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  1. 26/11, three years on

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    / November 26, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Bala Today is the third anniversary of the Mumbai terrorist attack in which at least 166 people were killed and several others were injured. What is the status now? One can only say that there is all-round disappointment for everybody – the relatives of the victims including the police...

  2. On stage

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    / November 18, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Bala I had the opportunity to interact with some celebrities like Dilip Kumar, Saira Banu, Dimple Kapadia, Ashok Kumar and R.D.Burman from the film world, cricketers Ajit Wadekar, Sunil Gavaskar, Nari Contractor and Vijay Merchant, politicians Murli Deora  and Kumari Ananthan etc during the period mid 1972 to end...

  3. Sachin was my neighbour

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    / November 13, 2011 / 3 Comments
    ‘To be or not to be, that is the question’ – explains the dilemma of Hamlet, the prince of Denmark, when he is struggling with his mental conflict of whether or not to kill himself due to his depression because of a few earlier incidents. Just change the quotation a...

  4. Craze for 11.11.11

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    / November 10, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Bala   Ash’s impending delivery has caused a flurry of news items mentioning the numerological combination of 11.11.11 with extensions such as 11.11 am and what not.   Many other expectant mothers also want to have their children born at that “auspicious” time as also many others such hotel...

  5. Lata, the nightingale of India

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    / September 28, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Bala   Blessed are those Indians who were born in the 1950s and are living in India and abroad now, since they had grown listening to the honey dewed voice of Lata Mangeshkar. I too belong to this generation. The experience of not only listening to her songs as...

  6. How ever-green is our Dev !

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    / September 26, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Bala   Evergreen hero Dev Anand turns 88 today and he celebrates it with the release of his latest film ‘Chargesheet’ on September 30. It deals with the case of young star Divya Bharti’s sudden death in mysterious circumstances in 1993 due to a fall from her 5th floor...

  7. Who can predict an earthquake?

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    / September 23, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Bala   After last week’s earthquake in Sikkim, Nepal’s acting PM Bijay Kumar Gachhedar in a rather  controversial and tasteless remark said since nobody can stop earthquakes, let them happen in developed countries like US and not in poor countries like Nepal.   Even though no one can stop...

  8. I want reservation. Only on the train.

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    / September 20, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Bala   Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati has written to PM Manmohan Singh to include the poorer sections of the forward castes for reservation under the ninth schedule of the constitution so that it cannot be challenged in any court.   She had asked earlier for the reservations to...
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    Tagged jobs, reservation, train

  9. Narada, Roosevelt and Anna Hazare

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    / September 18, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Bala   In Indian mythology, we have read about the sage Narada. Whenever and wherever he appeared, he seemed to have created confusion, misunderstanding and tension between warring kings or queens.   He was knowledgeable about all godly and worldly matters, about music etc. He had his veena as...

  10. I am discharging my duty

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    / September 15, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Bala   Till recently the middle class was described by politicians, thinkers, activists, the press, TV and all other media as couch potatoes, armchair critics and people showing no interest in discharging their ‘constitutional duty’ of casting their votes during elections, thus exhibiting apathy.   But when the very...

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