This Liberal’s Heart Beats For Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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This Liberal’s Heart Beats For Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Atal Bihari Vajpayee kept humour and poetry and all those softer emotions that keep our politics humane, alive – all the emotions that have so thoroughly vanished from our public life. His tenure is a reminder that political ideology notwithstanding, there is a world of difference between being a statesman and playing one.
Your Uber Will Be Striking Shortly
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Your Uber Will Be Striking Shortly

As commuters, we go off on frequent rants about how Uber and Ola drivers are always late, how they can never find the destination, or how rude they can be. But your Uber drivers are people too. And if the ongoing strike is any indication, they’ve had it with the app.
My Short Love Story for Arundhati Roy
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My Short Love Story for Arundhati Roy

When Arundhati Roy asked the class to submit a short story, I saw my chance. I realised that there could be no direct route to attention. And wrote the worst short story ever.
Talk Me Off the Ledge, Please
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Talk Me Off the Ledge, Please

In a city that crushes many a dream, the line between life and death is gossamer thin. In Mumbai, a group of selfless volunteers keeps the distressed on the safe side of this line.