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  1. Is Kejriwal ‘Molagai Podi’ comedy ?

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    / November 15, 2012 / 2 Comments
    Arvind Kejriwal held yet another press conference last week, levelling charges of several businessmen and politicians stashing money in Swiss Banks abroad. Not too many people who follow news in the media regularly have been surprised with these charges. There has been a pattern in the way Kejriwal has been...

  2. Will Anna be a Mudhalvan?

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    / August 5, 2012 /
    The road taken by Team Anna reminds me of a 1999 Tamil flick, director Shankar’s `Mudhalvan’ starring Arjun, that was remade into `Nayak’ in Hindi with Anil Kapoor. It was the story of a TV reporter who is dared by a corrupt chief minister to sit in the hot seat...

  3. The duplicity over Lokpal Bill

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    / December 30, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Prasaanth Menon From the beginning, I have been critical of the way Team Anna (the threesome of the Anna, the Arvind and the Kiran – ‘the’ is necessary, as they’ve become phenomena) went about their crusade against corruption. The writing on the wall was there for everyone to see, but no one...

  4. Operation successful, Patient dead

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    / December 30, 2011 / 3 Comments
    When Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh stepped out of the Rajya Sabha at 12:02 am on Friday, he noticed something red on his hands. Surprised initially, he discovered it was actually blood. He turned to Pranab Mukherjee, walking alongside and saw his hands were red too. A figure in white...

  5. Anna in Mumbai, First day first show

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    / December 28, 2011 / 3 Comments
    The crowds aren’t huge and most of the people at MMRDA ground in Mumbai seem to be the regular people who travel by train and bus. On Day 1, the speeches were disappointing and just plain rant and slogans against corruption. Depth – a few inches. The Lok Sabha debate that...

  6. Did India win in Parliament?

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    / December 28, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By T S Sudhir   “Bhala uski kameez meri kameez se safed kaise”. All through the eleven-hour debate in the Lok Sabha on the Lokpal Bill on Tuesday, MP after MP held forth on the black soot of corruption but in reality seemed more interested in colour correcting the whiteness on Anna’s kurta. Typically,...

  7. Who loses if India wins

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    / December 27, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Dr Jayaprakash Narayan Anna’s leadership has galvanized the middle classes and youth across the country, and sensitized the political parties and government to the urgent need for resolute action. The Lokpal, Lokayuktas Bill presented to Parliament is a vast improvement on the past Bills, and is directly a product...

  8. Mera Naam Lalu

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    / December 22, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By T S Sudhir So Lalu Yadav is India’s Mohammed Asif who bowled the no-ball just the way the Congress wanted him to. Forget line and length. When Team UPA is trying to desperately save face, Lalu, the political freelancer has come to its aid. As always. Protesting against the...

  9. Anna Hazare walks into history books

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    / December 21, 2011 / 1 Comment
    By Nisha Sanjeev It’s all happening at a frenzied pace. With just a few days more for the winter session of Parliament to end, and Team Anna team is pressing hazaar buttons together. The opposition is desperately muddying waters further to pounce on the last fish while the media is...

  10. Rhetorical fallacies of the Lokpal Bill debate

    Posted by ngs
    / September 6, 2011 / 3 Comments
    If you are too quickly convinced by eloquent TV debates, you are most probably new to the fallacies the debaters adopt to hoodwink the opponent. Fallacies are statements that are logically false, but which often appear to be true. There are more than a hundred recognized rhetorical fallacies.   Rhetorical...

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