Hindustan Times
Watching the tributes on TV and reading the newspaper comments, anybody who did not know much about Bal Thackeray could be forgiven for thinking that two different people had died. One was a Marathi-speaking avatar of Adolf Hitler. And the other was a Bombay-bred version of Mother Teresa. Read more
(31 votes, average: 3.23 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 6:59 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Adolf Hitler, Amitabh Bachchan, Bal Thackeray, Bombay, Chander Uday Singh, communal riots, Congress, Hindustan Times, Maharashtra, Matoshree, Medium term, MNS, Mumbai, news, Pakistan, politics, Shiv Sena, Sunil Dutt, Vir Sanghvi
So, was it worth it for Sharad Pawar and the NCP to raise the banner of revolt? Though the media breathlessly suggested the imminent break-up of the UPA, the crisis ended not with a resignation but with the tiniest of whimpers. Read more
(11 votes, average: 4.18 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Thursday, July 26, 2012 at 6:44 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Ajit Pawar, Bal Thackeray, Congress, manmohan singh, Medium term, NCP, Praful Patel, Prithviraj Chavan, Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena, Sonia Gandhi, UPA, Vir Sanghvi
Now that we are so busy flogging ourselves over our failure to allow MF Husain to return to India, this might be a good time to examine the issues that led to Husain’s exile from our shores. Read more
(104 votes, average: 3.08 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Friday, June 10, 2011 at 1:13 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Bal Thackeray, Bharat Mata, Hindustan Times, Hindutva, Husain: Painter or Butcher, MF Husain, Mother Teresa, news, Osama Bin Laden, Shiv Sena, Vir Sanghvi
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
(4.75 out of 5)
