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NO VOTE FOR PARDESIS
Romit Maulik, 23, comes from Mumbai, but has been living in the United States of America for the past year. Pursuing a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from the Oklahoma State University, Romit is a...
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ENABLING THE DISABLED
Bunty Solanki, 32,contracted polio at a very early age which left him crippled for life. This hasn’t stopped him from living a dignified and self-sufficient life and participating on equal footing in...
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TRASH TALKING TEHELKA
The Tehelka scandal has exposed more than just Tarun Tejpal. It has exposed many aspects of the Indian media which until now were invisible. The e-mail leaks and subsequent revelations forced a hard...
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NEWSWALA MURMURS – 5
The Curse of the Beard It’s apparently not a very good time to be a bearded journalist in the Indian media. Tarun Tejpal’s “lapse of judgment” has landed him in a lockup without a fan. Hartosh Singh...
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A SCAM BY ANY OTHER NAME
With news of alleged sexual assaults – from Tarun Tejpal to Asaram to Narayan Sai and Justice AK Ganguly – dominating the front pages, a crisis which has been taking place in Uttar Pradesh has found...
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INDIRA, JEEPS AND BLUE BOOKS
Jeeps are magical. Marvels of minimalism. The rough bumpy ride, the defiant thrumming, the toppled windshield, flapping canvas, sloshing jerry cans, wind in the hair, dust in the eyes, smouldering...
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SAVING PRIVATE GANDHI
On Friday afternoon, while parking my car in a still Congress-ruled Delhi, I banged my car badly enough for the bumper in the front to almost come off. It was my fault as I had failed to notice the...
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DELHI: FIZZIER THAN CAMPA COLA
On October 1, 2013 – the day the Supreme Court rejected the plea for regularisation of the Campa Cola compound in Mumbai – the Delhi High Court also gave a ruling on the issue of illegal construction....
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PEHLE AAP
Arvind Kejriwal has lived a dream, but he must slap that alarm clock now and wake up to reality. The Delhi Assembly election results have proved most pollsters except Chankaya wrong. Then again,...
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HOMO HONGE KAAMYAAB
This article was written on July 10, 2009 after the Delhi High Court had struck down Section 377 of the IPC, much to the consternation of religious leaders of all shapes, sizes and prejudices. A...
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THE RETURN OF SECTION 377
The Supreme Court just upheld an archaic and draconian law (Section 377, Article 14) dating back to the British Raj that criminalises non-vaginal sexual intercourse – which pretty much means sex...
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JAYA JAITLY’S ALTERNATE REALITY
This is the unedited version of the article which was published in Firstpost on December 12, 2013. Firstpost published a 2497 word “article” by Jaya Jaitly on December 4, 2013. Is it an article or a...
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THE CAR CRASH THAT NEVER WAS
An Aston Martin Rapide - “a four-door high-performance sport saloon” -rammed into two cars late Saturday night, December 7, 2013 at Peddar Road in Mumbai, transforming itself from a Rs 3.5 crore-worth...
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FAIL TODAY
“In a national scenario like this Arvind Kejriwal and his party does not fit into the scheme of things. His decision to jump into the fray in the national election might pose a serious threat to BJP....
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