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An Open Letter to RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat

editor@ibnlive.com — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 05:36:14 +0530

Dear Sir, You cannot be more 'right', pun vehemently intended. I am one of the many today outraged by your remarks that rapes happen only in India and not

Ayodhya 1992, Gujarat 2002, Mumbai 2012

editor@ibnlive.com — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:39:42 +0530

Two decades is almost a third of the journey that independent India has covered since 1947. It's been a long journey, chequered with events that challenged, threatened and sometimes even

When your name becomes your worst enemy

editor@ibnlive.com — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 04:55:24 +0530

A research officer from the prestigious Tata Institute of Social Sciences was recently harassed in Hyderabad while he worked on a report on terror cases across India. Here is

The Fareed Zakaria episode and the hypocrisy of American media

editor@ibnlive.com — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 06:53:18 +0530

In a piece Fareed Zakaria wrote for Time on gun control after the tragic Wisconsin gurdwara massacre, he lifted a passage from Harvard University history professor Jill Lepore's piece published

Sainik School Tilaiya: an insider's tale

editor@ibnlive.com — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:35:55 +0530

It's my favourite story from the Sainik School Tilaiya days. It was around 2 am on a cold December night in 1989. The asbestos roof on our dormitory building added

An open letter to Americans on a decade of 9/11

editor@ibnlive.com — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:32:45 +0530

Dear friends and comrades, As I write this, television screens all over the world are already flashing their 'exclusive' coverage of the Big Sunday that will mark a decade

In Forbes' India, Forbesganj remains an anomaly

editor@ibnlive.com — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 06:48:34 +0530

Bihar, in a new, resurgent India, is often presented as a case study of what a positive politics of development and inclusive growth can yield. While there are no actual

Can a 'closed' AMU be a model for Muslims?

editor@ibnlive.com — Fri, 06 May 2011 12:19:47 +0530

If there is one obscure Latin word that the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) campus is quite familiar with, it's 'sine die'. I think it all started when former bureaucrat Mahmoodur