Words from Solitude
Monday, October 25, 2010

Ayodhya verdict & our secular conscience: Part Two

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The three members Bench of Justice D.V. Sharma, Justice S.U. Khan and Justice S. Agarwal has ruled by a 2-1 majority that all the parties in...
Thursday, October 21, 2010

Ayodhya verdict & our secular conscience: Part One

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In a large and diverse country like India, there is never a dearth of issues that stimulate the citizens to talk, argue and fight. But the c...
Sunday, September 19, 2010

The desolation of Kashmir

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Seventeen year old Tufail Ahmad Mattoo, a class XII student, was preparing for the medical entrance exam. On 11 June, while coming home from...
Monday, September 6, 2010

Rahul Gandhi’s ‘sipahi’ syndrome

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The Adivasis, who had flocked Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s Lanjigarh rally in thousands, cheered joyfully when he announced, “T...
Sunday, August 15, 2010

Lalgarh: when the saints go marching in

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Swami Agnivesh and Medha Patkar, two conscientious rabble-rousers of our time have marched into Lalgarh on last Monday, grabbing the apron s...
Thursday, July 22, 2010

Another rail disaster: what comes next?

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India woke up from uneasy dreams to witness one more devastating train accident on Monday. This time it was at Sainthia in Bengal’s Birbhum ...
Sunday, July 18, 2010

FIFA World Cup 2010 and beyond

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The vuvuzela horns have stopped buzzing. Paul, the octopus has retired from oracle predictions and went back to his formal job – to make chi...
Saturday, June 19, 2010

The other side of Rabindranath Tagore

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A remarkable aspect of Rabindranath Tagore’s life is the way his persona had changed radically from the restricted identity of an oriental r...
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Innocent Maoists and the incredible but factual tale of a heartbreaking rail tragedy

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Half minister Dinesh Trivedi always has a refined presence on television debates. Sometimes too refined one would say. He speaks chaste Engl...
Monday, May 3, 2010

CPI (Maoist) and their disingenuous defenders

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The Indian State which is ruled by the comprador class cannot be overthrown by means other than armed conflict. This is the fundamental poli...
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