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AFTER NAMO, WHAT?
When Nehru was the Prime Minister of India, Welles Hagen wrote a book in 1963, “After Nehru, Who?” When Rajiv Gandhi was Prime Minister a similar sentiment emerged, the TINA factor. There is no alternative. History bears testimony that both Nehru and Rajiv were not indispensable. Presently, the BJP led by Narendra Modi (Namo) has…
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EMERGENCY, SURROGACY, SUFFOCATION
Trains and aircraft have emergency exits. Not so with politics. I vividly recall this day 50 years ago. I was attending a Youth Animators’ Training Programme in Allahabad, the epicentre of the Emergency earthquake. It was promulgated by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on 25th June 1975. The day after the declaration a classmate of mine…
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HONEYMOON CHEATERS
Till recently we used to hear about wife beaters – aggressive male chauvinists beating up their spouses. Have things turned full circle? Are women the new aggressors – chopping up their husbands and sealing them in blue cement drums? Or the latest shocker from Shillong where Sonam Kushwaha of Indore went for an outdoor honeymoon…
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WHEN DID GOD DIE?
Another startling headline? It isn’t about Holy Friday. It was occasioned by a Special Edition (100 pages) of Time magazine totally dedicated to Pope Francis, on his death. Strangely, there was no mention of this in the Catholic media. A soft copy was sent to me by a young Methodist pastor, to whom I am…
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LEO – IRON FIST – VELVET GLOVES
When writing on an unfolding story one runs the risk of being overtaken by developments if its publication is delayed. Despite that we journos must be like the fools that enter where angels fear to tread. Five years ago I had made a prediction about Pope Francis’ successor in my book “The Jerusalem Code”. I…
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WHITE SMOKE, DARK CLOUDS, SILVER LINING
At 21:47 IST on 8th May I received a message from a priest friend in Rome that white smoke could be seen emanating from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel. So we had a new Pope. Frankly, I was surprised at such a short conclave. Secondly, I was shocked that an American had been elected….
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