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Modi after February 10
The core voters of the party remained with it, which explains why its vote share did not drop from a little over 32%
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A library in your pocket
The Murty works are bigger than the Loeb but retain the same left page original-right page translation format
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Obscenity in film
Manto understood the function of Bollywood and recognised that its openness and tolerance was its greatest attribute
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Why was Gandhi killed?
Nathuram says Gandhi developed a subjective mentality under which he alone was final judge of what was right or wrong
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Indian media’s selective coverage
The media constantly taps into the middle class Indian sentiment that the poor are not important enough to be covered
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Should the right to free speech be absolute?
For journalists, who are in the frontline of the free speech debate, its not easy to see the issue in black and white
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Divided along lines of faith
In case there is an even partnership, sharing of the chief ministerial term, the BJP's man will necessarily be a Hindu
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Awarding the Bharat Ratna
I have no issue with Vajpayee being given the award, given the sort of politicians who have been given it before him
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What do the Taliban want?
No fight against Taliban will succeed, can properly start, unless confusion over Constitution, its promise is resolved
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Conversions in India and how to deal with them
The more the opposition holds on to the matter, the more fuel BJP will get to have conversions regulated by the state