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Posted on 11 August 2017 by churumuri
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India and Pakistan: Separated at birth, united in distaste for secularism at 70

As India and Pakistan trudge towards the 70th anniversary of their creation, the comparisons are beginning to flow on how well (or badly) the two countries have done vis-a-vis each …

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Posted on 25 January 2010 by churumuri
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This day, that age, the mission got a statement

The front page of the Karnataka’s first English daily, Deccan Herald, 60 years ago, on 26 January 1950, the day India became a republic with the adoption of a Constitution. …

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Posted on 7 September 2009 by churumuri
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‘Surprised, very surprised, saddened, appalled’

As if the circus so far hasn’t been hilarious enough, the BJP president Rajnath Singh has issued a gag order threatening action against anybody in his party who “favours” Mohammed …

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Posted on 28 August 2009 by churumuri
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‘J’ Virus is just biological warfare to weaken BJP’

E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: I met the Ace Political Expert (APE) after a long time. He was taking his morning walk in Cheluvamba Park. When we settled on one of the …

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Posted on 21 August 2009 by churumuri
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If they can’t drink scotch, let them drink gin

A few weeks ago, expelled BJP leader Jaswant Singh slammed finance minister Pranab Mukherjee for being miserly with the income tax exemption limits. “The relief is so meagre it won’t …

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Posted on 20 August 2009 by churumuri
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CHURUMURI POLL: Ban Jaswant Singh book?

B.S. NAGARAJ writes from New Delhi: That Gujarat chief minister Narendra Damodardas Modi should have moved so swiftly to ban Jaswant Singh‘s book on Jinnah is not surprising. After all, …

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Posted on 20 August 2009 by churumuri
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‘The only way out for the BJP now is to split’

Jyotirmaya Sharma, a professor in political studies at the University of Hyderabad and author of “Terrifying Vision”: M.S. Golwalkar, the RSS and India, in Mail Today: “Jaswant Singh‘s expulsion means …

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Posted on 19 August 2009 by churumuri
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10 questions for the party of The Great Debators

After watching Jaswant Singh‘s media powwow in Shimla following his expulsion from the BJP, PRITAM SENGUPTA in Delhi has a few questions for the BJP: *** 1) Like, is this …

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Posted on 19 August 2009 by churumuri
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CHURUMURI POLL: Is the BJP in total disarray?

The Jinnah Jinx has hit the BJP once again. First L.K. Advani found himself very nearly ostracised from the saffron brotherhood for comments he made during a visit to Pakistan. …

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Posted on 18 August 2009 by churumuri
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God’s Own Party kinda re-enters the 20th century

Just what former defence and finance minister Jaswant Singh is seeking to achieve with his book Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence is a bit unclear. Is he cocking a snook at …

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Posted on 23 June 2009 by churumuri
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BJP defeat is a defeat of BJP brand of journalism

PRITAM SENGUPTA in New Delhi and SHARANYA KANVILKAR in Bombay write: The stunning defeat of the BJP in the general elections has been dissected so many times and by so …

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Posted on 11 April 2008 by churumuri
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What Inzamam could have learnt from Jinnah

E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: The Walk the Talk was no cakewalk. It started in right earnest with the Prime Minister-nominee of the BJP jogging his mind along with Shekhar Gupta. Shekhar  …

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