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Dominic Xavier

Chief Designer Dominic Xavier breathes life into stories with his illustrations. You can e-mail the author at dominicx@rediff.co.in

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Is Kerala Ready For Elections?

Is Kerala Ready For Elections?

Rediff.com24 Apr 2024

Dominic Xavier/ Rediff.com captures the election mood in and near the town of Shoranur in Kerala,

Now Neeraj Takes India To The Moon

Now Neeraj Takes India To The Moon

Rediff.com28 Aug 2023

Dominic Xavier congratulates Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra as he scripted history yet again on Sunday by becoming the first Indian to win a gold medal in the World Athletics Championships with a big throw of 88.17m in the men's javelin final in Budapest.

Dom's Take: What Will India Do Without Boom Boom?

Dom's Take: What Will India Do Without Boom Boom?

Rediff.com30 Sep 2022

Dominic Xavier offers his take on pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah missing the T20 World Cup because of a back stress fracture.

Dom's Take: Kaun Banega Congress Ka King?

Dom's Take: Kaun Banega Congress Ka King?

Rediff.com29 Sep 2022

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the flurry of candidatures for the Congress presidential poll now that frontrunner Ashok Gehlot seems out of the race.

Dom's Take: How Can Gehlot Be Congress Prez?

Dom's Take: How Can Gehlot Be Congress Prez?

Rediff.com26 Sep 2022

Dominic Xavier wonders how a rebel leader -- and clearly, Gehlot is one after Sunday's rebellion by his MLA supporters, no matter his assertions to the high command's emissaries that he has no links to the mutiny -- can now lead the national party which so badly needs the adhesive of unity and tender care.

Dom's Take: NDTV Within Adani's Grasp

Dom's Take: NDTV Within Adani's Grasp

Rediff.com24 Aug 2022

Dominic Xavier offers his take on Adani group's takeover bid of of NDTV, arguably the rare English and Hindi news television network that is not part of what has come to be known as the godi media.

Dom's Take: The Strange Case Of H C Gupta

Dom's Take: The Strange Case Of H C Gupta

Rediff.com22 Aug 2022

Will the Supreme Court take note of the case and ensure a respected civil servant is not punished for being in office at the wrong time?

Dom's Take: SHOCKING! Rape Accused Go Free

Dom's Take: SHOCKING! Rape Accused Go Free

Rediff.com18 Aug 2022

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the Gujarat government's decision to release all 11 convicts sentenced to life imprisonment for gang rape of Bilkis Bano and murder of seven members of her family during the 2002 Gujarat riots.

Dom's Take: When Will Such Atrocities End?

Dom's Take: When Will Such Atrocities End?

Rediff.com17 Aug 2022

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the gruesome incident at a school in Rajasthan's Jalore district where a nine-year-old Dalit boy died on Saturday, August 13, after he was allegedly beaten up by a teacher for touching a drinking water pot.

Dom's Take: What Rushdie Attack Means For Freedom

Dom's Take: What Rushdie Attack Means For Freedom

Rediff.com16 Aug 2022

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the murderous attack on Salman Rushdie in New York state last Friday.

Dom's Take: BJP Bowled In Bihar

Dom's Take: BJP Bowled In Bihar

Rediff.com10 Aug 2022

If Nitish is as shrewd a practitioner of realpolitik as he is billed to be, we'd like to see if he can do the unthinkable -- break up the BJP legislature party in Bihar.

Dom's Take: Whatever Happened To Respect For Elders?

Dom's Take: Whatever Happened To Respect For Elders?

Rediff.com30 Jul 2022

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the bitter face-off between the frail Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who will be 76 in December, and Union Minister Smriti Irani, 46, in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, July 28, 2022.

Dom's Take: India Looks To You Madam President

Dom's Take: India Looks To You Madam President

Rediff.com25 Jul 2022

Dominic Xavier hopes President Droupadi Murmu will be a vigilant guardian of the Constitution and that her term in office will see glory days for the Republic.

Dom's Take: The Kohli Dilemma

Dom's Take: The Kohli Dilemma

Rediff.com21 Jul 2022

Dominic Xavier offers his take on Indian cricket's Kohli Dilemma.

Dom's Take: GRRR! GST Is Coming For You

Dom's Take: GRRR! GST Is Coming For You

Rediff.com20 Jul 2022

Dominic Xavier offers his take in the recent changes in GST.

Dom's Take: Run Gota Run

Dom's Take: Run Gota Run

Rediff.com13 Jul 2022

Dominic Xavier offers his take on Gotabaya Rajapaksa's flight.

Dom's Take: Way To Acche Din?

Dom's Take: Way To Acche Din?

Rediff.com8 Jul 2022

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the third increase in the LPG rate since May and the fourth this year.

Dom's Take: Every Year In Mumbai

Dom's Take: Every Year In Mumbai

Rediff.com7 Jul 2022

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the city amidst the deluge.

Dom's Take: The Fight For Balasaheb's Mantle

Dom's Take: The Fight For Balasaheb's Mantle

Rediff.com4 Jul 2022

Eknath Shinde claims he is the true inheritor of Balasaheb Thackeray's political legacy, not the Shiv Sena founder's son Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray. Dominic Xavier wonders which way this battle to be declared the real Shiv Sena will end.

Dom's Take: Ho! Mee Mukhyamantri!

Dom's Take: Ho! Mee Mukhyamantri!

Rediff.com1 Jul 2022

Dominic Xavier offers his take on Eknath Shinde becoming Maharashtra's new chief minister.

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