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How Many Judges Per Million People?
How Many Judges Per Million People?

Dominic Xavier offers his take on Law Minister Kiren Rijiju's revelation in...

Dom's Take: A Big SALUTE!
Dom's Take: A Big SALUTE!

Dominic Xavier salutes the defence services personnel who lost their lives in...

Dom's Take: Didi Goes National
Dom's Take: Didi Goes National

Dominic Xavier offers his take on Mamata Banerjee's national political...

Dom's Take: It's All About Modi's Timing
Dom's Take: It's All About Modi's Timing

Dominic Xavier's take on the Modi government's sudden decision to repeal the...

Dom's Take: Two INDIAS!
Dom's Take: Two INDIAS!

Dominic Xavier is puzzled about the outrage at a time when serious issues...

Dom's Take: UP Polls Are Coming!
Dom's Take: UP Polls Are Coming!

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the inauguration of the Purvanchal...

Dom's Take: Out! Out ! Non-Veg!
Dom's Take: Out! Out ! Non-Veg!

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the Gujarat government's ban on selling...

Dom's Take: Freedom Not At Midnight

With the lady's retelling of history, it is perhaps time for Narendrabhai's...

Dom's Take: While We Were Napping?

Dominic Xavier wonders if the Pentagon's claim that China has built a village...

Dom's Take: Happy DIWALI!

Dominic Xavier wishes Readers and their families a very Happy Diwali.

Dom's Take: Climate Change: Miles To Go!

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the likely outcome of the COP26 summit...

Dom's Take: BAN Climate Change!

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the UN's climate conference, COP26 in...

Dom's Take: A Big Hurrah For Liberty!

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the Supreme Court decision to appoint an...

Dom's Take: Mysterious Twists and Turns

Dominic Xavier is mystified by the many twists and turns Aryan Khan's case...

Dom's Take: Let's STAND UP For Shami!

Dominic Xavier is shocked by the abuse on Twitter directed against Mohammed...

Dom's Take: Mother Nature Is Angry

Dominic Xavier is shocked by the unseasonal rains that have devastated large...

Dom's Take: MAHA BANDH

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the bandh called across Maharashtra by the...

Dom's Take: Fuel Prices on FIRE!

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the Petrol and diesel prices which surged...

Dom's Take: The Lakhimpur Kheri Tragedy

Dominic Xavier offers his take on Sunday's tragic incident in Uttar Pradesh's...

Dom's Take: Arsonist As Firefighter

Dominic Xavier offers his take on Indian diplomat Sneha Dubey's fiery...

Dom's Take: Taliban: What SANCTIONS!

Dominic Xavier wonders if economic sanctions will make any difference to the...

Dom's Take: Hoshiyar Koshyar

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the ongoing tussle between Maharashtra's...

Dom's Take: Captain's Innings Ends

Dominic Xavier offers his take on what looks like the end of the Captain era...

Dom's Take: Pegasus Row: We have nothing to HIDE!

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the Supreme Court rapping the Central...

Dom's Take: Stalin, 'NEETly' Done!

Dominic Xavier offers his take on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin's...

Dom's Take: Congratulations India!

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the country crossing the landmark of...

Dom's Take: 60,00,00,00,00,000!

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the NMP.

Dom's Take: BEWARE the Third Wave!

The National Institute of Disaster Management has warned of a third COVID-19...

Uttam and Dom's Takes: LPG@859.5

Uttam Ghosh and Dominic Xavier offer their respective takes on the Modi...

Dom's Take: Afghans ABANDONED

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the situation in Kabul after the Taliban...

Dom's Take: A Washed Out Session

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the Monsoon session of Parliament.

Dom's Take: Which Medal did He win?

Dominic Xavier offers his cheeky take on Monday's event when government...

Dom's Take: Indian MEN Rise!

Dominic Xavier salutes the Indian men's hockey team for winning a Olympic...

Dom's Take: CHAK DE! India

Dominic Xavier is praying that India's incredible women's hockey team brings...

Dom's Take: No Beaches for GIRLS?

Two minor girls were allegedly gang-raped on Benaulim beach in Goa on...

Dom's Take: 'I Resign Of My Own Free Will'

Dominic Xavier offers his take on B S Yediyurappa's resignation as Karnataka...

