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...
What’s in a name?
#rajdeepsardesai #straightbatwithrajdeep This week, the world’s largest cricket stadium was inaugurated in Ahmedabad; this week, India won a test match inside two days. Yet, the headline controversy was not...
Opposition-Mukt Bharat?
Long before Puducherry, there was Goa. In 1994, riding on the Ram Janmabhoomi wave, the BJP won four seats for the first time in the 40 member Goa assembly....
Painful Silence of the Legends
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This has been a week where our cricketers have grabbed the headlines by comprehensively winning a test match against England and then being sold at astronomical prices...
From Cinema to Cricket: Copy Paste Celebrities
Long before Akshay Kumar, there was Kishore Kumar. The singer-actor crooned his way into the hearts of millions but his genius was not confined to his melodious voice. In...
Thank you Rahane and Co, in gloomy times we needed a blissful moment like this
It’s pitch dark. It’s cold. Bloody cold. 5.30 am in January in the national capital can be cruel on the body. Wrapped up in a warm blanket, bleary-eyed, you...
The ‘Adani Ambani’ Connection
Remember the Hindi films of the 1960s socialistic era when the villain was often the ‘evil’ exploitative ‘udyogpati’ (industrialist)? Now, decades later, the farmer protests have recreated a familiar...