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Saraswati’s Son Honoured
Posted on April 6, 2011 | 34 CommentsIt’s more than befitting that Dr. S L Bhyrappa has been awarded the Saraswati Samman this year. Kannada writer S L Bhyrappa was on Tuesday chosen for the prestigious Saraswati Samman for his novel ‘Mandra’… The jury which selected Bhyrappa was headed by former Chief... -
Blog Announcement
Posted on October 1, 2008 | No CommentsThere seems to be a problem with my site’s bandwidth. I’m working on resolving it so that it doesn’t recur. Thanks for your patience. Regular programming continues. Tweet -
My Op-ed in the Pioneer: Congress Needs its Fall Guys
Posted on September 23, 2008 | 4 CommentsThe Pioneer carried a slightly modified version of my op-ed yesterday. Here is the original version. Shivraj Patil’s open admission of having “Soniaji’s blessings†is yet another new low that the Congress party has sunk to. What “Soniaji’s blessings†mean is an open secret, nay,... -
Quiz
Posted on August 16, 2008 | 3 CommentsWhat is the Blood Telegram and what is it distinguished for? No Googling, Wikipediaing, etc. Tweet -
Public Service Announcement: Indian National Interest
Posted on August 14, 2008 | No CommentsThe Indian National Interest (INI) blogs were down due to server outage. They’re up and running now. Rest reassured. Tweet -
Kind Attention: Mr. Parrikar
Posted on August 5, 2008 | No CommentsMr. Rajan Parrikar, this is a request to please contact me at sanwriterATgmailDOTCOM or by writing in my comments box. Tweet -
Pragati August 2008 Edition is Out
Posted on August 5, 2008 | No CommentsProfessional knowledge and professional competence have to be acquired by hard work and by constant study. In this fast-moving technologically developing world you can never acquire sufficient professional knowledge. You have to keep at it, and at it, and at it. Can those of our... -
On the Lighter Side
Posted on August 1, 2008 | 2 CommentsIf you ever need to take a break from earth-shattering issues, here’s the perfect site: http://sanghparivar.wordpress.com/ PS: Just returning the courtesy. Tweet -
Attention to Detail
Posted on August 1, 2008 | 2 CommentsI rarely read a professional politician’s articles unless I know his/her record. Sitaram Yechury definitely is in my list of no-reads. As an ex-editor, I’m happy to say that my eye for detail has not diminished one bit. Terror continues to stalk the nation. In... -
History Blogging at its Best
Posted on July 31, 2008 | 2 CommentsIn a truly awesome post dissecting our Puppet Prime Minister’s daughter’s dubious attempt to categorize historians, JK covers a spacious spectrum. His dissection is a series of consecutive slaps to the lady, who is ever so politically correct despite having her flashes of intelligence. But... -
Mahabharata Question
Posted on July 25, 2008 | 6 CommentsFor those of you who are generally pessimistic about the political scene in India, I have some good news. The state of India in the period described in the Mahabharata was to put it mildly, catastrophic. Explain how/why. Tweet -
Cricket and Molestation
Posted on January 9, 2008 | 17 CommentsWe must hand it to Dilip D’Souza. It takes only a particular genius of perversion to come up with this kind of comparison. Ordinary mortals lack this talent (pasted the full post here). Of two recent incidents — women molested in Juhu on New Year’s...