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Irony died a million deaths in Tharoor’s column
Shashi Tharoor’s edit piece in Indian Express on Saturday reminded me of my probation days in journalism with the Times of India in the 80s. My...
Why Muslims owe a lot to Sardar Patel
This is the centenary of the year when Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel first met Mahatma Gandhi and India got its unifier as we know the...
Why Rajdeep Sardesai blocked me on twitter
I found myself blocked on twitter by Rajdeep Sardesai today.
My tweets to him have never been abusive; rarely personal even though there is good...
Khusro, a Hindu-hater, beyond words
Amir Khusro is a legend for good reason. The Sufi giant of the 13th century had his Urs celebrated in Hazrat Nizamuddin dargah in Delhi...
Rahul Gandhi and the ‘colonized mind’
So we read this comic-tragic news the other day that Rahul Gandhi is reading Bhagwad Gita and Upanashids to counter Rashtriya Swayam Sangh (RSS)...
NDTV and a prophetic Ravish Kumar
“This blank screen is the real face of television today.”
During the Jawaharlal Nehru University-Kanhaiya episode, Ravish Kumar of New Delhi Television (NDTV) had made...
Rahul-Kejri Act: What your media didn’t report!
If you haven’t been on social media bandwagon by now, it’s time you did. Some extremely sharp observations by twitterati would leave any fan of Rahul...
Why ‘Shaktimaan’ matters and not cows
We all know Shaktimaan the horse. From March 14 to April 20 this year, between its unfortunate injury and death, it remained a front...