Santosh Desai VOICES
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Of ghee & good-heartedness
July 15, 2012, 6:25 PM IST
As a child, countless hours were spent hotly debating the question ‘if my father and yours were to fight, who would win’ and variations thereof involving public figures and film heroes. An endless succession of…
July 15, 2012, 6:25 PM IST
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The evolution of shame
July 8, 2012, 6:48 PM IST
‘Raja has conquered Tihar jail’ reportedly read some slogans on T-shirts worn by his celebrating supporters on his return to Chennai after spending 15 months in jail. To see his return from detention on charges…
July 8, 2012, 6:48 PM IST
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The sacrifice of pawns
July 1, 2012, 7:27 PM IST
For once, it would seem that the BCCI has acted swiftly. The exemplary punishment meted out to the 5 offending players for indulging in spot-fixing and other corrupt practices is a clear signal being sent…
July 1, 2012, 7:27 PM IST
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An olympian dilemma
June 24, 2012, 7:26 PM IST
On the face of it, the current fracas over the Indian tennis team seems like a story of petty ego clashes and administrative mismanagement, standards ingredients in the Indian controversy cocktail. To many, the stand…
June 24, 2012, 7:26 PM IST
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The meaning of economic growth
June 17, 2012, 7:22 PM IST
The consensus is overwhelming- this government has failed when it comes to matters of the economy. Over the last few months, virtually every major business leader has said so with increasing bluntness as key indices…
June 17, 2012, 7:22 PM IST
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A house for Sachin Tendulkar
June 11, 2012, 2:28 PM IST
Sachin Tendulkar has turned down the government’s offer of a sprawling bungalow and the opportunity to become Rahul Gandhi’s neighbour, bringing to an end the intense media excitement that had followed this revelation. It was…
June 11, 2012, 2:28 PM IST
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The usefulness of celebrities
June 3, 2012, 7:02 PM IST
Now that SRK has won the IPL and Aamir Khan has helped solve the problems of the nation, it is time for Salman Khan to step up to the plate and deliver. It would seem…
June 3, 2012, 7:02 PM IST
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The Lokpal deep freeze
May 28, 2012, 11:06 AM IST
For all practical purposes, the Lokpal bill seems to have been put to sleep. As it dwindles in scale, ambition, relevance and memory, it is interesting that its erstwhile champions have shown little or no…
May 28, 2012, 11:06 AM IST
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Manufacturing Silence
May 20, 2012, 6:52 PM IST
It is a bad time to be a cartoon in India. First we had Mamata Banerjee arresting a professor accused of circulating a cartoon (actually a sinister plot to murder her as so clearly established…
May 20, 2012, 6:52 PM IST
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India live
May 12, 2012, 11:14 AM IST
At any IPL match, the spectators never stop cheering. Regardless of what happens in the game, who wins or loses, the cheering goes on. The slightest stimulus can set off a higher pitch of hysteria-…
May 12, 2012, 11:14 AM IST
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The arithmetic of injustice
May 6, 2012, 1:20 PM IST
The release of Alex Paul Menon, Sukma collector after hectic negotiations with the Maoists, the details of which have been less than transparent, is not so much a resolution, but a part of the complex…
May 6, 2012, 1:20 PM IST
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On the wild charms of masala soda
April 29, 2012, 5:56 PM IST
As cities grow, some essential parts of it go into hiding. The street stalls retreat into the inner folds of the new city, local ice cream vendors (for some reason called Mewad Prem across large parts of the country) turn coy and cede ground to nationally known brands.
April 29, 2012, 5:56 PM IST
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The religion of the self?
April 22, 2012, 12:47 PM IST
Observing a recent religious ritual, one was struck by how much of the prayer had to do with individual desire. One didn’t know what exactly the shlokas being recited by the priest meant in Sanskrit,…
April 22, 2012, 12:47 PM IST
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The terrorism of power
April 15, 2012, 6:40 PM IST
We cannot call our parliamentarians names for fear of disrespecting the institution of the Parliament, we cannot forward mildly critical cartoons of a chief minister without being arrested. A historian cannot write a scholarly account…
April 15, 2012, 6:40 PM IST
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The sadness of the lullaby
April 8, 2012, 6:23 PM IST
There is something magical about a lullaby. The experience of listening to one is quite unlike anything else. It is almost impossible to listen to one without responding to it with an emotion that one…
April 8, 2012, 6:23 PM IST
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The unfairness of elections
April 1, 2012, 5:52 PM IST
Can an election ever throw up the right candidate? Or to put it more moderately, is an election the mechanism best suited to throw up representatives that will strive to work for their constituents and attempt to better their life?
April 1, 2012, 5:52 PM IST
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The Power to do nothing
March 25, 2012, 2:46 PM IST
That running a coalition government is not easy has been made obvious enough by the experience of the UPA government. If in its first innings, it was felt that the overbearing presence of the Left…
March 25, 2012, 2:46 PM IST
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The magic mirror called election results
March 18, 2012, 6:26 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi’s take on the election results was revealing- he felt that the problem lay in the absence of a strong grassroots network which did not convert positive intention into delivered votes while Sonia Gandhi complained of there being too many leaders on the ground.
March 18, 2012, 6:26 PM IST
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Sachin wipes out national deficit
March 17, 2012, 12:38 PM IST
A spurious achievement from an authentic hero. A fabricated excuse to first excoriate and then celebrate an exceptional man. Impatient cries of frustration seamlessly blending to tear-stained tributes. Calls for his retirement merging into fervent…
March 17, 2012, 12:38 PM IST
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Decoding elections on TV
March 11, 2012, 6:21 PM IST
The elections in 5 states have come and gone as the dust settles on the winners and the losers, it is time to think about the one group that can never lose, given their supernatural powers- the television channels.
March 11, 2012, 6:21 PM IST
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