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The Weekly Review: Beni vs. Mulayam, Karuna vs. UPA, Bollywood vs. Justice

sanjay dutt

Recently Congress leader Beni Prasad called Mulayam Singh Yadav a dacoit. He accused him of supporting UPA “in return of commissions”, of being a goonda, and what not. Our leaders were quick in raising such a hullabaloo and pandemonium that the Parliament had to be adjourned. The next...

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The Italian con-job, the suicide of Ram Singh, and other minor news of the week

Another week of blunders, not just by the usual suspects Sushil Kumar Shinde (link) and the UPA government, but also by the supposedly infallible Supreme...

India's pseudo-win at the Oscar this year has made all of us pseudo-happy.

Budget, Oscars, and Notable Achievements of the Indian Police

I wish to begin this article by thanking Rajiv Gandhi, because that seems to be the trend these days. Both the Railway and Union Budgets were presented...

Bharat Bandh

On Bandh Management and Terrorism Mismanagement

With so many bandhs happening, the MBA aspirant inside me got thinking over this large untapped market right here in India. While MBA colleges can introduce...

The Home Minister describing how sincerely he had told Afzal's family well in advance.

On Afzal’s execution and Arindam’s defamation

While groups of “patriots” celebrated and distributed sweets because apparently men being hanged are a matter of joy, a picturesque valley...

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Modi or Rahul? Yet another week of futile discussions…

Strangely enough for a nation of 1.2 billion, and an almost equal number of prevalent problems, we are preoccupied with a problem which does not even...

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On Freedom of Speech and other such myths…

Last week has seen a barrage of stupidity and bans—so a week as usual for India. But being the aspirational fellows that we are, last week we took it...