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		<title>Tendulkar, Johar and the Idea of India</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cinema and cricket are two unifying threads that weave through the diversity of India. Across cultures, geographies and age groups, there is an audience for cinema and cricket.
‘Indian’ cinema in public perception is Hindi cinema. So much so, that no discussion on soft power would be complete without touching upon Bollywood films.
Bollywood stars have following [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/to-the-point/2009/11/21/tendulkar-johar-and-the-idea-of-india/</link>
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		<title>Why Koda got caught?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An average Indian is likely to consider Madhu Koda as the most corrupt politician in the country. Some news reports have pegged his worth in the range of Rs 4000 crores. Is he India’s most corrupt politician?
I am sure he is not.
Why is he then considered so? Pondering over this question, I have arrived at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/to-the-point/2009/11/14/why-koda-got-caught/</link>
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		<title>Activism we can do without</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was activism of a different sort when some eminent citizens such as actor Aamir Khan, Magsaysay award winners Sandeep Pande and Arvind Kejriwal, social activist Anna Hazare and journalist-author Madhu Trehan wrote to the prime minister last week that former IPS officer Kiran Bedi should be made the chief information commissioner (CIC) of India. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/to-the-point/2009/11/07/activism-we-can-do-without/</link>
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		<title>TATAs in tribal land</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A government of India committee thinks land acquisition for mining and industries in the tribal belt of Chhattisgarh is the biggest grab of tribal lands after Columbus
The ‘expert’ committee believes the anti-Naxal movement called Salwa Judum in Chhattisgarh is a prop of business houses, Tatas and Essar.The report not- so-obliquely supports the theory that the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/to-the-point/2009/10/31/tatas-in-tribal-land/</link>
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		<title>Perils of election analysis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Strange are the ways of the people. There are always explanations for failures and successes in elections, but a lot more remains inexplicable. The results of the three state assembly elections are no different.
Congress victories in Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh have been interpreted as a failure of the opposition parties, which were divided and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/to-the-point/2009/10/24/perils-of-election-analysis/</link>
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		<title>BJP’s battle for survival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Of the three states that vote on October 13th, Maharashtra is the most keenly watched. In Haryana, there isn’t much of a contest and Arunchal Pradesh will not affect the national political scene much.
But the Maharashtra results will have far-reaching implications, particularly for the BJP. Maharashtra is the saffron party’s opportunity to redeem its honour [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/to-the-point/2009/10/10/bjp%e2%80%99s-battle-for-survival/</link>
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		<title>Our Maoist citizens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do Maoists, who have declared as their objective the overthrow of the Indian state and its Constitution, have the right to seek protection under the same Constitution?
This question came to my mind following two statements from Maoist leaders this week. Kobad Ghandy, a Politburo member arrested recently in Delhi, complained that he was detained &#8220;illegally&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/to-the-point/2009/10/03/our-maoist-citizens/</link>
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		<title>Seeing Maoists as they are</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The arrest last week of Maoist Polit Buro member Kobad Ghandy has been a matter of intense media interest. The fact that he went to Doon School, trained in London as a chartered accountant, cooked very good chicken etc have been written with such compassion that one is unable to figure out whether the policemen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/to-the-point/2009/09/26/seeing-maoists-as-they-are/</link>
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		<title>Babus and Netas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Rajasthan government has recently ordered government officials to treat elected politicians with respect. Officials have been asked to stand up to receive MPs and MLAs and talk to them with respect. At all government functions, elected representatives must get prime seating, according to the order.&#8220;If there is a change in the timing of appointment [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/to-the-point/2009/09/19/babus-and-netas/</link>
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		<title>A poor debate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The union government and the ruling Congress party have decided to put in place some cost-cutting measures as a response to the drought situation in India. Government functionaries at all levels have been asked to cut down by 10 percent, expenses related to travel, publications, administration etc.
Until a few weeks ago, most of the media [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/to-the-point/2009/09/12/a-poor-debate/</link>
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