September 19, 2017
The Presidential Prime Minister Narendra Modi by Ashwani Kumar There is an unconventional makeover of parliamentary democracy underway in India with PM-President Narendra Modi. Is Prime Minister Narendra Modi becoming more presidential? Three years into his five-year term is a good point to evaluate this transformation. Modi has arguably become India’s first Prime […]
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September 14, 2017
Literature Live! 360@Campus announces its Story and Poetry Writing Contest 2017! Prompts will be provided on the spot on the basis of which participants have to craft their entry. Participants can come any time between 1:30 pm and 6 pm and write for as little or as much time as they like. Please remember to carry valid […]
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September 4, 2017
Monologues of a Selfie by Ashwani Kumar Hey, you love me. Does it matter? I don’t need anyone. I love me. I say it loudly. I love me. I am not someone. This is my body-made for myself. This is such a nice thing. I am no good, bad or evil. It’s not hard to meet […]
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August 30, 2017
On Stage September 2017 by Anil Dharker As I sit down to write this in mid-August, news has just come in that Pahlaj Nihalani has had his scissors taken away. To say that Nihalani was the most controversial Chairperson of CBFC would be an understatement. Why he was chosen in the first place will remain […]
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August 23, 2017
Mumbai Notebook August 8, 2017 There are mentalists in many parts of the world. But for some reason, many of them are from Israel. This may have to do with the fact that the ‘father’ of mentalists, the man who started it all, is from that country. His name is Uri Geller, now 70, who […]
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August 21, 2017
Profound transformation and extraordinary stories: India’s incredible journey from independence to modern nation by Shashi Tharoor As India turns 70 today, politician and acclaimed author Shashi Tharoor writes about its past and its present. As Independent India turns 70, it is time to look back and to look forward at where the country found itself […]
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August 17, 2017
Article for The Independent August 15, 2017 Anil Dharker Mine is a family of hoarders. Nothing worth any money sadly, but perhaps full of precious memories? Yet what memories can old bank statements (in their original envelopes), electricity bills and thank you notes possibly hold? But age lends even scraps with an aura so […]
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August 7, 2017
Mumbai Notebook July 26, 2017 by Anil Dharker Victorias may finally ride into the sunset. For outsiders that sentence will make no sense, but Mumbaikars will know what it means: that the familiar clip-clop of horses near the Gateway of India and at Nariman Point will no longer be heard. If you look at old […]
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July 31, 2017
Sixteen million dollars – roughly Rs 104 crore – would be a modest price to pay for a Picasso or a Van Gogh, such are the crazy amounts auction houses run up nowadays. That`s probably indicative of the fact that there`s too much money chasing too few paintings. Or less charitably, people having more money […]
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July 30, 2017
Elegy for E She’s dead, you still dial her number. You dial Fix, you dial Dutch Painting, you dial Almond Leaf. It always connects. She always answers the phone herself. How does she do it, line after line? Arvind Krishna Mehrotra I find it hard to think of Eunice De Souza in the […]
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July 5, 2017
On Stage by Anil Dharker They don’t use the proverb ‘Make hay while the sun shines’ as a slogan for one obvious reason – the sun rarely shines at the Hay Festival. The sun could have made an exception for the festival’s 30th year, but it didn’t. No matter : the crowds came, rain or […]
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