Dom's Take: THANK YOU, Mirabai

Dominic Xavier congratulates Mirabai Chanu on winning an Olympic silver medal...

Dom's Take: INDIA, Go for GOLD!

As the Tokyo Olympics begins, Dominic Xavier wishes the Indian contingent all...

Dom's Take: Big Bro is LISTENING

Dominic Xavier offers his take on Snoopgate.

Dom's Take: Modi Applauds UP

Dominic Xavier offers his take on Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi's...

Dom's Take: The BARBARIANS Return

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the Taliban making rapid advances across...

Dom's Take: Will Modi's New STARS Shine?

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the Big Reshuffle.

Dom's Take: Alvida, Saab

Dominic Xavier mourns the legendary actor who passed into the ages on...

Dom's Take: Frying Pan into the Fire

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the surge in prices of daily essentials in...

Dom's Take: RIP, Father Stan Swamy

Dominic Xavier remembers tribal rights activist Father Stan Swamy who passed...

Dom's Take: Main Banunga CM

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the tussle between Chief Minister Captain...

Dom's Take: Doctors, Our Lifeline

On the occasion of Happy National Doctors Day, Dominic Xavier salutes the...

Dom's Take: Modi Controls the See-Saw!

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the latest political initiative to pose a...

Dom's Take: The Modi Shuffle

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the Modi Shuffle.

Dom's Take: A SALUTE to the Galwan Martyrs

Dominic Xavier pays homage to the 20 brave Indian soldiers who were brutally...

Dom's Take: Hum Honge Kamyab Ek Din?

Dominic Xavier offers his first take on UP 2022

Dom's Take: Modi-Yogi Rift?

Has Ajay Mohan Bisht, the ruler of UP, fallen out of favour with Narendra...

Dom's Take: We Stand By MANJUL!

Dominic Xavier stands in solidarity with Manjul on the Right to Freedom of...

Dom's Take: Xi, World Wants to KNOW!

Dominic Xavier's take on the ongoing global debate about the origin of the...

Dom's Take: Yeh Dil Maange More!

Dominic Xavier's take on the Modi government's 7th year report card.

Dom's Take: Why Lakshadweep?

Dominic Xavier offers his take on Lakshadweep Administrator Praful Khoda...

Dom's Take: Social Media, Join the Force!

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the central government's new diktat for...

Dom's Take: Smart Science?

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the controversy featuring Baba Ramdev and...

Dom's Take: India Wants This CVC

Dominic Xavier highlights the CVC India needs.

Dom's Take: Kab Milegi Vaccine!

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the vaccine crisis angering India's youth.

Dom's Take: What's More Important?

Dominic Xavier wonders what's more important for India: A new house for the...

Dom's Take: Total Lockdown 2.0?

Dominic Xavier wonders if Modi will impose a national lockdown to try and end...

Dom's Take: SOS, Modiji

Now that he is free from election responsibilities, Dominic Xavier hopes the...

Dom's Take: Game Over Modi

Dominic Xavier offers his take on Mamata's Election Triumph.

Dom's Take: Everything Else Can Wait...

The results of the assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil...

Dom's Take: Covid times, but CVP must go on

Dominic Xavier is mystified by Modi's refusal to halt a scheme whose funds...

Dom's Take: All Well With You, Dr?

Dominic Xavier is startled by the minister's claim which may seem delusional...

Dom's Take: The Vaccine Cost Controversy

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the controversy over the cost of the...

Dom's Take: Even China, Pakistan want to Help!

Dominic Xavier on how several nations -- including China and Pakistan -- have...

Dom's Take: Covid Leadership Crisis

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the Covid Leadership Crisis confronting...

Dom's Take: India's Oxygen Crisis

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the Oxygen Crisis confronting India after...

Dom's Take: The Plight of the Migrants

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the plight of the migrant workers.

Dom's Take: India Mourns With You

Dominic Xavier mourns for the hundreds of Indians who have lost their lives...

Dom's Take: India needs OXYGEN NOW!

Dominic Xavier wants Prime Minister Modi to know that India needs Oxygen NOW!...

Dom's Take: Thank You Modi Uncle!

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the Modi government's decision which offers...

Dom's Take: Election or Vaccine?

