I’m not generally given to admiring people. Those that I do are few and far between. But starting October 2023, when Israel’s deliberately planned and inexorably ex...
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You could be forgiven if you haven’t the foggiest idea of the significance of 24 Akbar Road unless, of course, you are a member of the Congress Party. This bespoke re...
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Today’s the 30th day since the start of the US-Israel war on Iran. Whatever its outcome one man has been knocked off whatever pedestal he thought he occupied. And tha...
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I remember the euphoria that followed the announcement of the results of the 1977 elections. Even fifty years has not dulled that sentiment. The Emergency had ended and...
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In case you haven’t noticed, today is the ides of march. I can’t say I’m superstitious but I am aware it’s a day when often remarkable things have happened. Yet...
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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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