The best of political debates in Kerala, and perhaps India, happen not in television studios or our legislature, but in Karunan's barber shop and Kuttan's ...
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In the classic BBC political satire serial, 'Yes Minister', minister Jim Hacker asks his senior bureaucrat Sir Humphrey Appleby how to deal with a group ...
12:09 AM, Dec 28, 2012
As Pakistani politicians go, Rehman Malik certainly stands out. A policeman who has made it up the ranks of a feudal political system, he was ...
02:30 PM, Dec 14, 2012
A recent recipient of the Moortidevi Award given by the Bharatiya Jnanpith as well as the Sitara-e-Imtiaz given by the Government of Pakistan, Prof Gopichand ...
01:13 PM, Nov 20, 2012
Salman Khurshid is easily among the brightest politicians in the country: a former Oxford don, he became a Union minister at 38. When he speaks, ...
12:10 AM, Jul 13, 2012
Haven't we always talked about things with people we know and sometimes with people we don't know that well? Isn't that what being human is ...
04:37 PM, May 18, 2012
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Delhities are a happy lot these days. The Delhi government has recently passed a landmark Bill that penalizes government officials who fail to process applications ...
03:42 PM, Oct 04, 2011
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Dear Rahul, Since you rarely, if ever, interact with the media, an open letter seems the only way to communicate with you. Last week, ...
12:06 AM, May 20, 2011
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West Bengal has seen - and chosen - Mamata Banerjee the inspirational leader. Now what can the state expect from Mamata the Chief Minister? There ...
05:42 PM, May 17, 2011
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KP woman, a former militant and a model turned politician are Kashmir's new sarpanches The usually stone-pelted streets of Baramulla sprung a surprise ...
01:21 PM, May 11, 2011
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Lost in the excitement of the Budget every year, is a little known fact. On February 28, 1928, Sir CV Raman discovered that when light ...
02:07 PM, Mar 01, 2011
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Chhattisgarh High Court will give its order on the bail plea of Dr Binayak Sen and Kolkata businessman Piyush Guha on Thursday, 10th February. Prosecution ...
09:32 PM, Feb 09, 2011
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A colleague, who has done very well for himself and lives on Mumbai's Pali Hill, sent a new year's day message advising his friends not ...
05:56 PM, Jan 12, 2011
