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Sagarika Ghose
Sagarika Ghose is a journalist and author. Her most recent book is Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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Partying in LahoreSubscriber Only
August 24, 2003 00:00 IST
The lobby of the Pearl Continental Hotel gleams with glass and flowers. Elevators swish up and down. Ravishing beauties in chiffon salwar ka...
Sun, Aug 24, 2003After Laloo, Naidu should go to PakistanSubscriber Only
August 16, 2003 00:00 IST
Amidst the jhappiyan (hugs) and pappiyan (kisses) of Punjabi domination in the Indo-Pak dialogue, the voice from south of the Vindhyas is of...
Sat, Aug 16, 2003‘They are all jealous of me’Subscriber Only
August 15, 2003 00:00 IST
He may have spent all last week battling to get his passport, he faces a crisis of credibility at home and his governance of Bihar has been ...
Fri, Aug 15, 2003Hold your fire on LoC, in Valley: General to IndiaSubscriber Only
August 13, 2003 00:00 IST
Unleashing his familiar charm offensive on visiting Indian MPs over tea and apple juice in the glittering reception hall of Pakistan’s ...
Wed, Aug 13, 2003Rakhi, great leveller at Pakistan gurdwaraSubscriber Only
August 12, 2003 00:00 IST
Nearly 30 km outside the stark faceless newness of Islamabad is the historic old town of Hasanabdal. This is where the famous 300 old gurdwa...
Tue, Aug 12, 2003No uplinking yet GEO TV has Pak sit upSubscriber Only
August 12, 2003 00:00 IST
At a time when the Indian government is dithering over the uplinking of television channels, the Pakistan government claims it has provided ...
Tue, Aug 12, 2003Give us Laloo, you can take Maulana Rehman: Jamali’s offerSubscriber Only
August 12, 2003 00:00 IST
Over a lavish feast which included raan, haleem and Kashmiri pulao, the Pakistani Prime Minister, Mir Zafarullah Jamali, charmed the delegat...
Tue, Aug 12, 2003Savour the taste of harmony brewSubscriber Only
August 11, 2003 00:00 IST
Far away from Indo-Pak talking shops, here’s a real confidence building measure. Civil Junction coffee shop, a funkily decorated tiny h...
Mon, Aug 11, 2003Laloo and <i>aloo</i>: Pak laps up allSubscriber Only
August 11, 2003 00:00 IST
Laloo Prasad Yadav has arrived in Islamabad to throngs of screaming admirers, to a press corps which looks as if it’s in a state of col...
Mon, Aug 11, 2003RJD chief, Fazlur rescue dead meetSubscriber Only
August 11, 2003 00:00 IST
In the vast Crystal Ball Room of the Islamabad Marriott, it is clear that Indo-Pak speak has become wearying and full of cliches.Two giganti...
Mon, Aug 11, 2003Track II Express pulls into IslamabadSubscriber Only
August 10, 2003 00:00 IST
In Islamabad, the air is thick with mohabbat. The largest ever delegation of Indian parliamentarians (31 in all) is visiting Pakistan as par...
Sun, Aug 10, 2003Ram versus RamaniSubscriber Only
August 01, 2003 00:00 IST
Mumbai is the hip slick town. But it’s also a conservative small town. During the recent Fashion Week, naked adolescents strolled up an...
Fri, Aug 01, 2003Mr 30 per centSubscriber Only
July 20, 2003 00:00 IST
BACK in the old economy, Calcutta boxwallahs spent their days in a haze of gin-and-tonic and golf. Now, in the big bad New Economy corporate...
Sun, Jul 20, 2003Govt can’t confirm bones’ DNA, so widow waits for compensation in this UP villageSubscriber Only
July 10, 2003 00:00 IST
If the NHRC wants more reasons for re-opening the Best Bakery case—other than the statements by the key witnesses to The Indian Express...
Thu, Jul 10, 2003At Ground Zero, the chorus is: stop using usSubscriber Only
July 06, 2003 00:00 IST
It’s raining in Ayodhya. Grey clouds loom over the disputed Babri Masjid site, guarded by sullen PAC, some of them shirtless in the hea...
Sun, Jul 06, 2003The song of the SufiSubscriber Only
July 04, 2003 00:00 IST
An Indian parliamentary delegation has come beaming across the Wagah border. The bus service to Lahore is about to begin. And the new Pakist...
Fri, Jul 04, 2003The Call Centre DrawlSubscriber Only
June 04, 2003 00:00 IST
The airwaves have exploded with television news. Red-lipped adolescents are excitedly reading out headlines. A mindless American accent is d...
Wed, Jun 04, 2003In the mad king’s courtSubscriber Only
May 02, 2003 00:00 IST
I am the state!’’ thundered Louis XIV, emperor of France also known as the Sun King. So might declare our own sun kings and sun qu...
Fri, May 02, 2003Rewrite the Purusa-suktaSubscriber Only
April 15, 2003 00:00 IST
On the birth anniversary of Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar, it may not be out of place to revisit that wonderful work on the Indian caste system, Homo...
Tue, Apr 15, 2003Dumb AmericanaSubscriber Only
April 02, 2003 00:00 IST
Nothing could be more indicative of America’s innocence abroad than the outraged statement by one of the officers in Operation Iraqi Fr...
Wed, Apr 02, 2003America needs to manage hatredSubscriber Only
March 25, 2003 00:00 IST
Operation Shock and Awe is tearing into Iraq and the war of opinions is raging apace. The Realists say the war is directly beneficial to Ind...
Tue, Mar 25, 2003Fighting Barista Brahminism?Subscriber Only
March 05, 2003 00:00 IST
When members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad assembled in New Delhi last week they complained that they were treated with scorn. They said Engl...
Wed, Mar 05, 2003Om is where the art is notSubscriber Only
February 05, 2003 00:00 IST
During the recent birthday celebrations of Murli Manohar Joshi, certain functions were not held. Joshiji happens to be the official head of ...
Wed, Feb 05, 2003Naipaul’s middle passage to IndiaSubscriber Only
January 16, 2003 00:00 IST
Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, Nobel Laureate and internationally anointed authority on India, has sprung to the defence of Tehelka.com,...
Thu, Jan 16, 2003Journalism of Courage
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