TRICKLE THREATENS TROUBLE It was a trickle to start with. Nayantara Sehgal and Ashok Bajpai were among the first few to return their Sahitya Academy Awards. Ostensibly, it was a response to the Dadri lynching of two long time residents,…
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SMART DEMOCRACY What is the state of our democracy? After Dadri, after the vile name calling of depraved proportions in Bihar and after the spate of resignations from the Sahitya Academy this question is alive and quickening the pulse of…
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What happened in Bisara in Dadri Sub Division on 28th September remains a talking point and will, perhaps, perhaps remain so for years. But for a young corporal of the Indian Air Force only shame, utter shame would be the only memory. It…
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GARDEN OF EDEN Jeremy Corbyn has been elected the Leader of the Labour Party .He is left-wing since the 80's. He has been a back bencher M P since the day he was elected. He has been elected Leader of the Party and elected resoundingly.…
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FLAWS ABORT CURBS ON GRAFT Two National newspapers ,both Delhi editions dated seventh September 2015 have significant head lines on the subject of graft.  Millennium Post  reads " IT TAKES EIGHT YEARS TO FINALIZE MAJOR GRAFTCASE: CVC"…
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DEBATES ON PRIME TIME ON T V CHANNELS Mother Teresa served the poor  only with the object of converting them to Christianity, Rahul Gandhi’s  absence for two weeks from the Budget session was to better his political perceptions ,Lalit…
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CUSP OF CHANGE " I want to change the system through "dabangai", aggression. Nothing will change in India through love. –AAP has no dabangai" Again "Either enslave every one under reservation or free every one. If you cannot remove it…
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MURDER MOST HORRIBLE Anyone who has looked at the news recently must have realized that human beings seem to have inordinate propensity to kill their own. Every type of killing , I have always assumed, has been defined. But there was no…
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The Deccan Herald ,25th August issue published Renee Singh's  article ' Quit Fooling All the Time'. The writer is described as an educator by the paper.  Narendra Modi , the Prime Minister is her target. The first charge is that he controls…
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This meeting, were it, to take place. will be the first of its kind since these institutions have come up in both our countries. They have, of course met, as a part of delegation of both countries but I cannot recall the two agreeing to…
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