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The ideological vacuum
January 26, 2014, 7:09 PM IST
The AAP’s woes continue. The admonishments keep flowing in and suddenly it seems as if the same party that had fired so many imaginations can do nothing right. And while it does seem that the…
January 26, 2014, 7:09 PM IST
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The perils of self-righteousness
January 19, 2014, 6:50 PM IST
As expected, the news cycle has turned. Yesterday’s media darling is today’s unstable anarchist. In media depictions, the AAP has gone from being the saviour of democracy to being an immature bunch of clueless individuals…
January 19, 2014, 6:50 PM IST
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Remembering the swing
January 12, 2014, 8:01 PM IST
Who amongst us has had enough of the playground swing? Among the smaller pleasures of life which one coveted and never quite got enough of when growing up, was time at the swing. Of course,…
January 12, 2014, 8:01 PM IST
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The return of belief
January 5, 2014, 6:11 PM IST
Who would have thought it? it actually seems that the 2014 elections might turn out to be a battle of ideas, at least at the national level. It is another matter that the elections might…
January 5, 2014, 6:11 PM IST
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2013: India Agonizing
December 29, 2013, 8:47 PM IST
Arvind Kejriwal broke into song at his swearing-in ceremony, providing an image that does justice to 2013 and makes 2014 that much more interesting. The most promising aspect of the miraculous story of the AAP…
December 29, 2013, 8:47 PM IST
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The diplomacy of disproportion
December 22, 2013, 6:57 PM IST
It is the season for disproportion. First the Americans decided to arrest a senior member of the Indian consulate in public and subject her to among other indignities, a strip search. Then the Indian side,…
December 22, 2013, 6:57 PM IST
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The power bait
December 15, 2013, 6:37 PM IST
Avoiding power is the new game in town, and curiously, it is the established parties that seem as adept at evading power as they are at contriving it, than the newbie AAP, which is feeling…
December 15, 2013, 6:37 PM IST
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Good news for democracy
December 8, 2013, 9:39 PM IST
Delhi has spoken. While it is dangerous to read too much into an event too quickly (unless one is tweeting) but it is difficult to exercise restraint when faced with something that demands attention and…
December 8, 2013, 9:39 PM IST
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A dark mirror
December 1, 2013, 4:32 PM IST
There is much that is disturbing, if not outright shocking about the judgment in the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case. It is not just that the evidence used to convict the Talwars is circumstantial at best, but…
December 1, 2013, 4:32 PM IST
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The reign of elders
November 24, 2013, 7:03 PM IST
When is someone truly regarded as an adult in India? This question was triggered off as an unlikely by-product of the recent controversy surrounding Amit Shah and the surveillance of a young woman ordered him…
November 24, 2013, 7:03 PM IST
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The long goodbye
November 17, 2013, 6:59 PM IST
Sometimes, a purer, deeper, more truthful script emerges from the one that has been carefully written and blows us away. Sachin’s farewell party has been some months in the making and a lot went into…
November 17, 2013, 6:59 PM IST
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Decoding the Narendra Modi speech
November 3, 2013, 7:39 PM IST
For a long time now, politicians in India have given speeches, and the world has gone about its business, without too much connection between the two. Till Narendra Modi came along. Now every speech he…
November 3, 2013, 7:39 PM IST
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Video memories of the 80s
October 20, 2013, 7:35 PM IST
There are many things to remember the eighties by, and on the whole, this is unfortunate. It must be said, of course, that urban middle class life in India was not that bad, but the…
October 20, 2013, 7:35 PM IST
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Retiring with grace
October 13, 2013, 7:27 PM IST
Sachin Tendulkar is retiring shortly and watching cricket will certainly not be the same again. This is an occasion that demands marking, particularly so for a column that has written about him so often. Rather…
October 13, 2013, 7:27 PM IST
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AAP: An experiment in democracy
October 6, 2013, 7:07 PM IST
Not many gave Arvind Kejriwal a fighting chance when he began a career in electoral politics virtually from scratch. The circumstances surrounding the founding of the Aam Aadmi Party were less than propitious; the party…
October 6, 2013, 7:07 PM IST
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The leader who isn’t
September 29, 2013, 7:16 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi’s dramatic and altogether strange public intervention in the ordinance issue makes it clear that he cannot conceivably be the leader of any future government. It is also likely, given his actions over the…
September 29, 2013, 7:16 PM IST
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2014: Competing visions of India
September 22, 2013, 7:11 PM IST
The BJP v/s Congress battle in 2014 is not only about who will run the country but about where the country has reached today and what drives its voters. The difference in not merely in…
September 22, 2013, 7:11 PM IST
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Of Advani & Akhilesh: Studies in irrelevance
September 15, 2013, 6:30 PM IST
The last few days have been a sort of advertisement of the growing irrelevance of two politicians at the opposite ends of the age spectrum- LK Advani and Akhilesh Yadav. The former represents a father…
September 15, 2013, 6:30 PM IST
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The forgetfulness of today
September 8, 2013, 7:20 PM IST
When was the last time you heard Gandhi’s voice? How many of the several stirring speeches made by Jawaharlal Nehru can we hear in our heads? I can remember the first line of the ‘Long…
September 8, 2013, 7:20 PM IST
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