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Circle of Life
Published on 2009-01-01 10:32:00
Remember how we learnt a water cycle and a carbon cycle and a biomass cycle in school. Life is cyclic too, it seems.Three years back, I wrote this post sitting exactly where I am sitting today, hoping to go somewhere. I was then working for our family business.And today, having been there done that, I am back, starting a new innings again, and would rather be nowhere else. As they say, life comes a full circle
Commercialization of Terror
Published on 2008-12-08 12:55:00
Recently, there has been a lot of talk around the politicization of terror. But the same people who seem to find the politicization of terror an abominable sin, have been indulging in the commercialization of terror.Let us look at the Indian media. First it ensured minute by minute coverage of the terror attacks, while putting its own journalists in the line of fire. While these media personnel were busy condemning politicians for visiting the terror sites, they forgot that journalists themselve
Spirit of Mumbai
Published on 2008-11-29 07:30:00
Here’s a term that has been much abused - the spirit of Mumbai. Once again there are terror attacks on Mumbai, and once again, you can expect the term to be thrown around aplenty. The media and the politician will no doubt be looking to salute the spirit of Mumbai. So what is the spirit of Mumbai?The way it has been used after each terror attack just goes on to convince me that the spirit of Mumbai is a red herring. Coined by politicians and popularized by the media, it is a term used to dist
