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Pappu, Fill the Forms, Please!

New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- As I listened to Rahul Gandhi's emphatic, fact-backed, passionate proof of the Election Commission's complicity in massive voter fraud-proof worked out like a neat school project... Read More


A Country Crippled by the Past...

India, July 28 -- Quite often-no, delete that-very often, a good psychologist, especially the expensive kind who has a couch and not just a chair, goes deep into a patient's past. "Tell me about your ... Read More


"Convert Confidence in Ourselves" Law!

India, July 21 -- As I sip my morning coffee and flip through the papers, I can't help but notice something that's becoming as predictable as potholes during our monsoons-yet another law being passed ... Read More


Why China?

India, June 23 -- Just when I thought I'd figured out our foreign policy-a headline in today's paper left me scratching what's left of my head: Defence Minister Set to Visit China to Rebuild Ties. No... Read More


Grounding the Dreamliner!

India, June 16 -- So now, NDTV says, they're talking about grounding all Boeing Dreamliners flying in India. Yes, the same plane that evokes dreamy sighs from frequent flyers and mild envy from budge... Read More


Dying Before Knowing!

India, June 9 -- Many years ago, while writing for the Asian Age, a paper that MJ Akbar owned, he wrote me a line I've never forgotten. "Never criticise anyone immediately after a tragedy." A rare bit... Read More


Too Much Rain!

India, June 2 -- There's a sloshing sound in my shoes, and it isn't spiritual joy. It's water. Rainwater. Precious, holy, long-prayed-for, utterly annoying rainwater. And as I squish my way across the... Read More