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Clash of faiths
September 25, 2012, 10:21 PM IST
It’s almost like a flashback to nearly 1,000 years ago, when Christianity and Islam fought Crusades. In a wide swathe ranging from Australia, through West Asia and Europe to the US, mob violence by Islamic…
September 25, 2012, 10:21 PM IST
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Go for broke
September 20, 2012, 10:15 PM IST
CONGRATULATIONS! Your mobile phone number has won GBP 7,500,000! SMS your full bank account details immediately to MR420 to receive the money! Yep. It’s another ‘pesky’ message. And the peskiest part of it is that…
September 20, 2012, 10:15 PM IST
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Retail therapy
September 18, 2012, 10:46 PM IST
The kirana shop will live in peaceful coexistence with Walmart A couple of years down the line Mr Sethji who runs your local kirana shop might well echo Mark Twain’s remark that the news of…
September 18, 2012, 10:46 PM IST
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The sound barrier
September 17, 2012, 11:03 AM IST
There was momentary discomfort, a loud “pop” like a cork being pulled from a bottle, and the world of sound came rushing in on him. The doctor’s voice boomed. “Here’s what was causing the problem….
September 17, 2012, 11:03 AM IST
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Bihari Manoosh, Marathi Bhaiyya
September 15, 2012, 12:02 PM IST
In response to Bal Thackeray’s remark that the Biharis settled in Maharashtra should go home to Bihar, Lalu Prasad Yadav who has mastered the fine art of turning tables on his political opponents has suggested…
September 15, 2012, 12:02 PM IST
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Promoting quotas
September 13, 2012, 9:58 PM IST
A highly-placed source in the PMO, on conditions of anonymity, revealed to the TOI today that a special team of mathematicians and economists from Harvard Business School has formulated a new branch of statistical economics…
September 13, 2012, 9:58 PM IST
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Congress Bharatiya Party
September 11, 2012, 10:12 PM IST
Stung by charges of ‘match fixing’ by the SP and other ‘Third Front’ parties over the Coalgate affair, the two national parties, the Congress and the BJP have announced a merger to form the Congress…
September 11, 2012, 10:12 PM IST
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The Rs 1,000 question
September 6, 2012, 10:32 PM IST
Baba Ramdev has hit upon a brilliant idea to curb black money: scrap Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes. Take the so-called Coalgate scam which, according to CAG, runs to Rs 1.86 lakh crore. I…
September 6, 2012, 10:32 PM IST
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Explosive mines
September 4, 2012, 10:35 PM IST
Thanks to a power cut, this is being written by the light of an emergency lamp. It’s more than possible that you’re reading this in a similar situation. Because of long, routine power cuts, millions…
September 4, 2012, 10:35 PM IST
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The shrink and the sage
September 3, 2012, 10:24 AM IST
Is it better for you to be an optimist or a pessimist? Is happiness overrated? What are the things you should do before you die? How do you deal with disappointments and failure? These are…
September 3, 2012, 10:24 AM IST
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In praise of plagiarism
September 1, 2012, 9:56 AM IST
Fareed Zakaria has brought plagiarism into the news again. Though he has apologised for his ‘mistake’ and been cleared of the charges made against him, people are once again talking about the ‘p’ word. “Why…
September 1, 2012, 9:56 AM IST
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Mota maal and chhota maal
September 1, 2012, 9:50 AM IST
On being questioned by a British parliamentary committee about graft allegations, Robert Clive remarked that he “stood amazed by my own moderation”. Taking a leaf out of the book of the robber baron – who…
September 1, 2012, 9:50 AM IST
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Lore of averages
August 30, 2012, 10:30 PM IST
Rainfall, temperature or people, the ‘average’ is extraordinary The weather experts predicted a deficient monsoon this year in many parts of the country, including Gurgaon where i live. They said the rainfall would be less…
August 30, 2012, 10:30 PM IST
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Party tricks
August 28, 2012, 9:37 PM IST
Both Anna and Ramdev do a backward flip on politics Hungarian humorist George Mikes once wrote that everyone in the world was actually a Hungarian, except that they didn’t know it. If one substitutes the…
August 28, 2012, 9:37 PM IST
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Mean machines
August 23, 2012, 9:03 PM IST
We all suffer under the tyrant we’ve created called technology The other day i conclusively lost an argument with a mechanical treadmill in the local gym of which i’m a member. The treadmill won the…
August 23, 2012, 9:03 PM IST
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The ‘other’ Indians
August 21, 2012, 9:54 PM IST
North-easterners have long been victimised by ‘mainstream’ India Is India the target of a ‘psy-jihad’, by way of an e-war waged against it by hostile forces, many – if not most – of whom are…
August 21, 2012, 9:54 PM IST
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Challenge to the tricolour
August 18, 2012, 11:27 AM IST
In a macabre replay of Partition, trains bearing refugees are running again. But in a tragic twist of history, 65 years after Independence the refugee trains are running within India. The violence that erupted in…
August 18, 2012, 11:27 AM IST
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Boston pie
August 16, 2012, 10:47 PM IST
The cradle of American independence gives you a taste for history.
August 16, 2012, 10:47 PM IST
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Gone with the wind
August 16, 2012, 10:23 AM IST
Musing upon what might cause the end of the world, Robert Frost considered fire and ice as the most likely causes: “From what I’ve tasted of desire/ I hold with those who favour fire./ But…
August 16, 2012, 10:23 AM IST
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Fighters vs toilets
August 14, 2012, 10:24 PM IST
Walking the tightrope between defence and development Is a fighter plane more important than a lavatory; a toilet more important than a battle tank? This was the question recently raised by a remark made by…
August 14, 2012, 10:24 PM IST
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