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THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL : MISUSING THE VETO
Never let a serious crisis go to waste, and so we should utilise the “opportunity” provided by the MH17 tragedy to raise some bigger questions. It is amply clear that Russia cannot wash its hands off...
View ArticleMINING GIANTS IN TINY MAHAN
Mahan in Madhya Pradesh’s Singrauli district has become a battleground. The people of Mahan are fighting what they perceive as economic growth at the cost of conserving forests and indigenous ways of...
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DIVIDED WE STAND
In February this year, an octogenarian by the name of Dinanath Batra became the most hated person in India’s Left-liberal clique. This was around the time when a paranoia called “saffronisation” had...
View ArticleEXAMINING THE ICC CODE OF CONDUCT
Content partners Boom News conduct a debate on The ICC Code of Conduct: discussing power play, accountability and regulations. Support Newslaundry. Pay to keep news free and independent. Disclaimer...
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NEWSWALA MURMURS – 8
The Rise of the Opinion The India Today Group is all set to launch an opinion website, which will be named DailyO. It is learnt that the outgoing editor of TimeOut, Jairaj Singh, will play a crucial...
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WOMEN’S RESERVATION BILL AND ITS NAYSAYERS
“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me”, these words of the illustrious novelist Ayn Rand has perhaps best described the fate of the Women’s Reservation Bill in all...
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AN ENGLISH TEACHER ON THE CSAT DEBATE
I understand the debate over the CSAT pattern. As an English trainer, I face it in class every day. I do not think it is enough to merely know the rules of the language, as some of the supporters of...
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THE SECRET DIARY OF MMS, AGED 81¾, PART 8
Saturday, July 26. Thanks to my expert handling, everyone has completely forgotten the Katju case. Good to see that there is still such a thing as respect for the judiciary. Madam came for a CPP...
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EVERYONE LOVES A GOOD RIOT
The victim's house in Sarawa village. Cops deployed outside the victim’s house. Zarina Usmani, chairperson of UP State Women's Commission, pays a visit to the victim’s house. Accused Sanaullah’s...
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INDIANA JONES AND THE TROUBLESOME ARYANS
If science proceeds funeral by funeral, history takes the route of wildfires. And the largest wildfire of them all, one that has consumed us for the better part of a century, is the debate surrounding...
View ArticleHAS IPL AFFECTED INDIA’S TEST CRICKET PERFORMANCE?
Content partners Boom News on whether IPL is responsible for India’s recent test cricket debacles. Does the gamesmanship required in one compromise the sportsmanship required in the other? Support...
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TWEETS OVER PRESS MEETS
In the 2009 General Elections, the only politician active on Twitter was Shashi Tharoor. Six years since, the Indian political class has proved that the one thing you can’t blame them for, is not...
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ON ONLINE / SOCIAL MEDIA AND FREE SPEECH
The Internet (and social media) is a change agent bigger than anything I‘ve seen in my lifetime or am likely to see. It has also completely changed news consumption and how people relate to it. No...
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CONTRARY CLAIMS
I had stated in an earlier post that I gave to Justice Kapadia, the then Chief Justice of India (CJI), three mobile numbers of agents of a very senior Allahabad High Court judge against whom there...
View ArticleCOMING SOON: I AGREE WITH VED PRATAP VAIDIK
Ved Pratap Vaidik talks to Abhinandan Sekhri about name dropping, taking on Arnab and making Modi PM. Support Newslaundry. Pay to keep news free and independent.
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QUALITY EDUCATION AND THE UNEMPLOYED INDIAN YOUTH
Flipping through news channels, one stumbles across an advertisement with the tagline: “Transforming Education, Transforming India”. There’s another one about a university that says it is an “ultimate...
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TELEVISION’S CASTE-AWAYS
It’s easy to make fun of soap operas in India (not that the Bold and the Beautiful is known for its intelligent content). What’s not to laugh at? The horribly gaudy palatial homes, women wearing all...
View ArticleCLEANING UP GOA
Video Volunteers cover an initiative to help solve Goa’s garbage problem. Support Newslaundry. Pay to keep news free and independent. Disclaimer : The information, ideas or opinions appearing in...
View ArticleCLOTHESLINE – EPISODE 43
A weekly wrap of the good, the bad and the funny from the world of news. An Arnab-free episode! Sameer Jain teaches the West, Sreenivasan Jain’s Gaza report, America’s Gaza coverage and more. Support...
View ArticleI AGREE WITH VED PRATAP VAIDIK – PART 1
Ved Pratap Vaidik on being a 16-year-old editor, bringing parliament to a halt, championing the cause of Hindi and being friends with Prime Ministers. Watch I Agree With Ved Pratap Vaidik – Part 2...
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