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  1. Question Time CBI for Jagan

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    / May 24, 2012 / Leave a comment
    It is 10:30 am. Jagan is setting out on his election campaign trail in Macherla in Guntur district. It is hot as hell, the mercury hovering around 43 degrees. But that’s not the worry for YSR Congress party leaders and workers. Occupying their mindspace is the thought that in exactly...

  2. Wake up Sid

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    / May 18, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Does Sidhartha Mallya know the meaning of “Aa bail mujhe maar?” Ok, I shall translate it for you. Something like `Come bull, hit me.” And no, I am not talking of the Deccan Chargers Bulls who haven’t charged at all in IPL 5 but Sidhartha pronouncing judgement on the character...

  3. Badminton on court, Sanskrit off court – the Sindhu way

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    / May 17, 2012 / Leave a comment
    After a three-hour long gruelling session on court, P V Sindhu is relishing her breakfast of puri-subzi and watermelon juice at the canteen at the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy. Destresser is in the form of a loud Telugu film showing on the 32” inch LCD, which Sindhu tells me, is...

  4. The sting on cricket exposes the stink

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    / May 15, 2012 / 1 Comment
    So the worst fears have come true. (Read T S Sudhir’s blogpost : IPL has a perception issue. Fix it). The India TV sting which showed five cricketers talking openly about spot fixing and IPL franchisees paying them remuneration in black and in kind, has just opened a can of...

  5. Ajith – Cool, grey and Billa 2

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    / May 15, 2012 / 1 Comment
    Actor Jeeva was shooting inside the Madras Race Course and a large crowd had gathered, hoping to catch a glimpse. This was December 2007 and my cameraperson and I were waiting for Ajith Kumar to arrive, to record what was going to be his maiden interaction with a national TV...

  6. Valmiki rewrites the last chapter of Ramayana

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    / May 14, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The original Ramayana : Lord Ram returns to Ayodhya after 14 years in exile, after vanquishing Raavan in Lanka. His younger brother Bharat has been holding fort, worshipping Ram’s sandals on the throne. Bharat is overjoyed to see Ram back and the elder brother is crowned king of Ayodhya. But...

  7. Tell your child, Main Hoon Na

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    / May 13, 2012 / 5 Comments
    It was around 4:30 in the evening. Three boys, all class 4 students, were playing near their home. A youth, in his late 20s, known to be an alcoholic in the locality, called one of them out and asked for directions to Block C4. The boys pointed out the way...

  8. Obama is the Salman Khurshid of America

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    / May 4, 2012 / 1 Comment
    How else does one explain the campaign that President Barack Obama is running to get his tenure extended at White House by four more years. In a no-holds barred campaign, Obama has accused Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney of outsourcing jobs to India when he was the Governor of Massachusetts....

  9. Wanna be President of India? Your caste? Religion? Region?

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    / May 1, 2012 / Leave a comment
    That’s all that seems to matter when it comes to zeroing in on the best candidate who can be elected to the post of the President of India. Not surprising given the fact that at election time, it is the candidate’s caste, community, religion and of course, spending power that...

  10. Mum is the word

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    / April 30, 2012 / Leave a comment
    It is as if the ruling political establishment has taken a collective decision to press `mute’. The plumbers too have overnight turned an efficient lot and there are no credible leaks from North or South Block on what’s on the Congress mind as far as India’s next president is concerned....

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