Cross Connections

The other day, I was in court. I needed stamp paper for some official letter. It was a little after 9 am. A busy day had begun. Shops openin...

What happened? A man is killed after appearing on 'Satyamev Jayate '. Is there a limit as to how far reality shows can and should ...

Time to roll out the red carpet? I am not alluding to Dr. Manmohan Singh’s faith by addressing him as ‘Sardarji’ here. Sardar ...

...for Dr Verghese Kurien  "The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall." - Che Guevar...

Vote the hell! Acting as spoiler, the Election Commission is going to make Uttar Pradesh pardanasheen (veiled). So Mayawati and her saa...

Silent observers when a ghastly crime occurs and 25,000 supporters for the victims once it becomes news. What does this tell us? Citizens’ ...

Just suppose Saif Ali Khan had refused to be anointed the new Nawab of Pataudi and instead gone to the district and nearby villages, spoken...

We all know that terrorist groups like claiming responsibility for terror attacks. The reason is not always to mislead, unless there is a s...

There are teems of people in the roads everyday, uprooted from homes. For them survival is a dream. A little money to be earned, wrenched fr...

They talk about the second independence. It is really another partition of the country – a partition that will last until the next popcorn e...

The roads were slushy. Two boys sat near a puddle, cleaned some space in the rubble and squatted. There was a traffic jam. I could see as do...

Hear, hear? The media should be the last refuge of the Prime Minister of any country. I think our ministers are too vocal without sayin...

‘Midnight drama’, ‘Midnight drama’ kept flashing on the screen. Since I had not kept up with the news at midnight, I had no clue. Why do the...