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Okay, fine, you could do nothing to twist Pakistan’s arm. But don’t now act as if you are devastated and want to share the family’s pain...more
Two days after a Delhi court acquitted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, seen by many as having incited anti-Sikh riots in Delhi in 1984, member of a post-riot generation ruminates on what the violence means to her — not because she is a Sikh, but a human being...more
It has been functioning without one, leading to lack of accountability, oversight and autonomy...more
Big neighbour’s incursions have prompted excursions in mixed metaphors before, too...more
Resources generated as a result of illegal activities can be seized and used to benefit disadvantaged sections of the society...more
The lesson from the Azam Khan’s frisking episode is direct: political gimmick is one thing and somebody’s mental health another...more
Ashwani Kumar and Manmohan Singh might not have, in a way, done any wrong on Coalgate front. But both are wrong by their very presence in the cabinet — their offices’ brazen, unabashed and wicked predilection for bending it like UPA...more
Unless the legal framework is tightened on the oversight, transparency and accountability of fund use by chit funds, another Saradha-like fiasco isn’t an alien thought...more
Why the likes of a UP minister complaining about being detained at a US airport should shut up...more
Since all hearts are bleeding for the victims of Saradha’s big con, which they obviously should, why a tax hike only on cigarettes — why not a hike on, just randomly, rasgullas, shondesh, realty or sur-reality surrounding Bengal?...more
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