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May 31, 2026
Cockroaches in their stomachs
Looks like we may have a national insect soon. I was betting on the ubiquitous mosquito that sings us to sleep, or the housefly with which we share our sweetmeats, but the cockroach is scurrying ahead
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May 26, 2026
Thucydides Trap and the claptrap
Xi Jinping invoked Thucydides, a fifth century BC Athenian naval commander and historian, whose account of the Peloponnesian War led to the theory that when a rising power seeks parity with an established power, it could lead to war
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May 17, 2026
Letters for post: Vajpayee to Vijay
Vijay lacks the versifying talents of Vajpayee, but is blessed with a filmy charisma that should stand him in good stead
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May 10, 2026
Connecticut Yankees & Charles’s speech
Kingship may survive centuries, but would the idea of liberty?
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May 04, 2026
A requiem for AAP
Where it went fundamentally wrong was that it missed the two I-s, one of which every party needs—ideology or identity
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April 25, 2026
Ladies’ seats? Why not from 543?
What tax-paying mortals would like to know are: with about three million elected men and women strutting around from panchayats to the presidential house enjoying pay, perks and pensions, do we need more or fewer netas?
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April 18, 2026
Keep kids away; prez’s speaking
Nice people in America would cringe if they read the presidential lips these days. More so if kids are around
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April 11, 2026
Get me an enemy of my stature
If the BJP claims India is growing because of Modi, Stalin is talking of how Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala and Karnataka are growing despite Modi
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April 04, 2026
God save the archbishop
For an old institution, the Church of England has been fairly open to reforms, especially in the post-war era, ordaining women as priests, recognising gay and lesbian rights, and now getting a woman archbishop
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March 28, 2026
Persian genies turn Iranian geniuses
Iran is not only the knowledge leader in the Islamic world, but is aspiring to be among the world leaders in technology
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March 21, 2026
China, a sleeping Kumbhakarna
China may have all the attributes of a superpower—money, minerals, missiles, manufacturing plants, digital skills and even AI wizardry, but it lacks two things
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March 14, 2026
Carney sees evil in the world
The fact is, the Canadians had been innocent to the bad ways of the world
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March 06, 2026
Who’s afraid of Iran’s missiles?
The real war aim is no longer hidden. Don and Bibi have stated that they want to effect a regime change in Iran
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February 28, 2026
Vanuatu is no godman’s Kailasa
The Commonwealth nation's constitutional rulings hold persuasive value in Indian courts, and got recent links to India through legal references, the Lalit Modi passport episode and diplomatic engagement
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February 21, 2026
Vande Mataram: Read the lips
The national anthem debate in India intensifies with new directives elevating Vande Mataram alongside Jana Gana Mana, creating mandates for public expression
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February 14, 2026
No thanks? A house-trap
A break from parliamentary tradition—passing the motion of thanks without the prime minister’s reply—has sparked concerns that political maneuvering has undermined debate and dented the dignity of Parliament.
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February 07, 2026
When power runs in the family
Much as Narendra Modi and Amit Shah scoff at the dynasticism in the Congress, the fact is that it is regional parties, including several of the BJP’s allies, that are practising family politics more than the national parties
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January 31, 2026
Military medals; no bars please
Scribes regular on the defence beat know ‘bar’ means the soldier is getting the same honour for a second time
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January 23, 2026
Mumbai mayor and a cat’s luck
Truth be told, Mumbai’s mayor wields hardly any power
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January 17, 2026
Elgin, Ephesus and Erdogan
Most Turks I met were eager to see India, meet Indians, trade with India, and can’t understand the current chill in ties
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January 10, 2026
March to Caracas—Yankee oil doo
Military-pacted, non-aligned, neutral or simply spineless, every ruler acts in his country’s supreme self interest when confronted with global crises
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January 03, 2026
Crimes and confessions, copy-pasted
Making use of anti-terror laws that allowed confessions to cops as evidence, they got all the 13 to sing and sign their sins
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December 27, 2025
The Maria von Trapp in Rahul Gandhi
It’s time Rahul Gandhi stayed, and listened to his Congressmen
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December 13, 2025
Area of the globe? Pie is cubed
Trump has found a way to MAGA—invoke the Monroe doctrine “to restore American pre-eminence in the western hemisphere, and to protect our homeland and our access to key geographies throughout the region
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December 06, 2025
A Vikram-Bhatti tale from Bengaluru
In Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D.K. Shivakumar are playing out a Vikram-Betaal farce
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