Speaking to a man in the know, the other week, I was rather amused to hear him describe the situation in the Nationalist Congress Party rather succinctly. Read more

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Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, July 29, 2011 at 7:32 pm
Filed under India, politics · Tagged Ajit Pawar, Chhagan Bhujbal, Congress, Gopinath Munde, Jayant Patil, Maharahstra, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, MNS, Nationalist Congress Party, NCP, Nitin Gadkari, Prithviraj Chavan, Raj Thackeray, RR Patil, Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena, Sujata Anandan, Supriya Sule, Uddhav Thackeray
Poor RR Patil. Apart from the fact that he has not been having a good week, what with the July 13 serial blasts in Bombay and chief minister Prithviraj Chavan pointing out that decisions regarding law and order are delayed, he is under attack from even his own party men. Read more

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Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, July 22, 2011 at 7:07 pm
Filed under politics · Tagged Ajit Pawar, bjp, Chidambaram, Congress, finance minister, home minister, Jayant Patil, Maharashtra, maharashtra chief minister, Maharashtra home minister, mumbai, Mumbai blasts, NCP, Pranab Mukherjee, prithiviraj chavan, Raj Thackeray, RR Patil, Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena, Sujata Anandan, Uddhav Thackeray
As journalists, we always arrive at terror strike spots after the event. Read more

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Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, July 15, 2011 at 7:16 pm
Filed under India · Tagged 1993 Mumbai blast, 2006 Mumbai train blasts, Air India, Dadar blast, Gateway of India, J J Hospital, Mumbai blasts, Singly political, South Bombay, Sujata Anandan
Some years ago, a friend from the UK needed to go to Dadar, the heart of the Maharashtrian locality of Bombay, for a meeting. I put her in a taxi and asked the cabbie to take her wherever she wanted and also bring her back home. Read more

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Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, July 8, 2011 at 7:49 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Aurangabad, Bal Krishna Gokhale, BMC, Bombay, Chaitya Bhoomi, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Daadur, Dadar, Dr B R Ambedkar, hindustan times, Lokmanya Tilak, Maharashtra, Morarji Desai, mumbai, news, Ramdas Athawale, Shiv Sena, Singly political, Sujata Anandan
When McDonald’s first launched in Bombay, I remember, some NGOs took several children from the slums to this chain of restaurants for a treat. When one child was asked to comment how he had felt eating his first McBurger, he said, “I think I love our own vada pav better!” Read more

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Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, July 1, 2011 at 7:59 pm
Filed under India, politics · Tagged Bal Thackeray, BMC, Chattrapati Vada Pav, Congress, jhunka-bhakar, Jumbo King vada pav outlets, kande-pohe, Maharashtra, McDonald, Naraya Rane, Shiv Sena, Uddhav Thackeray, vada pav