Do adult Indians have the right to marry whoever they want without parental permission? That may sound like a rhetorical question but it could soon become a legal issue...
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I don’t think I’ll ever forget my sense of shock when I heard Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested. I belong to a generation that used to refer to him as Pr...
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This column is not about cricket. It’s about the behaviour of the Indian cricket team. More specifically, it’s about grace on the games field, etiquette and the dec...
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There is a small intriguing question about the India-United States trade deal that some people believe hasn’t got the attention it deserves. Has India been successful...
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We all know who William Shakespeare was. Many of you have read some of his plays but very few are likely to be familiar with all thirty eight. But how many people are a...
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Mark Tully’s death is truly the passing of an era. In his decades as the BBC’s Chief of Bureau in our country he was certainly, as many fondly called him, the voice...
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Are you the sort of person that likes eating out? Are you fascinated by restaurants? Curious about the food they serve? Inquisitive about the chef? And eager to experie...
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Are you the sort of person who attaches significance to the number 13?  I do.  In fact, I consider it my lucky number.  Whenever significant developments are due to ...
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The elections presently underway in Myanmar can only be described as a sham. Conducted in three phases, starting end December and concluding at the end of this month, a...
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When I was a young teenager in the late 1960s the 21st century felt like science fiction. If George Orwell’s 1984 was still far into the indefinite future, an altoget...
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