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MC-BC: How the son of a bitch got a red card
There's a famous story, probably apocryphal, hopefully not, of Vijay Amritraj swearing in the choicest Hindi at Wimbledon, only to be reined in by the referee, a Pakistani. "C'mon Sultan," …
ARUNDHATI ROY: Election isn’t Democracy
Booker Prize winning author Arundhati Roy has once again lashed out at Indian democracy, such as we know it. This time on Indian soil. Democracy in India is “only for …
Finally, Infy finds its voice on a non-Infy issue
Maya Sharma of NDTV 24×7 has got somebody from Infosys to speak on an issue not involving Infosys. It's former chief financial officer and current HR veep, T.V. Mohandas Pai. And …
CHURUMURI POLL: Right to boycott BMIC launch?
The decision of the Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and his deputy, B.S. Yediyurappa, to stay away from the “soft launch” of the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure (BMIC) today is unprecedented for a …
The busiest man in Bangalore is not the CM
PALINI R. SWAMY writes from Bangalore: This afternoon, the 16th day of June of the year of the lord 2006, the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) asked mediapersons engaged in filing …
A small Tribune story helped TOI pick up VK, VT
PRITAM SENGUPTA writes from New Delhi: A brief business news item in The Tribune newspaper of Chandigarh was reportedly the starting point for The Times of India group to look seriously …
Outsourcing: End of beginning, beginning of end?
Outsourcing was seen as a win-win. Companies abroad could get their back-office work done in cheaper, geographically well situated, English-conversant countries on the other side of the globe. And job-starved countries like …
HARSHA BHOGLE on the football World Cup
OK, you know what he has to say on cricket, but what does the Voice of India think of soccer's quadrennial showpiece? "Quite apart from the football, there were two moments …
‘BENKI’ NAWAB: One man’s hero is another’s zero
GOURI SATYA writes: I have read with interest the responses to my article ‘Once upon a time, in the agraharas and mohallas‘. I thank Jeevarathna, in particular, for the additional …
Sexiest Man Alive says women over 30 are best
"Dheerendra Gopal" forwards this piece of wisdom from the Andy Rooney, the legendary CBC 60 Minutes commentator. Admittedly, it's an American canvas Rooney paints—game, opera, etc. Still, it's fun listening to what …
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