Fading Glory: Moving On and Rocking On
Region: IndiaSaurabh Ganguly’s decision to retire from all forms of international cricket reminds me of the late Vijay Merchant, a renowned cricketer of his time and the time he chose to retire – at the peak of his career. ... more
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Namkeen: The tears are salty
Region: India
Gulzar’s then well received film “Namkeen” was released way back in 1982. The film has a cast of woman characters and the lead is Waheeda Rehman, a spectacled old lady led into manual labor by the vagarie... more
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Rock On : There is a price to chasing a dream
Region: India
In the closing frames of the film “Rock On”, a lilting melody wafts through as the credits flash by …”kuch to arzoo kijiye… phir dekhiye, phir dekhiye………” the scre... more
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Civil Society and Protest
Region: India
"Halla Bol " released last year is an interesting film in many ways because it brings to the fore front the role of civil society in bringing social change. The context in the film of course is a murder case pertaini... more
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How our Policemen Live and Work
Region: India
The death of the Delhi Police special cell officer, Inspector Mohan Chand in an encounter operation on Sunday should be interesting to reflect on for it demonstrates the often thankless conditions the police forces often w... more
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The “Voice of America” and other voices
Region: IndiaIt was another day and age when the cold war was still raging and the world was still multipolar. Sitting in my Air Force base, I would twiddle my radio knobs in search of some entertainment. Sooner or later, the radio wou... more
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Apathy and Activism
Region: India
The Christian community has typically been used to living a fairly sheltered and secluded life. The community has been largely till recently been spared the social ostracism that even elite and urbane Muslims have faced in... more
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Statesman in Waiting
Region: India
One of the main architects in making the nuclear deal happen in the real world and in getting the Nuclear Suppliers Group to agree to the India specific waiver id the external affairs Minster, Pranab Mukherjee, who is slow... more
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When we were orphans
Region: China
“When we were orphans” is a book that oozes gloom and depression like many others by Kasuo Ishigro. The book, which is set in the third decade of the twentieth century hops between Shanghai and London. And... more
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Banks and their Social Capital
Region: IndiaIt happened around afternoon the other day, when some one sent me a panic stricken mail lamenting that his bank had crashed and that his life’s savings had all gone up in smoke and that he was penniless. He further h... more
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Shantanu Dutta is a Christian Doctor who is a Development Professional by vocation. He unbshamedly tries to interpret the things he hears and reads about as Jesus Christ might have done if he were an Indian
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