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| The Cynical Optimist |
| By Abhinandan Sekhri |
 From the society to the country, from the rulers to the ruled, here's a view in and about, and from within - a perspective into all that's important and crucial... There are screaming headlines and crawlers on TV...Moreover, some party poopers say the world has changed or is changing or needs to change. So, where are we? Where are we heading? With a bit of pessimism, and loads of optimism...here it goes! |
| Ear to the Ground |
| By Tejas Mehta |
 It was not easy to see him. A policeman was standing right between us, refusing to budge. I - like many others - had to slide down the bench I was sitting on and then, through the wooden fence that enclosed the dock, I caught a glimpse of him. The reality of the situation struck me. The disbelieving murmurs in the courtroom were indeed true. On Day 40 of the trial, Ajmal Amir Kasab, the 21-year-old Pakistani caught for the 26/11 Mumbai attack, had finally broken down. |
| Words |
| By Rinita Banerjee |
 In every city, every town, every country, there are faces. The good, the bad, the ugly...there are many adjectives that can describe these faces. It is habitual, consistent, normal for all of us. And amidst this crowd, I also find 'me'. These are reflections, nothing strange to us. It is not always about names. It is more often than not about those whose names are lost in the shrouds of anonimity. For me, their names matter. And I write about them. In a few words and sometimes more... |
| Arms and the Men |
| By Nitin Gokhale |
 The simple and bitter truth is: the Western world has not been able to digest the fact that a small, underdeveloped nation like Sri Lanka has managed to defeat a terrorist group, a feat that they have not managed despite deploying huge resources and manpower across the globe.
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| BarkhaSpeak |
| By Barkha Dutt |
 Once the preferred choice of India's middle class, the BJP is now in danger of losing the big metros entirely (Delhi and Mumbai were swept by the Congress). Its agenda seems woefully out of sync with its own vote base. The opposition to the nuclear deal was a prime example. As a party leader confided to me in a private conversation, " no party can afford to go against the sentiments of its core constituency." |
| Off the cuff |
| By Ketki Angre |
 So many people, both victims of the 26/11 attack and even citizens who watched the horror on their TV screens, constantly ask why the trial isn't over already. Why the process is taking so long when we have CCTV footage of the attack, eye witness accounts, forensic evidence and intercepted call details of the terrorists and their handlers. |
| Worldly Wise |
| By Shailendra Mohan |
 I am no Bihar baiter and neither am I a Lalu Yadav fan but what really caught my attention lately was the fact that the entire nation was suddenly talking about the way "changes" have been brought into the state which has traditionally been ridiculed for the poor state of, not just its security apparatus, but almost everything that it provides. |
| Live from the Newsroom |
| By Sonia Singh |
 At a time when TV news is more in your face than ever, there seems to be an increasing amount of distance between our viewers and the journalists. So, this is an attempt to open a direct communication line to all of you out there who love, hate, or are plain indifferent to news TV, but have a zillion questions about the process and news selection and do not know who to ask. So here goes... |
| My religion, My cricket |
| By Ashutosh Sinha |
 Perhaps it is all about numbers. Be it at the stock markets, or at the cricket field. It is very enjoyable. The ball, the bat, the field, the pitch, the players, the runs, the victories and the failures - everything matters. But more than these, it is the lessons we learn (and of course that we never learn), are what makes cricket worthwhile. It is easy, it is tough - but it is my religion. And that is what I write about. |
| SciDev Eye |
| By Pallava Bagla |
 India's technological prowess is perhaps at its best, now. Having dismantled the nuclear shackles, its position in the eyes of the world is hardly debatable. It is dramatic, when in anticipation of something big, literally 'moon size', a country awaits something new and ground-breaking! That's the power of science, isn't it? |
Important corporate personalities give their views on reasons behind markets reacting negatively to the Union Budget.
