We blame only the politicians. Everyone else -- the corporations, the consumers, the military, the judiciary, the entertainment industry -- gets a free pass.
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Haider is at once the strongest and weakest of Vishal Bhardwaj’s Shakespeare adaptations. It doesn’t help illuminate Hamlet for us, but it does serve to shed some light over Kashmir.
BY Umair Ahmed Muhajir 5 October 2014
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Yes, Gangs of Wasseypur is clearly the best film of the year so far, despite its second half that evades genuine boldness and manages to disappoint after the promise of the fantastic first
BY Umair Ahmed Muhajir 13 July 2012
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Scattered thoughts on the Samajwadi Party’s win in Uttar Pradesh (the best performance by a single party in that state since 1985; the previous contemporary benchmark was set by the BSP in 2007)
BY Umair Ahmed Muhajir 6 March 2012
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There is a general consensus that the army is not only special, but that it is important that it continue to be seen as special by the public at large
BY Umair Ahmed Muhajir 8 November 2010
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Enough talk about talks. It is time the people of India and Pakistan learned to listen to each other. Peace, with or without quotation marks, cannot be achieved by talking past each other.
BY Umair Ahmed Muhajir 2 March 2010
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Since the 2009 polls, there's been lot of talk that the politics of caste, religion and regionalism is outdated. But let’s not kid ourselves about the “new” focus on governance and “development”.
BY Umair Ahmed Muhajir 18 January 2010
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So Gujarat has enacted legislation making voting compulsory in local body polls. 'Defaulter voters' will face consequences. As the Stalinists used to say, punishment is necessary...
BY Umair Ahmed Muhajir 19 December 2009
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The film industry has changed, pitching its wares to an ever-narrower (and wealthier) group of people, excluding entire demographics and social groups that, until quite recently, constituted a staple of its audience.
BY Umair Ahmed Muhajir 26 November 2009
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Democracy threatens to become our morphine, dulling our sensitivity to the world around us. Add to that another catch-word: “Development” - the one being used for framing the current debate over Maoism.
BY Umair Ahmed Muhajir 2 November 2009
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