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Is this India’s most racist ad or most futuristic?
It is quite the fashion to decry caste-based matrimonials. To come down on house-owners who want “Only Vegetarians”. To slam Hindu landlords who refuse to let out property to Muslims …
How come nobody called Pramod Mahajan a fixer?
Ramachandra Guha has a neat piece in today’s Telegraph, Calcutta, on what the coverage of Pramod Mahajan‘s death says about the seduction of the media by the rich, the powerful and …
CHURUMURI POLL: Who should be President next?
Sure, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam‘s term won’t come to an end for another two years. Sure, it’s too early to predict which way the political straws in the wind will blow …
DOC SQUAD: Dr Raj. Dr Kalam. Dr Mallya. Dr MK.
One of the commendable things that The Hindu and Deccan Herald did in their coverage of Raj Kumar's death was to avoid the use of "Dr" in front of his name. After all, he …
When a New York Times editor served as courier
T.S. SATYAN writes: The death on Wednesday of A.M. Rosenthal, former executive editor of the New York Times and the Pulitzer prize–winning, internationally-reputed journalist, has saddened all those who had …
WAKE UP: Stand up for your land and language
SUNAAD RAGHURAM writes: The anguish over the unfeeling lack of primacy for Kannada in Karnataka has surfaced from time to time. But the nirabhimanigalu that most Kannadigas are seen to …