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When a couple of years ago, Sonia Gandhi became active in Congress Politics a few years ago and it began to look that she might become the future Prime Minister, all kinds of mayhem happened. The Congress split because a few who believed that Indian citizens of foreign origin should not occupy that post walked […]
Delhi ’s ex chief minister, Sahib Singh Verma is the latest in a fairly long line politicians who have died in road accidents in recent years. Off hand, I can recall Madhav Rao Scindia, Rajesh Pilot, Lok Sabha Speaker Balayogi, Haryana Minister, O.P.Jindal and former President Giani Zail Singh. Then of course there are many, […]
The other day I was in a board meeting of a reputed educational institution which is doing well and has expansion plans in mind. The plans were presented for new buildings and then the time frame. When some members questioned the lengthy time frame, the explanation provided was that that the land being purchased was […]
When the Protestant Church of North India Bishop of Delhi, Karam Masih started deciding as the chairman of the St. Stephen’s College’s supreme council, the manner in which the college should be run and deciding on the subject of quotas and Dalit Christians, it got me thinking about the power that religious leaders wield and […]
In all this debate about St. Stephen’s College and its decision to go and have a Dalit Christian reservation, we have not taken time to unpack the concept of the minority institution. When the constitution guaranteed the minorities the right to start and manage their own institutions, they were not handing out freebies. The liberal […]
The Internet has complicated life for many politicians. In the past, if an article critical of a political leader was published supporters would barge into the office of the newspaper or magazine, burn a few copies and destroy some furniture. But when articles or comments critical of a leader — or historic figure — appear […]
There used to be a Hindi film oldie “Bachpan ke Din Bhula na Denaâ€. It is a haunting, lilting melody eulogizing the carefree and innocent days of childhood. That song of course is of another generation and perhaps a song whose time has gone. For as the latest issue of India Today reveals, children and […]
 Attention – Due To Allegations of Plagiarism, This Article Is Highly Suspect As over breakfast , I switched on the television for the morning news, the opening headline was about the Symbiosis University in Pune has unilaterally gone ahead and decided to implement an OBC quota in its courses, without waiting for the Supreme Court […]
 Attention – Due To Allegations of Plagiarism, This Article Is Highly Suspect One was a classmate from college …. A friend….. a sister……. A helpful advisor in my earliest years to find an identity and roots and stability…. Some times the words just aren’t there to describe an equation that seems so immensely valuable. Another […]
 Attention – Due To Allegations of Plagiarism, This Article Is Highly Suspect Two defense initiatives pertaining to India have become victims of uncertainty. Defense Minister A K Antony recently said there were “problems†in the acquisition of Russian-built aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov for the Indian Navy. The matter primarily relates to cost escalations partly because […]
Attention – Due To Allegations of Plagiarism, This Article Is Highly Suspect In the United Kingdom, which has many historical structures, the buildings which are listed or which lie within a conservation area are protected by law. Any repairs, alterations and modifications that are required to be done are meant to be done by firms […]
Attention – Due To Allegations of Plagiarism, This Article Is Highly Suspect What would Jesus do is a popular wristband that many Christian youth wear. It is supposed to remind Christians about how they should behave and act in life’s situations in the light of the example set by Jesus. So it is interesting to […]
Attention – Due To Allegations of Plagiarism, This Article Is Highly Suspect In the Biblical story of creation, after God creates man, He gives to man (and woman) the mandate to be a steward of the creation which they have been privileged to enjoy and to preserve and care for it. Sadly, this has often […]
Attention – Due To Allegations of Plagiarism, This Article Is Highly Suspect One would have thought that being a Child Specialist is a safe, selfless and innocent profession, especially when it is practiced among the poor and the disadvantaged of the country. Not necessity so, especially if you happen to work among the poor in […]
 Attention – Due To Allegations of Plagiarism, This Article Is Highly Suspect                                                                       Jan Grebski, a 65-year-old Pole recently suddenly and inexplicably emerged from a 19-year-long coma. Mr. Grebski fell into his coma after being hit by a train in 1988, the year before the fall of Communist rule. Recently he told Polish television […]
