander
With just seven to eight months to go for general elections, political parties have started their moves for firming up electoral alliances. This would not have been necess... |
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N-deal: Vienna done, now off to Washington (09 September 12:02) |
| Pran Chopra
Just a few days ago the American government lifted the veil on yet another corner of the complex behind-the-scenes nuclear negotiations between India and the United States. What... |
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Give military good news for Diwali (08 September 03:30) |
| Arun Kumar Singh
The last fortnight witnessed a continued "Alice in Wonderland" series of events, which surely must bewilder and demoralise the citizens of this "rising super... |
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Crisis tests Buddha, Naveen’s leadership (06 September 11:34) |
| Arun Nehru
The crisis that followed the Amarnath land issue in Kashmir has been resolved satisfactorily. And the separatists’ efforts to create a pressure point and support in the Valley ... |
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US politics of gender votes and go-go boots (06 September 02:55) |
| Farrukh Dhondy
"She walked into his life
As though onto a film set —
They made love to remember;
They made love to forget..."
From No Regrets by
Bachchoo
A woman in the Wh... |
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India must be creative in cutting its oil spend (03 September 11:59) |
| Nitish Sengupta
It is a pity that neither our nation nor our government is giving any serious thought to demand management of petroleum. Seventy-five per cent of our country's petroleum req... |
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India’s ‘chakka jam’ begins in Parliament (02 September 11:37) |
| Back to Forward / Inder Malhotra
EQUALITY BEFORE the law, a sine qua non for any democracy worth the name, is beyond our reach, alas. There has been little of it during the last 61 years, a... |
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Obama’s road to the top post is not that smooth (02 September 12:49) |
| Govind Talwalkar
Forty-five years ago Dr Martin Luther King delivered his famous "I have a dream" speech. During the Democratic convention in Denver last week, Senator Barack Obam... |
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BJP communalising Amarnath for votes (01 September 02:36) |
| Jayanthi Natarajan
It is perhaps difficult to remember, at a time when Jammu is burning and the situation in Jammu and Kashmir is so sharply polarised, that the Amarnath yatra has been a sh... |
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Chiranjeevi may upset Cong, TDP poll maths (30 August 10:55) |
| Arun Nehru
The government’s coalition structure, with barely six to nine months to go for general elections, is in stormy waters. At the moment, most political parties are engaged in secr... |
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When ‘Hari Puttar’ met Harry Potter (29 August 11:17) |
| Of Cabbages & Kings / Farrukh Dhondy
"He drank her poisoned chalice as she wished him a long life."
From Dead Men Sing No Songs by Bachchoo
Warner Brothers is going to sue a... |
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India must stand firm on N-deal, Kashmir (29 August 12:59) |
| Arun Kumar Singh
IN THE last few days the unthinkable has stared India's political leadership in the face. India has almost achieved in a few days what Pakistan could not achieve in Kashmir... |
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Worst may be over, stock up for a rally (27 August 11:16) |
| Nitish Sengupta
The depressed state of the Indian stock markets over the past six months, as reflected in both the Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex and the National Stock Exchange’s Nifty... |
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Jharkhand trapeze calls for poll reforms (26 August 11:23) |
| Dr P.C. Alexander
Jharkhand is again in the throes of ministry-making. After the first elections to the newly-formed Jharkhand Assembly in February 2005, this is the fifth time that a minis... |
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As US, Russia spar, Europe is on edge (26 August 04:23) |
| Wide Angle / Pran Chopra
It is just over a year ago that, on July 12, 2007, while writing for a journal published from London, I had discussed the question whether Europe — as we know it ... |
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J&K: Talks won’t do, tough action needed (24 August 10:45) |
| Joginder Singh
A CRPF inspector-general was transferred from Srinagar on August 13 following an uproar in the Kashmir Valley led by terrorists and their supporters against alleged excesses ... |
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Democratic Pak may be more open to talks (23 August 11:55) |
| Arun Nehru
We wish the people of Pakistan well. After close to nine years, we once again have an opportunity to see a democratic government in Pakistan. Hopefully, with a change of attitude... |
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