Vinay Payyapilly
Defining Nationhood
When we claim a piece of land as an integral part of our country, does that include the people who live on that piece of land? Nations...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Oct 12, 20131 min read
The Nationalist Begging Bowl
There are a couple of problems I have with that argument. For one, most of the products mentioned are produced in India. They may be...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Sep 10, 20133 min read
Heads I win, tails you lose
As with any competition, the favorites are already emerging and unfortunately the picture isn’t very pretty. Basically, the choices...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Sep 7, 20131 min read
The Things that Disappeared
The telephone: In the 80s, getting a telephone in India was a major project. You applied for one and waited till hell froze over. I...
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Vinay Payyapilly
May 13, 20132 min read
Democracy and the freedom for the CBI
India today. The Central Bureau of Investigation is the premier investigation agency in India. Like the Supreme Court, the CBI often...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Mar 30, 20131 min read
Where is the news?
According to wiki.answers.com, there are over 1600 news channels in India – 1600!!! When 24-hour news channels were announced, I was one...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Dec 19, 20122 min read
Rape is not about sex
The heinous, barbaric act of rape on a Delhi bus has the entire country up in arms. About time, I would say. There have been over 400...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Nov 28, 20122 min read
How Honda got it terribly wrong
Two days later a user car dealer checked my car and his first words on returning from the test drive were, “What a beautiful car! Why are...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Sep 6, 20122 min read
The indifference of power
In Koodankulam, the people protest the building of a nuclear facility. The government slaps sedition cases on the victims and go ahead...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Aug 18, 20122 min read
Are we evolving in our brains?
The Earth is in a constant state of change, some of it natural and some through the machinations of humans. Whatever the origin of the...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Aug 15, 20123 min read
Independence Day?
On 15th August of each year we commemorate an event that in beginning to have less and less meaning to the common man – our Independence...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Aug 8, 20122 min read
‘Anna’ther political party
The inevitable has finally happened. After a year of fasts and making noises the Anna-led civil activists have decided to enter the...
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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
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 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, 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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Vinay Payyapilly
Jun 6, 20092 min read
Inviting Racism
Over the last two weeks our TV sets have brought home news and images of racist violence against Indians in Australia. Our noise brigade,...
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Vinay Payyapilly
May 25, 20091 min read
Yet Another Farce
Cricket seems to be hellbent on shooting itself in the foot. Instead of making itself more competitive, the old men upstairs seem to...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Feb 12, 20092 min read
The Rahman Effect
Nominated for multiple Oscars, A. R. Rahman approaches the edge of the cliff he has been rushing towards for the better part of the last...
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