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About Amit Varma
Amit Varma is a writer based in Mumbai. He worked in journalism for over a decade, and won the Bastiat Prize for Journalism in 2007. His bestselling novel, My Friend Sancho, was published in 2009. He is best known for his blog, India Uncut. His current project is a non-fiction book about the lack of personal and economic freedoms in post-Independence India.
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This is the 16th installment of The Rationalist, my column for the Times of India. Steven Pinker, in his book…
This is the 15th installment of The Rationalist, my column for the Times of India. It’s election season, and promises…
A slightly shorter version of this was published as the 14th installment of The Rationalist, my column for the Times…
This is the 88th installment of Rhyme and Reason, my occasional set of limericks for the Sunday Times of India…
This is the 13th installment of The Rationalist, my column for the Times of India. The late farmer leader Sharad…
20 October, 2007
The Understated Mr Modi
The line of the day comes from a news report on Narendra Modi abruptly terminating an interview by Karan Thapar because of questions about the Gujarat riots:
Before walking out, the firebrand leader said he never bothered to indulge in an image building exercise and argued that only two-three people have accused him of being prejudiced against Muslims.
Right. And only seven-eight people live in India.
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India’s Problem is Poverty, Not Inequality
This is the 16th installment of The Rationalist, my column for the Times of India. Steven Pinker, in his book…Here Is Why the Indian Voter Is Saddled With Bad Economics
This is the 15th installment of The Rationalist, my column for the Times of India. It’s election season, and promises…
This Video Hurts the Sentiments of Hindu’s [sic] Across the World
Sita Sings the Blues: The Greatest Break-Up Story Ever Told
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The Hard Edges of Modern Lives
Dev.D doesn't flinch from depicting the individual’s downward spiral
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#106 - Generalissimo 76
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9 across: Van Morrison classic from Moondance (7)
6 down: Order beginning with ‘A’ (12)
Bombastic Little Creep
Question by Amit Varma
This character’s creator described him as “insufferable”, and called him a “detestable, bombastic, tiresome, ego-centric little creep”. On August 6 1975, the New York Times carried his obituary, the only time it has thus honoured a fictional character. Who?