Amit Sengupta

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Obituary: Praful Bidwai’s narrative on human liberation will live on

Just about two weeks back, Praful Bidwai wanted to eat fish. He knew that Sagar Chatterjee, who started his Bengali…

9 years ago
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Praful Bidwai: tribute to a scholar journalist

In the age of Wikipedia, Praful was the person you called for things you could not find on the Net,…

9 years ago
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Yeh hain Bombay meri jaan…

Even as the infinite sea moves like a gigantic, living creature in perpetual motion, bringing cool winds and the tide…

11 years ago
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King the Con

The irony about Arvind Kejriwal is that his propaganda adrenaline and ‘I am the only Prophet’ aphrodisiac are driven by…

11 years ago
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West Bengal: Ma Maati Amanush

So why are they so eternally tense and distinctly unhappy?   They should be buoyant, upbeat, eyes sparkling, touching hearts…

12 years ago
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You call the rain. It will come

They are all straight out of the classics of Munshi Premchand and Phanishwar Nath Renu: the incredible characters of the…

12 years ago
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IPL: The requiem of a Dream

It’s a deadly, addictive, I-love-my-hangover cocktail of new capitalism in If-I-were-a-rich-man India. Superpower India floating in a quagmire of sleaze…

12 years ago
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A Red Evening with LAAL from Pakistan

Young Pakistani revolutionary rock band Laal took Delhi by storm even as hundreds of men and women, young and old,…

12 years ago
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Jashn-e-Azadi: Why did Symbiosis Back Out?

Pune’s Symbiosis University easily succumbed to hardline Hindutva fundamentalists as it promptly cancelled a high profile open-ended seminar on the…

12 years ago
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Mass murderer can not become a saint

A mass murderer just cannot become a saint of sadbhavana or a symbol of progress. He will be forever mapped…

12 years ago
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Chronicle of a story told, around a fire

(Backed  by dubious multinationals,  cash-rich fat cats and shallow celebrities, as Jaipur Lit Fest celebrates the crass obscenity of the…

12 years ago
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The Megalomania called Team Anna

The irony is that if the Lokpal bill drafted by Team Anna is accepted in toto, even then they will…

12 years ago
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Mission Assassination Modi: Fake

In a civilised country firmly based on the principles of justice with the rule of law, ethical behaviour and social…

12 years ago

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