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DON’T TEASE THE POLITICIANS
Question: You receive the following image in a chain mail. Do you: A) Lament the despotic tendencies of Indian politics? B) Chuckle with resignation and forward the mail to friends? C) Brand the...
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WORLD’S END – PART 1
The Casualty Rinku woke up at five in the morning and rolled her moth-eaten mattress – a hand-me-down from one of her employers – and placed it by the steel trunk. Her two little children tossed and...
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WORLD’S END – PART 2
The Casualties “Sorry, I’m late.” I turn around. It is my guide, the good doctor Kandwal. His cheerfulness is at odds with the morbid atmosphere we are surrounded by in the Casualty. When a doctor...
View ArticleNL INTERVIEWS ANAND GANDHI
Anand Gandhi speaks on Ship Of Theseus, philosophy, working with Ekta Kapoor, his childhood, his mother’s role in his love for cinema, dropping out of college, why Ship of Theseus was appreciated by...
View ArticleCLOTHESLINE EPISODE 14
The wrap of the good, the bad & the funny on this week’s news TV. A very agile Asaram, Karan Thapar, Devil’s Duplicate, why Madhu never criticises Headlines Today, Bharat Nirman-Director’s Cut,...
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RAJIV-JI AUR RTI KI JAI HO
There’s always outrage at the government ad spend on the death and birth centenaries of our erstwhile politicians. On Rajiv Gandhi’s death centenary in 2013, we carried a report with incorrect...
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DOES PRAKASH JHA GET IT RIGHT?
Editor’s Note: This is a compilation of Abhinandan Sekhri’s Twitter review of Satyagraha. He is a trustee of Arvind Kejriwal’s Trust - PCRF - and supports Aam Aadmi Party and was also an active...
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GIRLS NOT-SO ALOUD
On November 17, 2012, as news of Bal Thackeray’s death was announced, Mumbai braced itself for the inevitable shutdown that was to come. Politicians across the spectrum sang his praises. And police...
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CONGRESS’ TICKET FORM: DRAFT 1
Co-authored by Ranjan Crasta Rahul Gandhi, on September 2, 2013 – in a bid to ensure more representativeness and eliminate the culture of dynastic politics from the Congress – came up with a mandatory...
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SYRIA THROUGH THE MEDIA’S EYES
Events in Syria are having an impact upon India already, with oil prices rising further to buffet an already weakened rupee and the stock market falling on fears that this will push the economy into...
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THE DEATH OF OPINION MANDI TV
I might sound like a guy standing on a Saudi Arabian oil rig and proclaiming the advent of windmills, but has the decline of “expert opinion” on television begun? The noise of talking heads, cabined,...
View ArticleNL INTERVIEWS DR ASHOK KHEMKA
Dr Ashok Khemka speaks to Madhu Trehan about the 80-20 formula, working in the IAS, corruption, receiving threats and more…
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INCONVENIENT JUDGMENTS
“A day might come when the rule of law will stand reduced to a rope of sand.”– Justice SH Kapadia A passing comment, especially from an anchor, seldom sparks outrage. This one did. During her...
View ArticleNL INTERVIEWS DR ASHOK KHEMKA – PART 2
Vadra’s “offences”, the technicalities of his offences, whether he’s gone on “assumptions without proof”, Karan Thapar’s interview of his, complying with his transfer orders, whether he’d rejoin the IAS.
View ArticleNL INTERVIEWS DR ASHOK KHEMKA – PART 1
Dr Ashok Khemka speaks to Madhu Trehan on why he doesn’t like being called a whistle-blower, “covert” threats, his many transfers, Hooda, why the IAS is a “fool’s paradise”, how he got the Robert...
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BEHIND THE FOOD SECURITY BILL
Vanakkam, dear readers! This is your favourite uncle, Anand Rangarajan offering his jasmine-scented greetings at your feet yet again. Alas! There is no doodle or crossword by way of today’s offering –...
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