‘Aata Majhi Satakli’: the Singham Syndrome
‘Minister log mere peeche aur police log mere jeb mein rehte hai” (Ministers follow me and the police is in my pocket) The Hindi film industry has a unique...
Khaki ‘Gangs’ of Mumbai
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Today’s topic is the mysterious Ambani bomb scare case that has sparked so much controversy. Actually, I would rather call it the Mansukh Hiran case because at the...
‘Pro Muslim’ Party?: Congress’s ‘Secular’ Crisis
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At an India Today media conclave in early 2018, Sonia Gandhi made a rather candid confession: the BJP, she said, had managed to convince many people that the...
The hypocrisy of India’s secular polity
At an India Today media conclave in early 2018, Sonia Gandhi made a rather candid confession: the BJP, she said, had managed to convince many people that the Congress...
Dilip Sardesai: Stamping his legacy in the joyful islands of sun and sand
The first month in high school can often be unnerving and discomfiting in a new environment. As a six-year-old stepping into Mumbai’s Campion School in January 1971, I was...
50 years of Sunny Days
I am a 70s kid, or like to at least believe I am one. The 70s were India and Indira Gandhi’s decade of socialism and the emergency, which meant...
Sunny Days @ 50
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I am a 70s kid, or like to at least believe I am one. The 70s were India and Indira Gandhi’s decade of socialism and the...