In a country that sees itself as the third great democratic revolution (the US and France being the first two) Obamania knows no bounds. I spoke to the foreign editor of one of India’s biggest English newspapers who could barely draw breath relaying her a near-spiritual experience of Obama’s victory at Delhi’s American centre.
There is [...]
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Rrishi Raote remembers Studs Terkel- an edited version of this article has been published in the Business Standard, but I am linking to it nevertheless to introduce an interesting journalist-blogger to Blogbharti readers:
The times favoured Terkel — the New Deal in particular. To give employment to writers, the government hired some to go out and [...]
‘After Bush, what will I be hawkish about?’
Published by November 5th, 2008 in Humour and Politics. 0 CommentsAniruddha G.Kulkarni muses on Obama and says he will miss Bush:
He may have been a kind of mafioso. But he was like one of those ‘bad men’ who are portrayed very kindly in Hindi films. For me, one of the most moving images of 2008 is his embrace of Indian Prime Minister when they met [...]
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