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Pursuits | Vir Sanghvi 01:15 AM | November 20,2009
A year after the 26 November attacks, Raj Thackeray is much stronger in Maharashtra than he ever was. But who really speaks for this city: immigrants, politicians, rent-a-quote buffoons on TV or a silent majority that never gets heard?
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Pursuits | Vir Sanghvi 09:29 PM | January 23,2009
The word “mole” is used so often now that we forget that it is of relatively recent vintage
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Pursuits | Vir Sanghvi 10:15 PM | January 15,2009
Believe the hype about power and clout and you will end up poorer and still entirely without influence
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Pursuits | Vir Sanghvi 09:44 PM | January 08,2009
How did this master of the chunky airport best-seller turn into such a hot property years after he died?
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Pursuits | Vir Sanghvi 09:46 PM | January 04,2009
There are ways in which the educated middle class can use this anger to push for changes in the system, writes Vir Sanghvi
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Pursuits | Vir Sanghvi 05:16 AM | January 01,2009
The key to their motivation is the belief that what happens in this brief life doesn’t really matter
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Pursuits | Vir Sanghvi 12:30 AM | December 27,2008
If we went by American precedents, India would have no difficulty in offering a moral justification for an invasion of Pakistan, says Vir Sanghvi
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Pursuits | Vir Sanghvi 10:56 PM | December 12,2008
‘The Dark Knight’ captures the essential frustration of dealing with terrorists who have no national loyalties, no weaknesses, no greed, no desire to live and no political ambition
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Pursuits | Vir Sanghvi 06:34 AM | December 05,2008
There are no quick fixes in the battle against terror. And there are no Supermen who can solve our problems
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Pursuits | Vir Sanghvi 12:36 AM | November 28,2008
These days, alas, luxury is about spending large amounts of money to promote industrial products
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Pursuits | Vir Sanghvi 12:02 AM | November 21,2008
Crichton always had the ability to take on the conventional wisdom and to fight politically correct lobbies
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Pursuits | Vir Sanghvi 11:55 PM | November 13,2008
As global capitalism faces its deepest crisis for nearly a full century, the Left is smiling again
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Pursuits | Vir Sanghvi 11:46 PM | November 06,2008
There was a tendency in the 1990s to make a big deal out of the Y-fronts versus boxer shorts debate
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Pursuits | Vir Sanghvi 12:38 AM | October 31,2008
All over the world -- and now, even in India -- we celebrate great capitalist success stories
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Pursuits | Vir Sanghvi 11:25 PM | October 23,2008
India’s old business families were always conscious of being rich people in a poor country; always aware of the responsibilities that come with wealth; and eager to use their money to patronize the arts, promote education and give something back to society
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