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Excerpt | The Sceptical Patriot

An edited excerpt from a chapter in the just out 'The Sceptical Patriot' that explores whether plastic surgery was really performed first in this country

7 min read3 May 2014
Opinion

India: the superpower that wasn’t

There was once a buzz about the India growth story. But now no one bothers

4 min read17 May 2013
Opinion

I sleep on Rahul’s charpoy. I am safe

The ultimate insider calls for sweeping changes to the system—could anything be more exciting?

4 min read24 Jan 2013
Opinion

India 2012, a dystopian land

It is hard to believe but yet true that India resemblesthe landscape pictured by Philip K. Dick and Aldous Huxley

4 min read1 Nov 2012
Opinion

A sales pitch in the United States

US election debates are misleading. Barack Obama has, seemingly, lost the first one. But watch out for the next one

4 min read4 Oct 2012
Opinion

Sachin, media, and the dying light

Sachin, media, and the dying light

4 min read6 Sep 2012
Opinion

The trouble with Facebook

The trouble with Facebook

4 min read9 Aug 2012
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Stoop low and walk free

Stoop low and walk free

4 min read26 Jul 2012
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The percentile way to ruin the IITs

The percentile way to ruin the IITs

4 min read12 Jul 2012
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The sublimity of brand IIT

The sublimity of brand IIT

3 min read14 Jun 2012
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