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
Bal Thackeray, as I have said before, often reminds me of the good Queen in Alice in Wonderland who was wont to say, “Off with his head!” at the slightest pretext. Read more

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Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, October 22, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Alice in Wonderland, Ayodhya, Babri Masjid, Bal Thackeray, Bandra, Bangaru Laxman, Bihari, bjp, Bombay, burkha, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, child-thefts, Congress, Indo-Pak matche, Maharashtra, Matoshree, Muslim, Sajid Nadiadwala, Shiv Sena, Shivaji Park, Wankhede stadium