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Pamela Philipose
The writer is senior fellow at the Indian Council of Social Science Research, Delhi, researching media issues express@expressindia.com
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All you wanted to know about the Haryana Police(but were too afraid to ask)Subscriber Only
July 31,2005 00:00:00 AM
In a week when survival meant having the lung capacity of a blue whale if you happened to live in Mumbai, or the hide of a buffalo if you we...
Sun, Jul 31, 2005Great Danda March of the Pari-warSubscriber Only
July 17,2005 00:05:31 AM
At the RSS’s headquarters in Nagpur, everybody was now getting ready for the PT session. They had washed their faces, chewed on their n...
Sun, Jul 17, 2005The echo chamber next doorSubscriber Only
July 04,2005 00:04:46 AM
The King ended the emergency. Long live the emergency. The world is still in denial over Nepal with the international community anxiously se...
Mon, Jul 04, 2005Sssssh! Quiet please, politicians at workSubscriber Only
July 03,2005 00:00:00 AM
Last week, the nation was treated to unassailable, irrefutable, incontestable evidence that our politicians are indeed working for the progr...
Sun, Jul 03, 2005Face-Off Bring on the <i>mukhautas</i>, let the music playSubscriber Only
June 19,2005 00:00:00 AM
I am seriously worried about the state of Praveen Togadia’s health. I mean, how long can the man keep venting spleen over L K Advani fo...
Sun, Jun 19, 2005May the boFors be with us (always)!Subscriber Only
June 05,2005 00:00:00 AM
I am certainly with those who hope the CBI appeals against that inhuman and misguided court verdict ordering a closure to the Bofors case an...
Sun, Jun 05, 2005Manmohan’s report card: ‘Could do better’Subscriber Only
May 22,2005 00:16:11 AM
Is there a man or woman alive, who hasn’t been scarred by the Report Card? Is there anyone who hasn’t experienced that sinking fee...
Sun, May 22, 2005An indecent proposalSubscriber Only
May 09,2005 00:00:00 AM
Bhurra's application last week drew two sharply differing public responses. The first was that of extreme outrage. The second, condoned ...
Mon, May 09, 2005Un anno since we came to power, Mamma!Subscriber Only
May 08,2005 00:30:07 AM
10, Janpath, 7 Maggio, 2005 Mamma mia! Isn't it meraviglioso, just wonderful, that we will soon be completing un anno, one whole year, in ...
Sun, May 08, 2005Cricket hooliganism? Kolkata does it betterSubscriber Only
April 24,2005 00:00:00 AM
Notice how we, Dilliwallahs, managed to snatch our 15 minutes of fame — ill-fame? same difference — at the Ferozeshah Kotla last S...
Sun, Apr 24, 2005Water torture, Chinese styleSubscriber Only
April 22,2005 00:00:00 AM
Amidst the quixotic moral crusades the Maharashtra government has been waging against bar girls, another odious measure it had tried to push...
Fri, Apr 22, 2005BJP really took the cakeSubscriber Only
April 10,2005 00:00:00 AM
As the BJP celebrates its 25 years with a great deal of buntings and a very characteristic bluster, one finds oneself feeling a wee bit nost...
Sun, Apr 10, 2005Stand up to the global gazeSubscriber Only
March 31,2005 00:00:00 AM
The response of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to the US decision not to grant him a visa is a study in cynicism. He argued that it is...
Thu, Mar 31, 2005Enos Ekka’s Incredible India!Subscriber Only
March 13,2005 00:00:00 AM
You are seeing Jharkhand mamla on TV, no? Like in Hindi fillum, there is car chases, helicopter rides, hiding and seeking, suspense, drama.....
Sun, Mar 13, 2005A Budget ballad from <i>Main Hoon Na</i>Subscriber Only
February 27,2005 00:00:00 AM
My clothes are all starched and ironed, my brief case all packed, The numbers all checked and rechecked, the figures all stacked.Tomorrow is...
Sun, Feb 27, 2005The emperor wears no clothesSubscriber Only
February 21,2005 00:00:00 AM
India has recently stated that it sees constitutional monarchy and multi-party democracy as the twin pillars of stability in a modern Nepal....
Mon, Feb 21, 2005Brain-spotting. Now that’s a no-brainerSubscriber Only
February 13,2005 00:02:52 AM
Notice how the great brain debate is taxing grey cells around the world? A few days ago, Larry Summers, the presiding deity of Harvard Unive...
Sun, Feb 13, 2005Bihar, nowSubscriber Only
January 31,2005 00:00:00 AM
Metropolitan India has numerous ways to swat Bihar. Take the old joke: “Yaar, we should agree to give J&K to the Pakistanis if they agr...
Mon, Jan 31, 2005<i>Chup-chap suniye</i>, Me, Laloo PrasadSubscriber Only
January 30,2005 00:00:00 AM
Before a bonfire on the grassy lawns of 1, Anne Marg, sat Laloo Prasad Yadav, suitably muffler-ed and shawl-ed against the punishing January...
Sun, Jan 30, 2005I am no bard, but anyway…Subscriber Only
January 16,2005 00:00:00 AM
All that halla and gulla over the National Anthem (completely in character with the thin skins that come with the territory), has caused me ...
Sun, Jan 16, 2005Starts with a ‘T’Subscriber Only
January 02,2005 00:00:00 AM
And for a new year and a new week, some thoughts and general observations (some of them not just my own)....• Like, isn’t it curio...
Sun, Jan 02, 2005The global local way to goSubscriber Only
December 27,2004 00:00:00 AM
The prime minister has reportedly asked for a gender-equitable legislative regime and an exercise is underway to put all existing laws under...
Mon, Dec 27, 2004Words and Whispers, 2004Subscriber Only
December 19,2004 01:01:00 AM
This column has always sought out words and phrases that carry the passing year’s flavours in their DNA. This time, too, there were loa...
Sun, Dec 19, 2004Bihar’s weapons of mass deconstructionSubscriber Only
December 05,2004 00:00:00 AM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, I have always suspected, lacks a sense of humour. Last week provided painful confirmation of this disturbing ...
Sun, Dec 05, 2004Indian idol: Search continuesSubscriber Only
November 21,2004 00:42:28 AM
The excitement keeps climbing to new levels, the adrenaline keeps flowing, the search for India’s most talented singing sensation is on...
Sun, Nov 21, 2004Journalism of Courage
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