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Words and how we can use them
There’s nothing wrong or foreign about words like vishaal, shanti, mukti, as they have no Persian, Arabic parallels.
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Why Parsis are India’s finest citizens
It was the Parsi who left caste ghetto, engaged with European culture and showed us wealth was for advance of society.
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What Narendra Modi must do next
He must do the elementary things that show that he is not the man many in the media think he is.
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The dumbing down of India’s media
Media all over the world has become frivolous in last 2 decades, but Indian media doesn’t balance the light stuff out.
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How do you solve a problem like Modi?
Congress should ease the divisive current which is damaging Gujarat and provoking violence around the country.
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Not the Indian way
India has always seen itself as a moral nation in international politics, but its behaviour has been inconsistent.
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India’s boring cricket
Slow & low cricket, lack of athleticism, poor quality broadcasts, tat & piffle commentary, make Indian cricket boring.
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The foreign hand delusion
By blaming the foreign hand and accepting our neighbours have more sovereignty than we do over our areas is ridiculous
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In defence of VS Naipaul
I don’t think Naipaul is prejudiced against Muslims, since his work is based on field reportage, not regurgitation.
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No debates in Indian politics
Our national bumper slogan should be: “Ask not what you can do for your country, but what your country can do for you”