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Mahesh Vijapurkar

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RIP Aroon Tikekar: The thinker's editor
Rediff.com19 Jan 2016

Mahesh Vijapurkar pays tribute to Aroon Tikekar, journalist, historian, author and an...

RIP Arun Tikekar: The thinker's editor
Rediff.com19 Jan 2016

If only Uddhav had held his tongue, and Saamna its acerbity
Rediff.com29 Oct 2014

It is some consolation that the BJP top brass which had kept the Sena on the ice has...

Pawar play to keep NCP out of trouble, Sena out of govt
Rediff.com19 Oct 2014

The NCP has seen the largest flow from its ranks to the other parties, more towards the...

Will Maharashtra see the end of the coalition era?
Rediff.com14 Oct 2014

The vituperative campaign against the BJP by the Shiv Sena does not make for an easy...

Will Maharashtra see the end of the coalition era?
Rediff.com14 Oct 2014

The vituperative campaign against the BJP by the Shiv Sena does not make for an easy...

Affidavits on politicians' wealth must be challenged
Rediff.com1 Oct 2014

The question we must ask is how do politicians get that wealth disclosed in the...

Greed for power behind Maharashtra break-ups
Rediff.com26 Sep 2014

When political parties opt for alliances, it is to win an election, and if post-poll,...

A House of the People? Or Chamber of Princes?
Rediff.com17 Sep 2014

No wonder Parliament has some 130 MPs out of the 545 hailing from political families....

Modi should address teachers not students
Rediff.com4 Sep 2014

Why does Modi want to speak to the students while his audience should be teachers and...

To the BMC, CCTVs are anti-opacity
Rediff.com25 Aug 2014

Given that Mumbai civic body deals with the lives of the people at the cutting edge,...

This dahi handi, the law was invisible
Rediff.com22 Aug 2014

When the high court delivered the stringent norms, which in no way eliminated the fun...

Why this hullabaloo about English in the UPSC test?
Rediff.com7 Aug 2014

What we need to do straightaway is to get our act together and educate children better...

Railways want to break even, commuters' economics be damned
Rediff.com23 Jun 2014

If the Indian Railways thinks it can get away with this sassy attitude, it is because...

Changing the government culture of shabbiness
Rediff.com12 Jun 2014

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ordered a clean-up of all central government offices....

Pankaja looks set to take over Munde's mantle
Rediff.com4 Jun 2014

Pankaja Munde, who is the MLA from Parli, led the campaign for Gopinath Munde during...

Judge Smriti Irani by performance, not qualification
Rediff.com28 May 2014

One can understand that all MPs are equal in that sense and are endowed with varied...

Will Rahul lead the opposition or be its backbencher?
Rediff.com13 May 2014

The one simple fact is that a government can be remote controlled but not an...

Why the Modi-Afroze Fatta photo cannot be ignored
Rediff.com2 May 2014

Modi and Rahul's Gandhi's case cannot be dismissed casually. Both are high visibility...

If AAP had continued governing Delhi...
Rediff.com16 Apr 2014

The media wittingly or otherwise has been a key player in stymying the AAP. It is not...