Hindustan Times
Should India offer Pakistani Hindus the chance to make a new life in our country? Read more
(48 votes, average: 3.31 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at 3:27 pm
Filed under India · Tagged afghanistan, Bangladeshi Muslims, Gulf, hindustantimes, Hitler, India, Jinnah, Medium term, Nepal, Pakistan, Pakistani Hindus, 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
(41 votes, average: 4.8 out of 5) Loading ...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
In part of the Pakistani media, and in some sections of Pakistani society, the Indian view of Pakistan is routinely caricatured. Read more
(58 votes, average: 3.93 out of 5) Loading ...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
A week or so ago, just before the new Steven Spielberg Tintin film was released in India, I spoke to a top fashion photographer about the movie. Tintin had been a favourite of mine for many decades, I said, and I couldn’t wait for the film to be released. Read more
(20 votes, average: 3.1 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 7:23 pm
Filed under India, hollywood · Tagged animation, Batman, Bill Finger, Bob Kane, boy detective, Captain Haddock, cartoon, Christopher Nolan, comics, film, Harrison Ford, Harry Potter movies, Herge, hollywood, India, Indiana Jones, JK Rowling, Joker, movies, Ralph Fiennes, Steven Spielberg, The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn, Thompson and Thomson, Tim Burton, Tintin, Vir Sanghvi
I don’t know if you’ve noticed but something different is happening to English news TV in India. The best way to recognize the change is to look at what the channels were doing ten years ago and to then look at today’s formats. Read more
(21 votes, average: 4.1 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Friday, July 29, 2011 at 7:22 pm
Filed under India, Media · Tagged Arnab Goswami, Barkha Dutt, BBC World, CNN, CNN-IBN, Doordarshan, English news TV, Headlines Today, India, journalists, NDTV, news, newspapers, Prannoy Roy, Rajdeep Sardesai, satellite TV, Star News, television, Times Now, Vikram Chandra, Vir Sanghvi
As far as I can tell, the official position of the government of India on the bugging of finance minister Pranab Mukherjee’s office appears to be that the Intelligence Bureau investigated the matter and found nothing. Read more
(12 votes, average: 3.25 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Friday, June 24, 2011 at 8:22 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Alistair Campell, Ashoka Hotel, Buta Singh, Downing Street, IB, India, Intelligence Bureau, Medium term, MK Narayanan, Pranab Mukherjee, rajiv gandhi, Rashtrapati Bhavan, Tony Blair, Vir Sanghvi
Now that the Obamas have left India, two questions might usefully be asked about the progress of their visit. Read more
(34 votes, average: 2.65 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at 6:42 pm
Filed under India, Media · Tagged 26/11, Al Qaeda, American politics, India, Media, Obamas, Pak obsession, Pakistan, Parliament, Security Council, taliban, terrorists, UN, United Nations
Though a lot is heard about freedom of speech in India, the reality is that, when it comes to books or movies, there is no real right to free speech on par with the US or the UK experience. Read more
(54 votes, average: 4.13 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at 8:28 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Bombay University, Censorship, English Literature, English Literature syllabus, freedom of speech, India, Islamic fundamentalists, Prophet Mohammad, Rohinton Mistry, Satanic Verses, Shiv Sena, Such a Long Journey
One of the more difficult things I do is to answer questions nearly every day on my website, www.virsanghvi.com. As people are free to ask me questions on any subject at all, I am often thrown by the kinds of things that crop up. Read more
(33 votes, average: 3.64 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 7:28 pm
Filed under Media · Tagged community, Darul Ifta, Darul Uloom Deoband, Deobandis, fatwa, government, guardians, India, Muslim women, muslims, salary, Shariat prohibition
Everyone and his dogs seem to have an opinion on how the media are covering Sania’s wedding. So here are my two bits. Read more
(56 votes, average: 3.46 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at 7:59 pm
Filed under Media · Tagged Cricket, gossip magazine, India, Media, newspaper, Pakistan, Sania Mirza, Shoaib Malik, tennis
