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Vinay Payyapilly
Jan 17, 20112 min read
A New Species?
Last year BBC’s Open Book show had Salman Rushdie as a guest and something he said on the show struck me. “We are increasingly becoming...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Oct 22, 20101 min read
Demeaning Achievement
Vote for your hero – http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/. This is a CNN initiative to recognize people who have been making a...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Oct 4, 20102 min read
A View of the Ayodhya Verdict
For long now the Indian courts have stood tall ensuring that the rights of the people are protected even as institution after institution...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Sep 6, 20101 min read
State of the Nation
Andhra Pradesh – Telangana Arunachal Pradesh – Chinese claims Assam – BODO and ULFA militancy Bihar – Need I say anything? Chattisgarh –...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Jul 26, 20101 min read
The Rotting of Sport – II
My previous article The Rotting of Sport got me thinking and searching. The results were surprising. First, I went to my trusted...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Jul 26, 20101 min read
The Rotting of Sport
From the times of the Romans sport has been an activity where man lived by a code which was almost impossible to live life by. The code...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Jul 14, 20102 min read
Liberty, Equality and Fraternity Lost
France, once the cradle of modern democracy and freedom, today took a long, serious step back into the medieval ages. 339-1 was the vote...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Jun 1, 20101 min read
Missing the forest for the trees
Classic example – http://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloids/motorists-use-bluetooth-stereos-escape-cops-601 Truly, the question is not...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Apr 22, 20102 min read
A Tale of Two Books
Once in a while a rare event happens – I am moved enough to write about a book or movie that I watched. Once, long ago, I tried...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Apr 22, 20101 min read
Thank you Chetan Bhagat
His books are breezy. The English is actually Hinglish, Tinglish, and many other variants. He doesn’t write about superheroes, he just...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Apr 8, 20103 min read
April 7, 2010
Today’s newspaper is easily the gloomiest I have seen in a long time. The main headlines read as follows – Maoists kill 76 in savage...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Apr 5, 20102 min read
Amarajeevi Potti Sreeramalu
October 1, November 14, October 31, November 19….. Any fifth grader will tell you the significance of these dates to India. October 1,...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Apr 1, 20103 min read
The Church in the Dock?
Molesting a child is the most reprehensible crime a person can commit. The saddest aspect of this crime is that it is often committed by...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Mar 22, 20102 min read
3 Idiots is an understatement…
There are a lot many more out there and it is cause enough to worry. Anybody born in the 70s would have grown up hearing that India’s...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Mar 18, 20102 min read
Why Madhu Sapre Was Right
The year was 1992, and three young women were asked one question – “What is the first thing you would do if you were the head of your...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Mar 17, 20101 min read
Why India is a Blueprint for the Future
In 1947, as India awoke to freedom and self-governance, the world sat back and waited. Everybody waited, smug in the knowledge that India...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Mar 11, 20102 min read
Celestial Events in Hollywood
Hollywood loves its celestial event movies. Be it Lara Croft or Armegeddon, rare celestial events are for ever threatening life as we...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Mar 10, 20102 min read
Roads to nowhere
Hyderabad now has a greenfield airport. It is a box of glass and metal that sits at the outermost reaches of the city it serves. While...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Jan 4, 20101 min read
The Tiger Drama
So Tiger Woods cheated on his wife. Question, how does that matter to anybody except the Woods? Question, why does it deserve to make a...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Jan 4, 20102 min read
On Protesting and the Right to be Heard
The right to protest and make one’s voice heard is a fundamental right and ties very closely with the right to be free and the freedom of...
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