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Being pro-choice
The senate in the state of Washington today passed a legislation that clears the way for gay marriages in the state. This makes WA the...
Vinay Payyapilly
Feb 2, 20122 min read
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Why Shah Rukh Khan will never be Amitabh Bachchan
Over the last decade Shah Rukh Khan has done his best to be the next Big B in the honeycomb called Bollywood. He isn’t the first to try...
Vinay Payyapilly
Jan 27, 20123 min read
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Shirking Responsibility
Like many of the people in India, I was impressed and carried away by the Anna Hazare movement against corruption – for the first two...
Vinay Payyapilly
Sep 28, 20112 min read
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Chasing Ephemeral Dreams
This week saw London burn under rioting from her youth going on rampage. In a world connected by television, the images of young children...
Vinay Payyapilly
Aug 13, 20113 min read
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Shame! Shame! Shame!
M. F. Hussain is no more. The news trickled out on Twitter and then flooded the news channels. Unfortunately, the next few days will not...
Vinay Payyapilly
Jun 9, 20113 min read
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From Happy Holidays to Spring Spheres
Here we go again, pandering to imaginary demons. A school in Seattle Washington will allow the distribution of Easter Eggs provided they...
Vinay Payyapilly
Apr 21, 20112 min read
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Why I Cannot Support Anna Hazare
These are exciting times. What started as a agitation in Turkey has spread like wildfire and today reached India. As a lover of freedom...
Vinay Payyapilly
Apr 7, 20113 min read
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The War for Womanhood
Even before we began to keep track of events woman has been treated as an object to be possessed and displayed, rather than an equal with...
Vinay Payyapilly
Mar 9, 20113 min read
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A New Species?
Last year BBC’s Open Book show had Salman Rushdie as a guest and something he said on the show struck me. “We are increasingly becoming...
Vinay Payyapilly
Jan 17, 20112 min read
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Demeaning Achievement
Vote for your hero – http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/. This is a CNN initiative to recognize people who have been making a...
Vinay Payyapilly
Oct 22, 20101 min read
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A View of the Ayodhya Verdict
For long now the Indian courts have stood tall ensuring that the rights of the people are protected even as institution after institution...
Vinay Payyapilly
Oct 4, 20102 min read
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State of the Nation
Andhra Pradesh – Telangana Arunachal Pradesh – Chinese claims Assam – BODO and ULFA militancy Bihar – Need I say anything? Chattisgarh –...
Vinay Payyapilly
Sep 6, 20101 min read
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The Rotting of Sport – II
My previous article The Rotting of Sport got me thinking and searching. The results were surprising. First, I went to my trusted...
Vinay Payyapilly
Jul 26, 20101 min read
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The Rotting of Sport
From the times of the Romans sport has been an activity where man lived by a code which was almost impossible to live life by. The code...
Vinay Payyapilly
Jul 26, 20101 min read
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Liberty, Equality and Fraternity Lost
France, once the cradle of modern democracy and freedom, today took a long, serious step back into the medieval ages. 339-1 was the vote...
Vinay Payyapilly
Jul 14, 20102 min read
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Missing the forest for the trees
Classic example – http://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloids/motorists-use-bluetooth-stereos-escape-cops-601 Truly, the question is not...
Vinay Payyapilly
Jun 1, 20101 min read
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A Tale of Two Books
Once in a while a rare event happens – I am moved enough to write about a book or movie that I watched. Once, long ago, I tried...
Vinay Payyapilly
Apr 22, 20102 min read
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Thank you Chetan Bhagat
His books are breezy. The English is actually Hinglish, Tinglish, and many other variants. He doesn’t write about superheroes, he just...
Vinay Payyapilly
Apr 22, 20101 min read
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April 7, 2010
Today’s newspaper is easily the gloomiest I have seen in a long time. The main headlines read as follows – Maoists kill 76 in savage...
Vinay Payyapilly
Apr 8, 20103 min read
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Amarajeevi Potti Sreeramalu
October 1, November 14, October 31, November 19….. Any fifth grader will tell you the significance of these dates to India. October 1,...
Vinay Payyapilly
Apr 5, 20102 min read
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