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GST for Dummies

Above: Illustration Anthony Lawrence   ~By Dilip Bobb   GST has now overtaken Duckworth Lewis in the list of things one cannot understand. Reading the myriad articles by tax exper...

In and Out

Above: Illustration: Anthony Lawrence   ~By Dilip Bobb It is generally used in the context of high society and celebrities, where status and ranking moves up and down, quite like the Sensex. ...

Choosing the Coach

Above: Illustration by Anthony Lawrence   ~By Dilip Bobb A former (now late) editor of The Times of India once said his job is the second most important one after the prime minister. He was r...

Creating the Master Race

  ~By Dilip Bobb   It’s a Hitlerian concept with some additions. Adolf sought to create a Master Race of tall, blonde, blue-eyed Aryans by eliminating those with inferior genes ...

Defeat by a Thousand Cuts

  ~By Dilip Bobb   Ever since the late lamented Zulfikar Ali Bhutto pledged that he would defeat India by inflicting a thousand cuts, Pakistan and India have been in a state of ...

Ministries of Utmost Happiness

  ~By Dilip Bobb   The peacocks may be shedding tears at their sudden enforced celibacy, joining the ranks of “others” who have become like Anjum, the protagonist of Arundhati R...

The Wonders of India

  ~By Dilip Bobb   All those posters and films on Incredible India are not so far off the mark. It is truly incredible just how innovative and creative Indians can be when the n...

The Driving Force

  By Dilip Bobb   The Narendra Modi government completes three years in office and, according to surveys conducted by a little-known organisation called Local Circle, a majority...

The Republic of SlickSpittle

  ~By Dilip Bobb And so it came to pass that the Avenging Knight reappeared for the sequel to this historic epic, armed and ready to defend the country he so loved against all enemies, seen and...

Red Light Arrears

    ~By Dilip Bobb After Swachh Bharat and potty training, the most progressive initiative taken by the Modi government is the crackdown on VIP culture. It starts with a ban on red beacons whi...

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