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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 »

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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 »

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Rahul Gandhi and the Case of Mismatched Frequencies

Want to know how to lose a fantastic opportunity? Ask Rahul Gandhi. He has mastered the art by now. And he did it yet again on Friday (he doesn’t let… Read more »

Pooja Bedi at Anna rally

The Lokpal Bill Issue and the Art of Mismanaging an Already Mismanaged Issue

I feel like JK Rowling writing the Harry Potter series when I write this article as a sequel to the previous one on the same issue (The Lokpal Bill Issue… Read more »

Kailash Kher in Ramlila Maidan

Bill hai ke Manta Nehin: Govt, Team Anna Talk the Talks after 8 Days

Three hours, three men and a woman, a “constructive and fruitful meeting”, and the standoff still remains. That, in short, was the maha-drama in New Delhi between 7 and 10… Read more »

So, are the number plates changing or what?

The Curious Case of Paschimbanga and the Alphabet A

What’s in a name said Shakespeare. Well, everything seems to be in the name nowadays (ask Didi — she would surely agree). It’s a name that creates ripples — like… Read more »

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Should I See a Hope of Change in the Anna Movement?

When I started writing this article, I was gearing to spit venom on the present government, all the preceding governments at the Centre and all the political parties which are… Read more »

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WB to PB: Five Things that Would Change with De-Anglicization of Bengal

Paschimbanga or PB. Still early days but that’s how the state now known as West Bengal could be called if New Delhi gives the green signal. It’s apparently a move… Read more »

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Anna’s Movement Gives Us Hope that All is not Lost

August 20, Friday: I was driving back home from office in the evening as usual. I got stuck in a traffic jam as I neared my house in Sector 62,… Read more »

Anna Hazare with duplicates of Manmohan Singh and Mahatma Gandhi at a rally in Delhi. Photo by Prime Shooter

The Lokpal Bill Issue and the Art of Mismanagement

If management institutes need resource material to teach “how not to manage”, or better still “the art of mismanaging”, they just need to read the newspapers, hear government spokespersons, study… Read more »