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Posted on 31 October 2008 by churumuri
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‘Godse’s way of thinking is alive and influential’


The following is the full, unexpurgated text of the convocation address made by the Kannada literatteur Prof U.R. Anantha Murthy at the Jamia Milia Islamia on Thursday, 30 October 2008: …

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Posted on 31 October 2008 by churumuri
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The Marathi manoos, right arm over the wicket


The slugfest on the streets of Bombay following Raj Thackeray‘s arrest, captured in all its cricketing splendour by the photographers of the Marathi newspaper, Sakal. Photograph: courtesy Sakal Link via …

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Posted on 30 October 2008 by churumuri
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‘A modern Indian pilgrimage to another world’


Tunku Varadarajan in The New York Times: “An unmanned spacecraft from India – that most worldly and yet otherworldly of nations – is on its way to the moon. For …

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Posted on 29 October 2008 by churumuri
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CHURUMURI POLL: Did the Left “save” India?


Jatti kelage biddaroo meese mannu aaga-lilla, is an old Kannada saying. Meaning: the wrestler’s moustache was unsoiled even after he was floored. The Indian left may be going through its …

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Posted on 29 October 2008 by churumuri
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When all the cameras were looking the other way


Given the packs of still and video journalists who now hover over even ordinary news events, it is a mad scramble to get good visuals. And if the news is …

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Posted on 27 October 2008 by churumuri
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When Shankar went to buy crackers on Deepavali


E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: The crowd around was laughing and jeering at her. Her saree was torn and hair disheveled and she was not even conscious of that. She was alternately …

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Posted on 25 October 2008 by churumuri
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When the mind was free and the body was willing


Ratan Tata claims he was inspired to think of the one-lakh-rupee car when he saw a young family trying to brave the rains on a scooter. But can even a …

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