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Enter EC, exit opinion polls
18 April 2014 4:58 AM ISTThe election commission’s (EC) notice to media houses to not print or telecast exit polls disguised as opinion polls is commendable. The opinion poll...
Bollywood’s dilemma
18 April 2014 4:57 AM ISTThe interesting debate that seems to have erupted in Bollywood shows that our film fraternity is not politically uneducated after all. For an...
Just keep Srini out
17 April 2014 4:57 AM ISTThe Supreme Court’s decision to maintain on its earlier stand of barring N Srinivasan from holding any positions in BCCI until the probe is complete...
Let’s acknowledge gender continuum
17 April 2014 4:56 AM ISTSupreme Court’s recognition of the ‘third gender,’ indeed the gender continuum, which does not depend on medical examination or certification but on...
Coalfire will singe all of Singh’s men
16 April 2014 4:39 AM ISTVery little is left for the Manmohan Singh-led UPA government to hide behind, now that volatile political memoirs have started pouring fresh fuel into...
It’s liberal fascism!
16 April 2014 4:39 AM ISTNavayana’s decision to cancel the publication of English translation of Tamil writer Joe D’Cruz’s novel Aazhi Soozh Ulagu, for his open ‘fondness’ of...
We need to talk about the letters
15 April 2014 3:37 AM ISTConfidentiality of state secrets is made out to be a necessary evil by the proponents of the idea, generally comprising the statists and those with...
Barbs of the matter
15 April 2014 3:36 AM ISTThe direct attack by Priyanka Gandhi on his cousin brother Varun Gandhi reflects poorly on the plight of the Congress’ ruling family and how it it is...
Safety in the skies
14 April 2014 5:57 AM ISTThe recent media reports about MH-370, the Malaysian flight, which mysteriously vanished on 8 March, that the co-pilot had tried to make a mid-flight...
Singh scavenged for cheap thrills
14 April 2014 5:55 AM ISTIn India, it is customary to recount ‘insider’s account’ when one is safely ensconced in the cushion of distance from the actual subject; naturally...
Mulayam, Abu no exception to rule
12 April 2014 5:17 AM ISTThe pervasive ‘rape culture’ and the industry that is ‘rape comments’ have been amply boosted by the latest ammunition added to the arsenal of...
Strange intrusion
12 April 2014 4:08 AM ISTThe political battle between the two heavy weights, Congress and BJP, took an ugly turn with Kapil Sibal and Rahul Gandhi questioning Narendra Modi...