About Vir Sanghvi
Vir Sanghvi was editor of the Hindustan Times from 1999 to 2004 when he was appointed editorial director. He writes the Counterpoint and Rude Food columns and is a well-known television presenter.
Should super-heroes work alone or should they be part of a team? I ask because the biggest movie of the last few months has been Marvel’s big-budget Avengers blockbuster. Despite early skepticism, Marvel has managed to make the team-up of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye, Nick Fury, the Hulk and the Black Widow work. [Read more]

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Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Friday, May 11, 2012 at 8:45 pm
Filed under hollywood · Tagged Black Widow, Captain America, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Mark Ruffalo, Marvel comics, Medium term, Nick fury, Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson, team work, The Avengers, The Hulk, Thor, Vir Sanghvi
From the time I was in my teens, I have always had a special affection for the north-east of India. In my case, my motives were entirely personal. I went out for several years with a girl from one of the north-eastern states. [Read more]

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Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Friday, May 4, 2012 at 7:07 pm
Filed under India · Tagged airlines, Arunachal Pradesh, Bangkok, Bihar, Bombay, Burma, China, culture, Delhi, employers, foreigners, India, jobs, Manipur, Medium term, Mizo insurgency, Mizos, Naga, NEFA, north-east, north-eastern states, Phizo, Planning Commission, population, restaurants, south-east Asia, states, Tamils, television, Thailand, Vir Sanghvi, women
It’s that time again. The time when the next President of India will be elected and the lobbying, jostling and campaigning have begun. As of course, has the speculation about who will get the job. [Read more]

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A new controversy is shaking the field of religious archaeology. In the 1980s, archaeologists claimed to have discovered the Jesus Family Tomb beneath a tower block in Jerusalem. Television documentaries were made on the Tomb but many Biblical scholars were openly sceptical. [Read more]

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Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Friday, April 13, 2012 at 7:09 pm
Filed under Religion · Tagged Hindustan Times, Jerusalem, Jesus Christ, jesus tomb, Medium term, New Testament, Ram’s Ayodhya, religion vs history, Vir Sanghvi
In part of the Pakistani media, and in some sections of Pakistani society, the Indian view of Pakistan is routinely caricatured. [Read more]

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Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Monday, April 9, 2012 at 8:49 pm
Filed under India · Tagged 26/11, Aamir Khan, AB Vajpayee, Agra summit, Asif Zardari, Biawal Bhutto, hindu, hindustantimes, India, Kargil, Medium term, muslims, Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Vir Sanghvi