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Independent thoughts before Independence Day
August 13, 2012, 11:50 AM IST
Just how independent is independence? A funny question to ask when the nation is about to celebrate its independence from foreign rule. Colonial rule – the domination of one people by another people – is…
August 13, 2012, 11:50 AM IST
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Italy seems a home away from home for Indians, and vice versa
August 9, 2012, 9:47 PM IST
When we got to Italy, i was surprised to find the place full of Indians. Some were obviously tourists like us, but others seemed locals. We were in Siena, an enchanting walled city in Tuscany…
August 9, 2012, 9:47 PM IST
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Sporting sarkar
August 7, 2012, 10:16 PM IST
How our government helps to train all of us to be Olympic champions. Why does a nation of a billion-plus like India produce such few Olympic champions? With the London Games making headlines, the often-asked…
August 7, 2012, 10:16 PM IST
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India Jugaads The Queen’s English
August 7, 2012, 4:35 PM IST
Cor blimey! Or should one now say ‘Baap re baap!’ to express astonishment in English. For astonishment does need to be expressed, though there may be some ambiguity about the words in which it is…
August 7, 2012, 4:35 PM IST
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Target: VVIPS
August 6, 2012, 11:43 AM IST
Private security guards, particularly the elite Black Cat commandos, have become prized status symbols among our VIPs, much the same way as the number of garlands they received from faithful followers when emplaning or deplaning…
August 6, 2012, 11:43 AM IST
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Why the grass is always greener on the other side
August 2, 2012, 10:10 PM IST
Of the 25 days we were in London, it rained for 23. Dark clouds gloomier than an economist’s forecast covered the skies, turning Britain’s summer into a winter of discontent. The locals hated the cold…
August 2, 2012, 10:10 PM IST
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Health warning
July 31, 2012, 10:06 PM IST
When remedies are worse than what they’re meant to prevent
July 31, 2012, 10:06 PM IST
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Olympic fever
July 26, 2012, 10:31 PM IST
When Bunny and i got there, London was in the grip of a fever epidemic: Olympic fever. The soggy air of the wettest summer in memory was abuzz with the infectious germs of controversy. It…
July 26, 2012, 10:31 PM IST
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The party’s over for BIG political parties
July 16, 2012, 11:09 AM IST
Have the two political biggies in India – the Congress, the country’s Grand Old Party, and its upstart but catching-up national rival, the BJP – got too big for their roots? Are they in danger…
July 16, 2012, 11:09 AM IST
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Meeeting point
July 5, 2012, 9:26 PM IST
I spent all of last week trying to get hold of a person i needed to speak to about something that needed doing. But no matter what i tried – mobile phone, landline, email –…
July 5, 2012, 9:26 PM IST
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Money is how you mind it
July 2, 2012, 10:06 AM IST
Money is in the mind; a product of maya. Particularly at a time when the world is sinking into the quicksand of recession. So how do you survive? The story of the bankrupt billionaire might…
July 2, 2012, 10:06 AM IST
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Nowhere man
June 28, 2012, 8:50 PM IST
Women are from Venus, men from Mars — because they got lost The other day, Bunny and i once again talked about getting a GPS for our car. A GPS is one of those gizmos,…
June 28, 2012, 8:50 PM IST
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From principles to profit – the art of moral management
June 25, 2012, 9:54 AM IST
In an age of corporate scams, swindles and general malpractices – from the Lehman Brothers’ case to that of the Reebok franchise in India which has been charged with a multi-crore misappropriation of goods and…
June 25, 2012, 9:54 AM IST
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The real issues
June 21, 2012, 9:08 PM IST
No, they’re not talking about TOI or Kashmir, they’re about your baal-bachche How many issues you have? The first time this question was put to me was when i shifted to Delhi 20-odd years ago….
June 21, 2012, 9:08 PM IST
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Acid test
June 19, 2012, 10:09 PM IST
These are testing times for students, particularly those aspiring for admission into the IITs. The HRD ministry’s proposal to make students sit for a common entrance test for all IITs, NITs and IIITs has given rise to a national controversy. Besides undermining the…
June 19, 2012, 10:09 PM IST
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The secret life of the paradox: 3
June 19, 2012, 10:01 AM IST
According to legend the birth of Zen Buddhism can be traced to the smile of the Buddha. When the Enlightened One was seated with his disciples, a Brahmaraja came to him and, offering him a…
June 19, 2012, 10:01 AM IST
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No house for Mr Tendulkar
June 19, 2012, 9:54 AM IST
A House is not – or ought not to be – a home. That appears to be the message that Sachin Tendulkar, recently nominated to the Upper House, has sent out to his fellow parliamentarians…
June 19, 2012, 9:54 AM IST
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Agent Sitaram
June 14, 2012, 10:00 PM IST
Like a lot of middle-class Indians, Bunny and i are worried about the GDP. The GDP that`s got us worried is not India`s Gross Domestic Product, worrying enough though that is, what with the country`s…
June 14, 2012, 10:00 PM IST
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Medieval India
June 12, 2012, 9:11 PM IST
On almost the same day that Barack Obama made history by becoming the first US president to openly support same-sex marriage, in India a senior police official told a distraught father whose daughter had been…
June 12, 2012, 9:11 PM IST
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The language of silence
June 11, 2012, 10:14 AM IST
Two old men, friends of many years standing, would meet in each other’s house every day. They would sit in perfect silence for a couple of hours, then the visitor would get up and leave,…
June 11, 2012, 10:14 AM IST
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