Will Modi and his government begin the battle against the second surge in the...

Dom's Take: India's Vaccine Crisis

Dominic Xavier wonders why Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan and his health...

Dom's Take: Covid Surge? Poll show goes on!

Dominic Xavier hopes there won't be a COVID-19 surge in the states going to...

Dom's Take: Pawar-Shah: What's Up?

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the reported meeting between Sharad Pawar...

Dom's Take: CM Kejriwal ban gaya aam aadmi

Dominic Xavier offers his take on Parliament passing a bill equating the...

Dom's Take: Boot the Virus Out!

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the government's refreshing decision to let...

Dom's Take: Use and Throw

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the ugly controversy which threatens to...

Dom's Take: Uddhav, Pawar Checkmated?

Dominic Xavier asks if Param Bir Singh's allegations about state Home...

Dom's Take: Rawat's purani genes

Dominic Xavier wonders why politicians always seem to have a problem with the...

Dom's Take: Uddhav's Waze Headache

Will the Vaze arrest destabilise Uddhav Thackeray's coalition government...

Dom's Take: Who let the GUARD down?

The pandemic appeared on the decline in India a few weeks ago. What caused...

Dom's Take: It's the season for 'FREEBIES'

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the freebies promised during Election 2021.

Dom's Take: Beware the WOUNDED Tigress!

Dominic Xavier offers his take on Mamatadi's injuries and its likely impact...

Dom's Take: What's in a name, NaMo?

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the renaming of the Sardar Vallabhbhai...

Dom's Take: Is India facing a second wave?

Is India seeing a second wave of COVID-19 infections, asks Dominic Xavier.

Dom's Take: And one more Congress govt falls

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the fall of the sole Congress government in...

Dom's Take: And the CBI enters the scene...

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the latest episode in the BJP's Mission...

Dom's Take: Whatever happened to #BetiBachao?

Dominic Xavier is shocked by the Unnao tragedy where two Dalit girls were...

Dom's Take: Justice Served

Dominic Xavier feels happy for Priya Ramani and asserts the time has come for...

Dom's Take: Toolkit & the SUPPRESSION of Dissent

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the shocking trend of arresting young...

Dom's Take: Disha a THREAT to the nation?!

Dominic Xavier offers his take on Disha's shocking arrest and wonders how the...

Dom's Take: GoI vs Twitter

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the ongoing tussle between the Indian...

Dom's Take: On Hope and A Prayer

Dominic Xavier salutes the multi-agency teams engaged in heroic rescue...

Dom's Take: Don't Poke Your Nose!

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the drama that took centrestage after...

Dom's Take: No Country for Journalists

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the issue and wonders why the government...

Dom's Take: Farmers' Dilemma: Protest or Produce?

After the violence in the capital on Tuesday, Dominic Xavier wonders if the...

Dom's Take: Happy Republic Day

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the protesting farmers' tractor parade on...

Dom's Take: BJP's Mission (Im)Possible

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the titanic tussle between the BJP...

Dom's Take: What do we do about the Chinese?

Dominic Xavier is puzzled by the government's reluctance to take on the...

Dom's Take: In Joe, Kamala we trust

Dominic Xavier congratulates President Biden and Vice President Harris and...

Dom's Take: Arnab, in soup yet again!

Dominic Xavier offers his take on 'Chatgate' and wonders how Arnab Goswami,...

Dom's Take: India, here comes the vaccine!

Dominic Xavier salutes every single person involved in making this miracle...

Dom's Take: Will the Impasse End?

Dominic Xavier wonders if the rulers in Delhi will see the light, address the...

Dom's Take: The Vaccine Dilemma

Dominic Xavier ponders the Vaccine Dilemma: Should he take the shot or not?

Dom's Take: No State for Women?

Dominic Xavier wonders if such cruel and heinous crimes against women will...

Dom's Take: March for Justice

Dominic Xavier asks when the Modi Sarkar will heed the plight of the...

Dom's Take: Who will be R-Day chief guest?

So who will be the chief guest at this year's parade on Rajpath (no, it ain't...

Dom's Take: The Trust Deficit

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the breakdown of trust between the Narendra...

Dom's Take: Hathras: Forget Her Not

Dominic Xavier remembers the Hathras victim and hopes that the perpetrators...