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WHY THE LOKSATTA PARTY SUPPORTS THE KISS OF LOVE
Much hullabaloo was created both within and beyond, when the Loksatta Party (Karnataka) declared its support to the Kiss of Love (KOL) protests rights, in accordance with Article 19 (1) (b) of the...
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THE OH CAPTION! MY CAPTION! CONTEST #8
Fill in the blanks and be part of a Clothesline gag. Enter our photo dialogue contest and you (and your winning dialogue) could be featured in next week’s Clothesline. You wring ‘em clean, and we’ll...
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PESHAWAR MASSACRE: HOW OUR MEDIA MADE IT ABOUT INDIA
Cynical as it may sound, so-called “anniversaries” of even the most heinous of crimes and terror attacks provide much relief in the forever-frantic newsrooms looking to fill the next news slot or...
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THE WAY THINGS WERE: ON HINDUTVA, COGNATES
On Hindutva I Pg. 69: Once Kitten Singh has gone, she says abruptly, ‘It has a bad reputation, you know, your great language. Here, at least, it has been co-opted by all the worst people. Every Hindu...
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AL JAZEERA SHUTS SHOP IN EGYPT
On December 22, Reuters reported that Al-Jazeera has stopped broadcast of its Egypt-focussed channel, Al Jazeera Mubasher Misr. Although the media company released a statement saying that it has...
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FACING HEALTH CRISES, INDIA SLASHES HEALTHCARE
Frequently criticised for having one of the emerging world’s most ramshackle health systems, India had committed to increase its spending on health to 3% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from about 1%...
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ASSAM EXISTS BEYOND BLASTS AND TERROR
It was 2008. I had just come back home a few days earlier to Guwahati to be with my family on Diwali. Guwahati, at least for some years then, had been a rather insulated space in the mess called...
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FOR ATHEISTS IN PAKISTAN, SECULARISM IS THE WAY FORWARD
In the aftermath of the Peshawar killings, civil society in Pakistan, and indeed the world over, came together to denounce the massacre carried out by Tehrik-e-Taliban. Most of the condemnation, at...
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JOINT EFFORT: INDIA MUST START A DISCOURSE ON MARIJUANA
The first joint I smoked was outside a popular bar, Gokul, at Colaba in Mumbai. In hindsight, we really should have known better. Cheery after a couple of beers, the “more experienced” among us...
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PK AND THE CONSCIENCE KEEPER
Who knew PK was a symbolic film about ghar wapsi? But it is, in the literal sense. By now, we all know that the film is about religious frauds and god men. Aamir Khan is an alien, who comes to Earth...
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INDIA SHORT OF HALF A MILLION POLICEMEN
While India reported a 10% increase in crimes in 2013, the country continues to have the same shortage as we reported last year, half a million policemen, a shortage accentuated by more than 47,000...
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HOW AIRTEL ALMOST CHANGED INTERNET AS WE KNOW IT
Last week, Airtel — our sweet market giant of all things telecom — made headlines after it updated the fine print of its terms and conditions page. “All Internet/data packs or plans (through which...
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DID THE MODI GOVERNMENT CUT HEALTH SPEND?
Ever since we carried this story by India Spend (our content partners), we have received multiple mails and tweets, questioning the authenticity of the story. The story headlined “Facing Health...
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DEADLY YEAR, DECADE FOR FLYING, BUT SAFER THAN BEFORE
With the disappearance of Air Asia flight QZ8501, feared lost, 2014 has been a terrible year for commercial aviation with 1,183 deaths and high-profile crashes. However, the deadliest year for flying...
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INDIAN MEDIA’S LABOUR PAINS
OK, this is the time of look-backs and year-end round-ups. And one nagging look-back is the Indian mainstream media’s reportage on labour issues, or the lack of it. There are an estimated 500,000...
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THE FAIRNESS PRINCIPLE AND BG VERGHESE
The tributes and the fond memories that flowed from friends, colleagues and admirers of B G Verghese, who passed away at the age of 87 on the last day of 2014, were spontaneous, and it was proof of...
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