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Talking Shop: Back of my mind
13 Feb 2022 7:55 PM ISTIn the deep recesses hidden well inside me, I now see heart-rending stories of what is happening to people around me. This real problem is getting...
Talking Shop: Country once beautiful
6 Feb 2022 8:34 PM ISTA nation of Pradeep, Rafi, Mukesh and Kishore has turned into a parody of funk, remixes and other things sordid. An era has died. Long live the new...
Talking Shop: It began in 1947
30 Jan 2022 7:14 PM ISTA divide happened in India 75 years back, ending in untold blood- and heart-loss. Today, another divide is being created, with rifts and animosity...
Talking Shop: Two years, and counting
23 Jan 2022 7:20 PM ISTI began writing regular columns exactly two years ago. Sadly, there’s been little to celebrate in this time. What I share today is a glimpse of the...
Talking Shop: I told you so
16 Jan 2022 6:42 PM ISTFor three years, in the month of January, I have been raising the red flag and warning all. But no one listens, not even after so much tumult
Talking Shop: My immaculate dream
9 Jan 2022 7:05 PM ISTWe are thriving. COVID is gone. India's economy is back on track. Gas cylinders are cooking away in rural homes. My Maybach is gleaming
Aeschylus. Mephistopheles
2 Jan 2022 11:21 PM ISTInto a New Year, why are we discussing this Greek tragedy author and a devil’s sidekick, 500-plus years on? Because history often repeats itself
Talking shop: Changing semantics
26 Dec 2021 6:34 PM ISTJust when we thought the worst was over, we have a new boy in town. He’s called Omicron. How we deal with him will define 2022 for all of us
Arrogance begets chaos
19 Dec 2021 8:14 PM ISTFor centuries, we have seen a phenomenon. Get too big about yourself in your own head and you end up losing that head. It is happening again
Is the pen gone?
12 Dec 2021 7:07 PM ISTHere’s a new golden rule for today’s writers – a clear heart and a tough spine. Else, we will soon make India join a list of less-endowed nations
A smoking gun
28 Nov 2021 6:23 PM ISTLet’s move beyond the famous English proverb above, as we approach a hurdle that just can’t be scaled. MSP can’t happen. It is not plausible
Ode to lost humanity
21 Nov 2021 6:48 PM ISTUP, MP, Maharashtra or Tamil Nadu – the scenario is the same. Under-custody people are rampantly killing themselves, we’re told. This is today’s crude...