The long dark tea time of the soul

Any individial who is above 35 years of age, and satisfies a host of other criteria can run for presidential election in India. More than 80 candidates tried their luck in this month’s  presidential elections, including a retired school teacher and a village sarpanch. Most of them  have their candidacy rejected. And India is [...]

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In the beginning, there was darkness. Then after a sustained campaign by activist for around 10 years, the UPA government gave us the right to information (RTI). Right to information is one of the most progressive laws that has been enacted in past 58 years. The aspects of the act was revolutionary, as it attempted [...]

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About six months earlier, I saw a programme on CNN comedy central. It was the time when the Bush thing had appointed Wolfowitz as World bank president and Bolton as the US representative to the UN, inspite of all the opposition. Well using appropriate visuals and graphics the commentator argued that the balls (the testicles) [...]

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