 Attention – Due To Allegations of Plagiarism, This Article Is Highly Suspect                                                                      In one of the overseas offices of my company, where probably a maximum of 20 people work, they have two toilets to service the office. One of them is meant for the disabled even though the office has no disabled employees. […]
Attention – Due To Allegations of Plagiarism, This Article Is Highly Suspect India’s premier medical institute, the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, is still grappling with an acute shortage of corneas. Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences at AIIMS currently has a waiting list of 250 to 300 top priority patients this month who […]
 Attention – Due To Allegations of Plagiarism, This Article Is Highly Suspect                                                       Two news items caught my notice this last week, because they were the kind of news that I would normally expect to read in medical thrillers. The first related to an alert relating to a small pox alert in India’s North East […]
 Attention – Due To Allegations of Plagiarism, This Article Is Highly Suspect India’s premier medical institute, the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, is still grappling with an acute shortage of corneas. Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences at AIIMS currently has a waiting list of 250 to 300 top priority patients this month who […]
  Attention – Due To Allegations of Plagiarism, This Article Is Highly Suspect                                                       Two news items caught my notice this last week, because they were the kind of news that I would normally expect to read in medical thrillers. The first related to an alert relating to a small pox alert in India’s […]
 Attention – Due To Allegations of Plagiarism, This Article Is Highly Suspect When the eminent cardiac surgeon, Dr. Naresh Trehan was terminated from his institution, the Escorts Heart Institute in New Delhi, few people had the time or the inclination to study the merits of the case. No one was bothered to check whether […]
 Attention – Due To Allegations of Plagiarism, This Article Is Highly Suspect Caring for orphans has been a time honored work of the voluntary sector, especially religious institutions. The Christian church itself runs scores of children’s’ homes and orphanages in the country. Orphans brought up in these institutions have been brought up to live , […]
 Attention – Due To Allegations of Plagiarism, This Article Is Highly Suspect The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Lybrel, the first continuous use drug product for prevention of pregnancy. One side effect of the drug is that it eliminates a woman’s regular menstrual cycle. Like other available oral contraceptives, Lybrel is effective for […]
 Attention – Due To Allegations of Plagiarism, This Article Is Highly Suspect I wonder some times why there is so much of violence in a democracy like in India. Expression of dissent by violence is understood in contexts where there are totalitarian regimes where the iron fisted rule of the dictator allows only one […]
 Attention – Due To Allegations of Plagiarism, This Article Is Highly Suspect Those of us who bemoan long immigration queues at Delhi or Mumbai airports should try out the experience of a land border crossing and savor the experience. I would recommend the Changrabandha- Burimari land port on the Cooch-Behar – Lalmonirhat sector of the […]
 Attention – Due To Allegations of Plagiarism, This Article Is Highly Suspect Bangladesh is being governed by a caretaker government since the time Begum Khaleda Zia resigned as Prime Minister in October 2006 when her term settled down.…… after initial hiccups the caretaker government has settled down now since January under the leadership of […]
 Attention – Due To Allegations of Plagiarism, This Article Is Highly Suspect I was pleasantly surprised when a Blogging site where I blog sent me a voucher for Rs.10, 000 for my activities. Another overseas site regularly sends me a small sum in dollars into my Pay Pal account every month. The amounts perhaps […]
 Attention – Due To Allegations of Plagiarism, This Article Is Highly Suspect Some time back, to apply for the schengen visa to enter Europe, I was told that the German Embassy wanted a copy of my income tax returns for the last three years, bank statements for the last 6 months, evidence of a credit […]
 Attention – Due To Allegations of Plagiarism, This Article Is Highly Suspect The other day a bizarre event happened on a railway track in Bihar. An electric train was passing through the station of Buxar , when as is characteristic of the place some of the passengers who wanted to get down pulled the […]
 Attention – Due To Allegations of Plagiarism, This Article Is Highly Suspect One can only hope that the violent agitation ripping through Punjab will subside. There are uneasy precedents though. One of the earliest episodes in the Punjab insurgency was the 1978 clash between the Nirankari sect and the Akalis. The Akalis represented mainstream orthodox […]
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