Cross Connections

“He’s not a terrorist, he’s an idiot” does not sound particularly reassuring. Yet, this was an official statement from Egypt’s ministry of ...

The star in the new year night by Eugen Bracht I could not find the right curtains at three stores. If three stores that are known for thei...

One did not realise this was about competition, that too of the superficial kind. The celebrated anchor moving on to the sterilisation de...

Only because the police force represents the establishment, should we ignore how some cops, especially female, are treated by civilians? In ...

Why are we a part of so much noise? Sometime last month, a friend from Pakistan sent me a text message after a long gap of non-communicati...

Who would have imagined that the humble chapati would take centre stage in politics? It is on national television in the form of grainy ...

Turn the pages of a newspaper, surf television channels, visit news websites. What you get to see is plenty of freedom. Everybody is free ...

Nobody in India can be in denial about communal clashes, but should the media play them up? Or, jump the gun? On Ram Navami, violence erupt...

A big business magnate gets jail time, aggrieved investors shout slogans against him, someone throws ink as he leaves the court. The India...

The anchor held up a piece of paper and shouted down a politician with the precious words: "I have this secret information." A r...

Three recent examples. Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh said: "I have always maintained that Rahul Gandhi would be an ideal choi...

One would probably do a double-take thinking of the Barack Obama administration intimidating the CIA operatives who were in Benghazi, when t...

Does anyone remember those Irani restaurants in Mumbai that had eccentric notes put up — no combing hair near wash basin, no loud chatter...

“When we hear news we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation." - Voltaire I understand that sometimes newspapers,...

News stories often dumb down the very issues they are exposing. What goes 'viral' is not the news anymore, but every trivia associ...

In August last year Geetika Sharma ended her life. In her suicide note, she blamed former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda and his aide an...

It is always heartwarming to discover that a human interest story manages to result in some concrete action - there are people willing...

The re-opening of the case yesterday against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler for his role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots could prove to be a b...

A rape apologist is somebody who condones rape, not one who reports on its verdict. The Steubenville trial has concentrated on making a de...