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Living with fear
When the news of a suicide bombing in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama flashed on my mobile screen on February 14, I somehow knew what was impending. Not that it needed any special analysis, but my three years of experience in Delhi has instilled in me that understanding. Right after the attack that killed at least […]
Putting Haryana on the film map
Satish Kaushik is using his success in Bollywood to boost the prospects of the regional film industry in his home state Veteran actor-director-producer Satish Kaushik was born in the Nai Walan locality in Delhi’s Karol Bagh. He only had one dream as a child: He wanted to become famous. “I would sit on a charpoy […]
Of lives and loves
This slim book of poems holds up a mirror to the journey called life, running the gamut from despair to hope, cages to freedom, beginnings to endings Sarah B’s poetry in the anthology titled Kasturi is meditative, philosophical, giving direction to lives caught up in the city’s whirlwinds. For instance, she writes in The Journey […]
Administrative adventures
This book by a retired officer of the Andhra cadre is a timely reminder that vikas is an ongoing process that requires the cooperation of both legislature and executive Contrary to the image of IAS officers being arrogant procrastinators, 1982 batch K Pradeep Chandra’s memoir Tiger Hunting Stories reveals what a proactive officer can achieve […]
Handling pressure
With Virat Kohli emphasising on the need to handle pressure situations in the upcoming World Cup, we take a look at how India has performed in such situations in the past At a press conference ahead of the departure for the World Cup in England, India captain Virat Kohli said that performing under pressure holds […]
Sailing into headwinds
There are enormous dangers of misinterpretation when historical facts enter the realm of politics, and journalists should address this. On May 8, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the late Rajiv Gandhi—former prime minister and father of Congress president Rahul Gandhi—of using the Indian navy’s veteran warship INS Viraat as his “personal taxi” for holidaying in […]
Defending incivility
A campaign without restrictions on expression is an important and integral component of the electoral process A cantankerous chief minister who has people arrested for making comedic memes declares that she will deliver a “slap of democracy” to the prime minister. A sitting MLA refers to the colour of his opponents’ underwear as a metaphor […]
Tale of two constituencies
In Old Delhi, business owners are angry about notebandi and GST; in New Delhi, voters insist these elections are about India—but some of them aren’t convinced Jama Masjid At 7 am on Sunday (May 12) morning, Ahmad Miyan was hurrying towards the polling booth near Jama Masjid, with his wife, Salma, in tow. It was […]