29/11
November 29, 2011And after 4 days when the terrorists terrorized, the media went ballistic and people watched a spectator sport – it ended today, 3 years ago. This morning I tried to look for the names of the police and the NSG men who…
Category: Politics
Three years on, 26/11 has been reduced to just another ritual
November 28, 2011My column in today’s DNA 26/11. A day three years ago, when the average Mumbaikar’s sense of relative security was ripped out. It isn’t that Mumbai was a haven of security and peace. Quite the contrary. The last two decades had been…
Quo Vadis Team Anna ?
November 1, 2011This appeared in the DNA as what next for team Anna ..a team that seems to be drowning under the weight of its own publicity .. The last fortnight has been an interesting time for Team Anna. A series of incidents…
If media doesn’t cover an event, did it occur?
October 17, 2011My column in today’s DNA: If a tree falls in a forest, and no one is around to have heard it fall, does it make a sound?’ is an old philosophical question on which there has been much heated argument over the…
Divergent views on the Anna Protest
September 23, 2011The extended drama that took place at the Ram Lila grounds is over. The main protagonists – the Government & Team Anna, have both gone home to regroup and renew. Team Anna is using its newly gained status as media darling…
Restructure the MHA
September 7, 2011And there is one more bomb blast. This time, outside the Delhi High Court. Many are dead, many more are injured. The excuses and accusations have begun. As have the high pitched, almost frenzied, coverage of news channels. Everyone has a…
Dad on Anna Hazare
September 3, 2011My father, on the Anna Hazare Saga. My dad worked with the State Trading Corporation for a good part of his life. Childhood memories included being told not to use the phone – the Govt. paid for it – and sending back…
Rained In ….
August 29, 2011It has been raining non stop since last Thursday night in Mumbai. I haven’t ventured out of the house since Saturday, when i got home all soaked – after wading through god knows what …. It has, gotten worse or better. the…
And the Show takes a break for this Season ….
August 28, 2011And it is over. A show couldn’t have asked for a better season finale. Last night Parliament didn’t vote … Arnab gasped like a fish out of water ‘but, but, but.. they were supposed to vote‘ . Vote they didn’t. instead they…
UPA 2, a train wreck in slow motion
August 23, 2011My column in today’s DNA The events unfolding in Delhi are fascinating. Battered by scam after scam, with some of its ministers in jail, a punch drunk UPA 2 looks like a shadow of a government. Its other ministers and spokespersons have…