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The Lines of India: Reddy, Get Set, Mine!

tanvi — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:12:00 +0000

Karnataka Tourism minister G Janardhan Reddy seems to be in a hole. His company – Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) – has been accused of illegal mining activities in Karnataka and across the border in Andhra.

The Lines of India: The Unfinished Koda Effect

tanvi — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:06:31 +0000

Jharkhand has the most transformed politicians. Financially transformed, that is. TOI shows incomes of politicians such as Koda, Enos Ekka increasing dramatically after joining politics.

The Lines of India: The Headley Trail

tanvi — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:13:34 +0000

American terror suspect David Coleman Headley is said to have visited the Osho Ashram in search of ‘soft targets’ in India. I know, this is a little mean. Ha!

The Lines of India: Crouching Obama, Leaping Dragon

tanvi — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:17:27 +0000

Obama seems to be appeasing China on many fronts on his latest visit to Beijing. Apparently, he reiterates that ‘Tibet is a part of China’, China should play an important role in monitoring Indo-Pak relationships, and that US & China ‘ties have never been more important to our collective future.’

Could this possibly have anything to do with the $800 billion dollars that China holds in US treasury bills?

A shift in global power – Enter the not-so hidding dragon, bye bye crouching US tiger.

The Lines of India – Nov 17, 09

tanvi — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:09:42 +0000

Second Edition of The Lines of India: The battle between Sachin Tendulkar and Bal Thackeray. Read the article from TOI below.

For those who haven’t read today’s newspaper, here’s the article straight from the Times of India.

MUMBAI/DELHI: Ageing Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray on Monday alienated himself from millions of Indians when he attacked the country’s icon and Maharashtra’s most loved son, Sachin Tendulkar, for saying that “Mumbai belonged to all Indians”. In an editorial in the Sena mouthpiece, Saamna, Thackeray, warned Sachin to “keep off the political pitch” for his own well-being. Or else, he would have “run out” from Marathi minds…. Read the rest at TOI.

The Lines of India

tanvi — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:48:03 +0000

Was reading The Times of India today – and came to realise how utterly boring the news is. And how much more interesting RK Laxman is. So here is my RK Laxman inspired first edition of The Lines of India. Can’t decide what to call it. Almost daily editions will be coming up from tomorrow- so watch out for this space!