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Vijay Mallya

Five News Developments you Missed over the Weekend

Sometimes news isn’t what you normally believe it is. Rather, it is what you want to believe it should be. With classified sources and resources in every corner of the… Read more »

Anna Hazare dharna

Five Reasons why Most Middle Class People have Vanished from Anna Quarter

As if talking politics and putting up candidates in the 2014 elections weren’t enough, Team Anna now admits gunning for ‘corrupt ministers’ has gained primacy over Lokpal. No wonder, our… Read more »

rahul gandhi

Rahul’s Ramblings and his Unsent Letters to Sonia

Bored with all the serious, economy-altering, political talks and scams around you? Take a break and read this. Politics is serious business for politicians, but how would it be if… Read more »

Team Anna

Has Anna Hazare’s Crusade Turned into a Political Gimmick?

Like so many others in the country, I too was thrilled to witness the response Anna Hazare’s movement against corruption received in August this year. No one expected his fast… Read more »

Team Anna celebrating

Team Anna in Hisar: Mere Muck-Raking or Dress Rehearsal for Poll Tricks?

Think before you open your mouth, and if there are multiple mouths in your team, do a headcount, get in to a huddle and do collective thinking. While most children… Read more »

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Afridi Backs Shoaib on Sachin Shaking, Indian Media all Over

  Some issues do not show signs of abating. The reason’s simple: because they are A) not meant to abate, B) the protagonist does not want them to abate, or… Read more »

9/11: Twin Towers falling

Remembering 9/11: History Repeats Itself because the World doesn’t Learn

Hiroshima had been just obliterated from the face of the earth. River Havel, Potsdam, Germany, August 6, 1945: A beaming Harry Truman announced, “We have spent $2 billion on the… Read more »

ARVIND KEJRIWAL, KIRAN BEDI AND PRASHANT BHUSHAN

Mr Hazare, I Apologise for my Behaviour

Today, I am writing this note to publicly apologise to Mr Hazare for my angry rants over the last several weeks against his anti-corruption movement, against the Jan Lokpal Bill… Read more »

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My Father, Let My Country Awake: Gandhi to Anna and the Great Void

As the much publicised fast of Anna Hazare came to an end, and as media reports take over to the Gandhian’s daily health reports now — what did he eat… Read more »

Amir Khan

The Crafting of the Hazare Crescendo

Finally, Anna Hazare swallowed something other than water and capsules, and India heaved a sigh of relief at the conclusion of this new-age Gandhian movement played out in the heart… Read more »