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Politics
“Some can resist these pressures. Others succumb”
A post on PC Parakh’s book about the coal allocation scandal, which says Manmohan Singh overruled calls for auctions. The poster sees the book’s timing as a BJP-driven election ploy…
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Society
Burqa ban (the right path?)
Two Christian Science Monitor op-eds, for and against a burqa ban in the US and the West, with a remark on the writers’ backgrounds and the anti-sharia measures introduced in…
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Politics
Abdullah Abdullah leads in Afghan (early) vote
Early results in Afghanistan’s 2014 presidential vote put Abdullah Abdullah ahead of Ashraf Ghani, with a runoff likely. The poster asks whether Abdullah’s mixed Pashtun and Tajik parentage is a…
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Politics
Who killed Philip Marshall (and why) ?
A report on the death of Philip Marshall and his children, with the poster noting his theories about 9/11 and offering no opinion beyond saying the whole affair smells wrong.
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(Tata) Car Of The Year (COTY)
A light note on a Jaguar sports car winning a car award, praised as a Tata product, with background on Bombay House, the Tata Group’s Mumbai headquarters.
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The “hospital of death”
An article on infant deaths at Kolkata’s B.C. Roy children’s hospital, which the poster reads as a sign of deep rot in Bengal’s health system, set against the memory of…
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Mere paas Bhagwan hai!!
A mock-epic preview of the 24 April Tamil Nadu poll, pitting Karunanidhi’s DMK against Jayalalithaa’s AIADMK and a BJP alliance, with opinion-poll figures and a report that Modi would meet…
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Economy
Samsung (plans) to drop Android
A post on reports that Samsung may drop Android for its own operating system, with a question whether it can deliver one, and a warning that India is one of…
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Baby Musa is a free man
Baby Musa, charged with attempted murder in Lahore, is freed after police strike his name from the FIR. The poster hopes the court will act on its own motion and…
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Kabhi Khushi Bahut Gham
A post on Sanjaya Baru’s tell-all book about Manmohan Singh, summarising its claims that Singh took direction from Sonia Gandhi, with the poster’s sharp remarks on the Gandhi family and…
