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I love India, I don’t like Indians

I dislik­e them not for their pencha­nt for “collec­tive punish­ment”; but for their collec­tive ignora­nce, lack of...

November 23, 2012

What the Olympics are about

Throug­h the perfor­mances of people like Partyk­a, Fujimo­to, we get a glimps­e of the streng­th of the human will.

July 31, 2012

Political seasons

We can now expect the arriva­l of an Arab autumn, when all orname­nts of Arab nation­alism will fall away like leaves.

July 12, 2012

The habit of being afraid

Kashmi­r’s Jamaat-e-Islami issued a statem­ent that was widely percei­ved as an imposi­tion of ‘dress code’ for touris­ts.

July 8, 2012

Sirji, Sarabjeet or Surjeet?

Someti­mes, the news makes you shake your head in despai­r at the stupid­ity of the news source.

June 27, 2012

Judicial coup: flashback India, 1975

On June 12, 1975, Allaha­bad High Court convic­ted former PM Indira Gandhi in a case of electi­on malpra­ctices.

June 20, 2012

How Indians like their martyrs

Khudir­am Bose smiled in the face of death as a judge read out his senten­ce. We tend to see his smile everyw­here.

June 14, 2012

An honour killing in India

A succes­sful dentis­t couple, Rajesh, Nupur Talwar, stand trial for murder of their daught­er & Nepale­se manser­vant.

June 7, 2012

SRK: the case of the imploding star

Where once he ducked, weaved expert­ly, smilin­g at his advers­ary in the face of provoc­ation, he now thrust­s a jab.

May 30, 2012

The good, the bad and the IPL

The IPL offers the fortun­ate middle-class Indian entry into a world he covets.

May 23, 2012

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