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About the AuthorSidharth Bhatia
Sidharth Bhatia is the Founder/Editor of The Wire and writes on politics, society and popular culture. In addition, he is a great fan of rock music.
    India: The binary nationOpinion
    India: The binary nation

    Amartya Sen may well think that Indians as a people are argumentative, but the kind of arguments going on around us in...

    19 Jan 2015 11:44 AM IST

    Fighting a losing battleOpinion
    Fighting a losing battle

    This is the time of the year when anxious parents begin running about to ensure that their kids get admission to a good...

    5 Jan 2015 12:08 PM IST

    2014: The annus absurdusOpinion
    2014: The annus absurdus

    As we look back at 2014 and contemplate 2015, one can only feel a sense of trepidation at what is in store for the...

    22 Dec 2014 12:22 PM IST

    Why the socialists will just not go awayOpinion
    Why the socialists will just not go away

    In the early 1960s, firebrand socialist leader Ram Manohar Lohia called for the unity of all anti-Congress forces to...

    8 Dec 2014 11:48 AM IST

    Book review: Dispatches from the Wall Corner - A book for movie loversLifestyle
    Book review: Dispatches from the Wall Corner - A book for movie lovers

    Baradwaj recognises that stars must remain stars and thus get a starry-showcase

    7 Dec 2014 12:47 PM IST

    No loony ideas, pleaseOpinion
    No loony ideas, please

    While the PM asks for investment, his government shuts the doors on foreign languages

    24 Nov 2014 10:48 AM IST

    Will the AAP flight take off? Again?Opinion
    Will the AAP flight take off? Again?

    Most reports and assessments of the forthcoming elections in Delhi have focused on a possible fight between the...

    10 Nov 2014 10:12 AM IST

    Journalism shouldn’t turn deadlyOpinion
    Journalism shouldn’t turn deadly

    Ask any journalist in India about the dangers of practicing the profession and he or she will say, with justifiable...

    2 Nov 2014 12:12 PM IST

    Are you flying the patriotism flag?Opinion
    Are you flying the patriotism flag?

    Preity Zinta, the one time cute-as-a-button star of many romcoms, was in the news some time ago for getting a young...

    27 Oct 2014 11:43 AM IST

    Power play, Pawar-styleOpinion
    Power play, Pawar-style

    Will the BJP take Mr Pawar’s help knowing his reputation?

    13 Oct 2014 10:08 AM IST

    Diaspora’s dilemmaOpinion
    Diaspora’s dilemma

    Watching the over-the-top coverage of Narendra Modi’s visit to America on Indian television and the massive...

    29 Sept 2014 9:51 AM IST

    The saffron danceOpinion
    The saffron dance

    YouTube is a wonderful invention. One has tens, maybe hundreds of millions of songs at one’s finger tips and no...

    15 Sept 2014 12:21 PM IST

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