Hindustan Times
The colour saffron is one of my favourites. So is the colour green. Predictably, then, in my earlier years when I was starting out as a political correspondent, most of my clothes reflected these colours, in one hue or the other. Read more
(18 votes, average: 3.06 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, August 27, 2010 at 6:25 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Abhinav Bharat, Adi Shankaracharya, Andheri station, Babri Masjid, Bal Thackeray, bjp, green, Guru Gobind Singh, hindustan times, ideology, Indian Express, Lt Colonel Shrikant, news, P Chidambaram, President Bandarnaike, RSS, Sadhvi Pragya, saffron, Shiv Sainik, Shiv Sena, terrorism, trump card, UNI
I wish I could see the smile on the face of Vilasrao Deshmukh. He had wanted to be Maharashtra’s Chief Minister for the third time desperately but I am sure he is now counting his job as Union Minister in charge of Public Enterprises as a blessing in disguise. For it now, finally, gives him the chance to get even – with Suresh Kalmadi. Read more
(12 votes, average: 4.5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, August 20, 2010 at 5:33 pm
Filed under India · Tagged boots, Commonwealth Games scam, hindustan times, Mani Shankar Aiyar, marathi, protégé, PSUs, Sharad Pawar, shenanigans, Suresh Kalmadi, tea party, Vilasrao Deshmukh
As the Commonwealth Games scene gets murkier every hour and Suresh Kalmadi sinks himself deeper into the quagmire by the day, I cannot but help recall Sunil Dutt, UPA 1’s first Minister for Sports and a man so honest that it was almost painful to watch his integrity. Read more
(26 votes, average: 4.69 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, August 13, 2010 at 6:28 pm
Filed under India · Tagged 2004 Olympics, Bal Thackeray, blackmail, Bollywood, Bombay bomb blasts, Commonwealth Games, hindustan times, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Minister for Sports, MS Gill, news, Sanjay Dutt, scam, Sunil Dutt, Suresh Kalmadi, TADA, UPA 1
Bal Thackeray is in the habit of referring to Suresh Kalmadi as a frog. Read more
(8 votes, average: 4.88 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, August 6, 2010 at 11:06 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Bal Thackeray, BCCI, bjp, Board for Control of Cricket in India, Commonwealth Games, Congress, CWG committee, frog, INC, Indian National Congress, Indian Olympic Association, Indian Premier League, IOC, IPL, Lalit Modi, Lok Sabha, Pune, saffron alliance, scamsters, Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena, Suresh Kalmadi
