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Ajit Saldanha has a finger in the pie, and another on the political pulse. And when he writes, he cooks up a storm.
    Five-year plans and the dreaded Commission which spawned them may have been consigned to the dustbin of history but the mindset and culture that venerated them is still alive.Nation
    On the contrary: Trouser talk

    We are brilliant at brainstorming but quite hopeless when it comes to implementation.

    5 Feb 2017 7:12 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)Nation
    On the contrary: We shall overcomb'

    Show me an Indian who doesn't love to argue and his name will probably be Deepak Chopra.

    29 Jan 2017 3:59 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)World
    True lies: Bending truth

    Alternative facts' is a dangerous term. It allows a government to dismiss a lie and even let it survive.

    29 Jan 2017 12:42 AM IST

    Students and members of social organisations protest against molestation of women, in Bengaluru on Saturday. (Right) Chairperson of the state Womens Commission Nagalakshmi Bai at Kammanahalli on Saturday (Photo: DC)Nation
    On the contrary: Of mothers and molestation

    The problem, dear Hardik, lies not in our diet but in our attitudes to women.

    22 Jan 2017 2:46 AM IST

    Interruptions and interactions are an integral part of performance art, making it distinct from other art forms. (Photo: YouTube grab)Lifestyle
    On the contrary: Performance Appraisal

    In performance art, it all happens in the here and now; there is no opportunity for re-takes or revisions.

    15 Jan 2017 3:41 AM IST

    It was not a demonetisation in the real sense but a mere currency exchange.Nation
    On the contrary: Lordy me!

    Bank managers and palace flunkey scurried around like headless chickens.

    25 Dec 2016 3:28 AM IST

    Corporate Social ResponsibilityNation
    On the contrary: Let's get busy and do time-pass!

    The bright minds who initially dreamed up the conceptwere clearly hoping it would go way beyond the mundane.

    18 Dec 2016 4:55 AM IST

    For representation onlyNation
    On the contrary: Let's stick to the point!

    Given this lofty pedigree, very few thinkers were able to resist the siren-call of BIC's star-studded December even.

    11 Dec 2016 6:48 AM IST

    Fred Tuffile, Bentleys Director of Entrepreneurial Studies, says that Gen Y want to make their own pathways because they suspect traditional ones may lead nowhere.Nation
    On the contrary: Of valleys and startups

    Lamentably start-ups in waste management, water conservation, renewable energy are un-cool.

    4 Dec 2016 3:34 AM IST

    Faced with 2000 MT of garbage and an upcoming global investor summit, the BBMP has fallen back on band-aid solutions.Nation
    On the contrary: Garbage, a lethal weapon

    Over 100 registered vehicles load of mixed waste are being dumped daily into unlined pits for the past six months.

    27 Nov 2016 7:04 AM IST

    On the contrary: Lets talk trashNation
    On the contrary: Let's talk trash

    Let's focus on why BBMP repeatedly infringes Donald's copyright by creating a mountain of garbage out of what should...

    20 Nov 2016 3:04 AM IST

    IIM(A) Professor, V. Raghunathan, the author of Locks, Mahabharatha & Mathematics , spells out the reasons why we get a C minus on Manners 101.Opinion
    On the contrary: Kindly wait, you are in the queue

    The average human being is destined to spend about four years queuing (hopefully not all in one go) over a lifetime.

    13 Nov 2016 1:52 AM IST

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