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Thursday, 20 December 2018

THIS "CLEAN CHIT" NEEDS A MACHINE WASH.

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   It had to happen sooner rather than later. After educating us on what to eat, read, wear, worship, sing, who to marry and other assort...
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Wednesday, 12 December 2018

" IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID ! "-- OR IS IT ?

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 That famous phrase- " It's the Economy. stupid !"- was employed successfully by Bill Clinton's election team to win th...
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Saturday, 1 December 2018

WHY ARE CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE ENVIRONMENT NOT ELECTION ISSUES?

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   The election delirium is upon us again, and political parties are busy churning out 100 page manifestos, recycling the same trash they...
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Thursday, 29 November 2018

OUR RIGHT TO KNOW IS NOT NEGOTIABLE

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      These last few weeks have had a bizarre quality to them, almost a Kafkaesque experience, with doses of Lewis Carol, Ian Fleming, Sp...
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Saturday, 17 November 2018

HOW TO CONSERVE TIGERS, MAHARASHTRA STYLE .

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   Whatever one may think of Mrs. Maneka Gandhi's politics one cannot but admire and commend her commitment to the welfare of animals...
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Saturday, 3 November 2018

WHEN WILL WE RECOGNIZE THE REAL " MAKE IN INDIA" HEROES ?

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   I don't know about you, but I'm not too  excited about Mr. Modi's " Make In India" jumla. And it's not just ...
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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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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