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  1. PC to Sushma : Why this Kolaveri?

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    / November 23, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By T S Sudhir   Palaniappan Chidambaram may be tempted to ask Sushma Swaraj: “Why this kolaveri, kolaveri, kolaveri di?” Except that he has good reason to be worried that Sushmaji may break into a jig, like she did a few months ago at Rajghat. And blame it this time on...

  2. The absent Elders

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    / September 2, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Priya V K Singh On 27th August, 2011, a historic debate took place in the Parliament. Bowing to the voice of the aam aadmi, Parliament discussed and debated the 3 issues referred to it by the government  on the insistence of the people — inclusion of lower bureaucracy in...

  3. Dear MP, where were you on 27/8 ?

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    / September 2, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Priya V K Singh On 27/8, when the Lok Sabha discussed and debated the three Lokpal-related issues, many political and social commentators described it a historic day in the nation’s history. Not all MPs agreed with that assessment, it seems. Why else would they have absented themselves from the Lok Sabha...

  4. Anna Speak on Day 12

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    / August 27, 2011 / Leave a comment
    On a day when Dr Naresh Trehan expressed concern over Anna Hazare’s health, after 12 days of fasting, the Gandhian made some significant points in his speech at Ramlila Maidan.   On 26th January 1950, the day we became a Republic, people became masters of the nation. Masters sent representatives...

  5. Have some lemonade, Anna

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    / August 25, 2011 / 4 Comments
    Dear Anna,   I am writing to you as a younger brother-citizen of this country. In South Indian languages, Anna means ‘elder brother’, and we have often bestowed this sobriquet on leaders we have cherished. Before you came on the scene, Anna was the name for C N Annadorai, who...

  6. Live from Ramlila Maidan

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    / August 22, 2011 / 2 Comments
    By TSR Reporter   The Gandhi topi has made a comeback, after years of being in the doghouse. There were at least three decades when anyone with that white Gandhi cap was seen as corrupt, oily and old-world. Movies, newspaper cartoons and other means of popular culture lampooned the signature...

  7. Why Anna Hazare’s tamasha will fail

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    / August 22, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By M S Hussain   In my earlier blog on this topic, I wrote about why I think Anna Hazare is an ‘empty suit’. The point is that Mr. Hazare is not a prophetic, powerful pulpiteer. He talks like a retired school headmaster, admonishing students for being tardy in their...

  8. Why Anna Hazare’s ‘movement’ will fizzle out

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    / August 19, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By M S Hussain   Trust the media to make a hero out of a geriatric, Anna Hazare, with a hidden agenda. I will get to the hidden agenda in a moment, but I have an idea that Mr. Hazare’s campaign, movement, call it what you will, will peter out...

  9. The inspiring story of Sarosh Homi Kapadia

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    / August 12, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By M S Hussain   Conventional wisdom has it that there are no poor Parsis. Because whenever a Parsi family faces the threat of falling into penury, the community is known to extend a helping hand. I guess this because there are so few of their number, most of them...

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