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Since all the problems have been solved, let us...

The following is the editorial that appeared in Loksatta (published by the Indian Express Group) on Wednesday, June 4, on the Maharashtra government’s decision to install a gigantic statue of Sh… more »

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TIMES OF INDIA DOES IT AGAIN – V

ghulammuhammed wrote 1 month ago: Thursday, June 19, 2008     TIMES OF INDIA DOES IT AGAIN – V     On the day, when India … more »

Tags: Hindu Suicide bombers, Shiv Sena, Times of India

Sarkar — 1 comment

Sai wrote 1 month ago: In anticipation of the release of Sarkar Raj this weekend, I watched Sarkar once again. Director Ram … more »

Tags: hindi, Reviews, Movies, Movie, film, Review, Bollywood, India, Amitabh Bachchan

Since all the problems have been solved, let us... — 29 comments

churumuri wrote 1 month ago: The following is the editorial that appeared in Loksatta (published by the Indian Express Group) on … more »

Tags: Issues and Ideas, media, Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Dr Abhay Bang, kumar ketkar, loksatta, RR patil, Raj Thackeray, Sharad pawar

Sarkar Raj: The importance of being the Bachchans

asianwindow wrote 1 month ago: Bollywood’s first family, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan come … more »

Tags: Movies, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, ram gopal verma, sarkar raj, Aishwarya Rai

On Dealing With Contradictory Signals

speekout wrote 1 month ago: Arun Shourie “I shall travel back with him,” says Nawaz Sharif one day on taking the bus … more »

Tags: Pakistan, RSS, Jihad, sangha pariwar, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Taliban, ISI, Madrasah

Vir Sanghvi on Balls Thokre and Mini Me — 8 comments

Liju Philip wrote 2 months ago: Awesome rebuttal by Vir Sanghvi of Hindustan Times on the Thackeray clan’s tirade against non … more »

Tags: India, Politics, World, mumbai, Iran, Sri Lanka, bombaby, Ceylon, Persia

Where you see Marathi, replace it with Kannada — 20 comments

churumuri wrote 2 months ago: Kumar Ketkar, editor of the Marathi newspaper Lok Satta, writes in the Indian Express on Raj Thacker … more »

Tags: Issues and Ideas, Kannada & Karnataka, Marathi, Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, Indian Express, churumuri, Raj Thackeray, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, Shiv Sena

The politics of the Thackerays and Amitabh Bachchan — 14 comments

Nita wrote 3 months ago: The sparring between the Thackerays (local political leaders of Maharashrra ) and film star Amitabh … more »

Tags: News, India, Bollywood, Politics, Movie Stars, mumbai, Maharashtra, Amitabh Bachchan, MNS

Separated at birth: Krishna, Gandhi, Buddha? — 1 comment

churumuri wrote 4 months ago: Back in the 1990s, freedom of expressionwallahs slammed Mani Ratnam when he arranged a private scree … more »

Tags: Issues and Ideas, Music, Films, Television, Anant Karandikar, Bombay, churumuri, Dinesh Kumar, Mahatma Gandhi, mani ratnam, Soli Sorabjee

After Maharashtra, it is the turn of West Bengal — 4 comments

B Shantanu wrote 5 months ago: From “CPM Minister’s remarks trigger protests in Rajasthan“ “…Insultin … more »

Tags: Post Independence History, Jammu & Kashmir related, Current Affairs, Politics and Governance in India, An Indian Identity, west bengal, ULFA, assam, Shiv Sena

Thackeray Uncle Says — 4 comments

lazybug wrote 5 months ago: Valuable advice from Thackeray Uncle to all of us useless, free market-loving, politician-hating peo … more »

Tags: Here and there, Happenings, Cricket, Religion, Muhahahaha, Politics, Hats off!, Communists, Society

Stop 'gambling game' of cricket: Thackeray — 1 comment

newindian wrote 5 months ago: Yesterday I saw the coverage on NDTV 24×7 about cricketers being auctioned for millions. MS Dho … more »

Tags: NRIs, India-News, India - Cricket, ndtv on directv, News from India, bcci, IPL, Indian Premiere League, Ishant Sharma

Oh noble game, where have you gone?

Rahul wrote 5 months ago: Bal Thackeray laments the corruption of cricket in an open letter to Sharad Pawar: “Cricketers … more »

Tags: Cricket

There is a "राष्ट्र" in "महाराष्ट्र"... — 43 comments

B Shantanu wrote 5 months ago: …but there is no मराठी in there. This was the thrust of a discussion I had with a g … more »

Tags: Post Independence History, Current Affairs, Politics and Governance in India, An Indian Identity, Elections Analysis, ULFA, assam, Shiv Sena, Aamchi Mumbai

Does India need Raj Thackeray? — 17 comments

Liju Philip wrote 5 months ago: Suhel Seth nails it in this article posted in Deccan Chronicle. Sums up exactly what i would have wa … more »

Tags: Bombay, Hyderabad, India, Maharashtra, Marathi, mumbai, Politics, Religion, Deccan Chronicle

Mujhe states ke naam sunayee nahi dete... — 22 comments

pr3rna wrote 5 months ago: Raj Thackeray’s political skills have transformed his little known political party into a househo … more »

Tags: Maharashtra Nirman Sena, mumbai, Raj Thackeray, Shiv Sena

'Parochialism offers an easy resistance to change' — 41 comments

churumuri wrote 5 months ago: The abhorable Tebbit’s Test conducted on Amitabh Bachchan by Raj Thackeray is proof, if proof … more »

Tags: Issues and Ideas, Amitabh Bachchan, churumuri, Norman Tebbit, Parochialism, Raj Thackeray

The Thackerays: SOBs all. — 3 comments

abdaal wrote 5 months ago: I usually dont comment on the same brand of morons more than once but the activities of a certain va … more »

Tags: Social/Political, India, Morons, Raj Thackeray, MNS, mumbai

Finally ShivSena bares it's anti-Maharashtrian fangs.

maharashtrian wrote 5 months ago: I followed with some interest Raj Thackeray’s burst against North-indians ,this week.I was mor … more »

Tags: Maharashtra, Raj Thackeray