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Evening the Odds

By Dilip Bobb Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has introduced citizens of the capital to the joys of schizophrenia thanks to his odd-even scheme. Citizens are now learning a new formula—If it’s...

Solace in Srinagar

By Dilip Bobb The government of India took a giant step, well, not exactly Neil Armstrong level, but a Bigfoot step nevertheless, in inviting two dozen Members of European Parliament to Srinagar to...

Diwali Crackers

By Dilip Bobb It’s that time of the year when everybody goes a bit crackers, looking to add some sparkle to the Diwali celebrations. Spirits are slightly dampened this year because the ban on firec...

India that is Bharat

Above: Image by Pexels from Pixabay By Dilip Bobb When Congress leader and India’s acknowledged ace wordsmith Shashi Tharoor made his now famous remark about an “exasperating farrago of distort...

Trump’s Executive Tweet

By Kenneth Tiven in Washington Imaginary Transcript of intercept conversation between Trump-Erdogan 6 Oct 2019 23:40 GMT Trump: Hey there, just wanted to say you are the leader of the only Musli...

The UN Tango

Fellas, work it out. You look at the two gentlemen heading those two countries, two good friends of mine. I said, fellows work it out, just work it out.” Thus spoke US President Donald Trump in a desp...

Booking for Crimes

By Dilip Bobb  After his heated arguments in courts received the cold shoulder, former finance minister P Chidambaram found himself having to leave his residence in exclusive Jor Bagh to board a po...

The Empty Cabinet

By Dilip Bobb Here’s another first for Indian democracy: A cabinet meeting without any cabinet members. Not once, but thrice did chief minister Yediyurappa hold a cabinet meeting but failing to get...

Jobs for the Boys

By Dilip Bobb Despite his optimism and promises to reboot and revive the economy in a freewheeling pre-Independence Day speech from the ramparts of a pink paper (The Economic Times), there can be n...

The Healing Touch

Above: Image by Mohamed Hassan from Pixabay Forget the Hippocratic Oath, in the new India, the healing touch is required and visible everywhere, from politics to business, sports to the judiciary a...

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