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Shastri's blind loyalty to the BCCI is not an admirable trait
Tariq • 12 years agoShastri might feel it is not for those who have been helped by the system to challenge it, but the rest of us thankfully have no such burden.
Between India and China, even glacial change is progress
Vembu • 12 years agoIndia signalled to visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang that the border issue is of "core interest", and withheld boilerplate acknowledge of India's commitment to the 'one China' principle. These are not without significance.
#YoRahulNotSoDumb: Punjab does face a drug abuse crisis
Vembu • 13 years agoRahul Gandhi frequently gets a lot of well-deserved criticism for vacuous speech and populist pandering. But in raising greater awareness of the risk of widespread drug addiction among Punjab's youth, he may have done some good.
Subramanian Swamy makes buffoons of Twitterati
Anant Rangaswami • 13 years agoSubramaniam Swamy, president of the Janata Party, said on Twitter that it was far-sighted of the people who coined the term 'congress' for a group of baboons. Anant Rangaswami finds that, it is in fact, a wrong usage of the word.
The Hindu’s readers find Katju’s foot in his mouth
Anant Rangaswami • 13 years agoJustice Katju, chairman of the Press Council of India, has never hidden his poor opinion of the intellect of his fellow countrymen. However, he has been chastised by the very people he meant to preach to – the readers of his column in Hindu.