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Saturday, 27 October 2018

NOT REALLY A CRACKER OF AN ORDER, MY LORDS.

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   The first thing I did on reading about the Supreme Court order last week on firecrackers was to get on to Amazon and buy some face mas...
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Saturday, 20 October 2018

FROM "ET TU ?" TO "ME TOO."

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   Unlike my RSS brethren I'm pretty vague about history: I only studied the subject briefly so that I could attempt an easy paper fo...
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Saturday, 13 October 2018

WHATSAPP WITH THIS WORLD, ANYWAY?

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   Neerja, my splendid wife of more than forty years ( I hope that doesn't sound too proprietorial, a-la Section 397 IPC) has been ha...
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Friday, 5 October 2018

FOLLOWING ONE'S CONSCIENCE ? OR THE GRAVY TRAIN ?

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   Please call me out if I'm wrong, but I firmly believe that the average Indian is no longer shocked at anything that happens in thi...
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Saturday, 29 September 2018

THE AADHAR JUDGEMENT: FLATTERING TO DECEIVE.

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   There are times when there is more honour and glory in defeat than in victory. And so it is with the Aadhar judgement of the Supreme C...
Saturday, 15 September 2018

HANDS OFF MY RELIGION-- WE HAVE A PATENT ON IT !

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   Rolls Royce, I learn, not only has a patent on the iconic car but also imposes a condition on the buyer- if at any time it finds that ...
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Saturday, 8 September 2018

THE RED CARPET FOR MALLYA? MAKE HIM PAY FOR IT!

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   So the Indian govt. has succumbed to the blackmail of Mr. Mallya and the British govt.'s exaggerated and misguided sense of human...
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Avay Shukla
The author retired from the IAS in December 2010. A keen environmentalist and trekker he writes for various publications and websites on the environment, governance and social issues. He has published seven books: THE TRAILS LESS TRAVELLED (2015), THE SPECTER OF CHOOR DHAR (2019), POLYTICKS, DEMOCRAZY AND MUMBO-JUMB0 (2020), THE WASTED YEARS (2021), THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER'S DOG AND OTHER COLLEAGUES (2023), DISAPPEARING DEMOCRACY-DISMANTLING OF A NATION (2024) and the most recent one, HOLY COWS AND LOOSE CANNONS (2025).He divides his time between Delhi and his cottage in a small village above Shimla.
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