Odd Note

Lee vs Hesh: Schoolboys in a locker room fight

editor@ibnlive.com — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:08:32 +0530

Our need for sporting heroes stems from early childhood. We ignore our mom's upbraiding for the scotch-tape marks on walls of our room because they hold up posters

26/11: Mumbai's 60-hour long madness

editor@ibnlive.com — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:02:08 +0530

Diplomatic mind-games and anti-terror rhetoric often obliterates the human element. The lines are cold and practised, the meaning is vague and everything is up for interpretation. Which is why watching

Bush Fires in Delhi

editor@ibnlive.com — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:23:09 +0530

Usually, the foyer and restroom chatter in Summit-type events are a decent enough barometer to judge the audience's level of intrigue, interest and expectations from the high profile speakers. All

From Uttar Pradesh, with love

editor@ibnlive.com — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 07:29:47 +0530

To, Mr Sanjay Dutt, C/O Shri Amar Singh, Samajwadi Party, Camp Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. From: Uttar Pradesh Residents' Welfare Association Camp: Lucknow Dear Sanju Baba,

8 PMs, yet UP missed the growth story

editor@ibnlive.com — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:31:15 +0530

It may be tempting to dismiss this as a pointer good enough only to be noticed by mere trivia buffs, but the 2009 General Elections are likely to be the

The Lesson from 1999

editor@ibnlive.com — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:27:01 +0530

It was an innocuous single column story in a national daily ten years ago which triggered a little chronicled episode of skullduggery in Indian politics. A man, widely heralded as

Jumping to conclusions

editor@ibnlive.com — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:19:48 +0530

I have never been more reluctant writing any opinion as I am now. I never glance over my shoulder to check if anyone is peeping into my laptop, just in

Why terror isn’t just the police's problem

editor@ibnlive.com — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:53:08 +0530

It should be safe to assume that for a good portion of September, we would have to hear the condemnation of terrorists' and terrorism ad nauseam. We can expect scores

Blundering cops on the beat

editor@ibnlive.com — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:01:13 +0530

An IPS officer heading one of the most high-profile districts in Delhi was once shunted out because he personally made a hoax bomb call from his office landline to settle

Egg on my face

editor@ibnlive.com — Wed, 07 May 2008 02:30:12 +0530

Rubbing egg yolk on your scalp maybe great for the follicles, but if the yellow is on your face, it isn't quite as pleasurable. The act of wiping egg off

Table Manners

editor@ibnlive.com — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:17:23 +0530

Arundhati Roy's book, Power Politics, uses the delectable imagery of how it increasingly appears Indians are being rounded up and loaded into two convoys of trucks - the tiny one

How Modi Inc routed sick PSUs

editor@ibnlive.com — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:37:27 +0530

This past week, the thinking and the chattering classes got neatly split into two. Is Modi the face of a new India, or has his victory pushed us back into