My mainstream media columns… (Till 2013)

2013: Annus horribilis for Indian mainstream media
30 December, 2013, Sify.com

Why we’re all going crazy over Tejpal
01 December, 2013, Sify.com

Tehelka scandal in a montage of quotes
30 November, 2013, Sify.com

Why the idea of Tehelka is dead and buried
28 November, 2013, Sify.com

7 deadly sins of Tehelka
25 November, 2013, Sify.com

How a sexual predator messes up the entire office
24 November, 2013, Sify.com

8 questions over the Tehelka sex scandal
22 November, 2013, Sify.com

Tehelka as a metaphor for what’s wrong
21 November, 2013, Sify.com

Indian newspapers artificially propped up
06 November, 2013, Sify.com

Political analysis failing since 1999
18 September, 2013, Sify.com

The truths our editors hide
20 August, 2013, Sify.com

MSM guidelines I seem to have missed…
18 July, 2013, Sify.com

TV news media: Modi’s biggest friend!
24 October, 2012

How to launch an Indian news channel…
08 October, 2012, Sify.com

2011: A scary year for media and social media
22 December, 2011, Sify.com

10 reasons why the Indian media is like that only…
25 November, 2011, Sify.com

The year VVIP privacy was finally breached
29 December, 2010, Sify.com

The year Indian media lost its virginity
24 December, 2010, Sify.com

But why are you surprised over the Radia Tapes?
26 November, 2010, Sify.com

Columns on the Nehru-Gandhi Dynasty (Till 2013)

6 mistakes of Mahatma Gandhi
Netaji, Nehru, Kashmir…
15 November, 2013, Sify.com

30 rebels against the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty
From Netaji to JP to Jagan…
06 November, 2013, Sify.com

7 leaders who could have shut out the dynasty
From Netaji to Rao…
30 October, 2013, Sify.com

How Nehru cultivated the cult of the dictator
The nation has adopted his personality
30 July, 2013, Sify.com

Rahul the PM: Not just a tragedy, but a farce
He just doesn’t stand up to Modi
28 January, 2013, Sify.com

Open letter to Rahul Gandhi
Or how his Chintan Shivir speech was a dud
25 January, 2013, Sify.com

The Nehru-Gandhi dynasty: Fated to rule India
They always come back no matter what
23 January, 2013, Sify.com

Rahul Gandhi disappoints yet again
He is always “Coming soon”
16 November, 2012

What is wrong with Rahul Gandhi?
He keeps making strange statements
5 November, 2012

10 questions I’m dying to ask Sonia Gandhi
She gets away with everything
31 October, 2012

8 masterstrokes of Sonia Gandhi
She’s had a good run from 2004-12
02 July, 2012, Sify.com

25 things (or less) Sify Columns (Till 2013)

10 random wishes for 2014
31 December, 2013, Sify.com

7 myths about Arvind Kejriwal
31 December, 2013, Sify.com

11 lessons learned from Dhoom 3
30 December, 2013, Sify.com

10 sound bites of 2013…
27 December, 2013, Sify.com

Six Devyani conspiracy theories…
24 December, 2013, Sify.com

5 changes since the 2012 anti-rape agitation
17 December, 2013, Sify.com

Five lessons from Kejriwal’s stunning debut
09 December, 2013, Sify.com

7 deadly sins of Tehelka
25 November, 2013, Sify.com

7 failures of Sachin Tendulkar
22 November, 2013, Sify.com

8 questions over the Tehelka sex scandal
22 November, 2013, Sify.com

6 mistakes of Mahatma Gandhi
15 November, 2013, Sify.com

8 coincidences and ironies of Indian cricket
20 August, 2013, Sify.com

8 things wrong with the BCCI…
02 August, 2013, Sify.com

10 reasons why people are scared of Modi…
24 July, 2013, Sify.com

7 reasons why Dhoni is a great leader
12 July, 2013, Sify.com

10 question marks over the food bill
07 July, 2013, Sify.com

7 surprises of the Champions Trophy
18 June, 2013, Sify.com

8 professions still open to the match fixers
3 June, 2013, Sify.com

7 battles better than Modi vs Rahul
4 June, 2013, Sify.com

6 ways to reduce match-fixing
30 May, 2013, Sify.com

7 things that will hold the BJP back
23 May, 2013, Sify.com

Top 3 controversies of every IPL
21 May, 2013, Sify.com

10 things that will bring the Congress down in 2014
21 May, 2013, Sify.com

10 Dravid achievements that got eclipsed
19 May, 2013, Sify.com

10 ugly truths about match-fixing…
17 May, 2013, Sify.com

14 guffaws, misses, failures of Sushilkumar Shinde
14 March, 2013, Sify.com

9 targets of Subramanian Swamy
21 February, 2013, Sify.com

8 demands of the anti-rape protestors
30 December, 2012, Sify.com

8 things that Modi has triumphed against…
22 December, 2012, Sify.com

6 factors that promote violence against women
19 December, 2012, Sify.com

Ten sound bites of 2012
18 December, 2012, Sify.com

8 reasons why India can’t be a superpower
11 December, 2012, Sify.com

7 things you may not know about the No.1 Test team
7 December, 2012, Sify.com

7 flop shows of Mamata Banerjee
22 November, 2012

8 questions about the Kasab hanging
22 November, 2012

8 reasons why people admired Bal Thackeray
19 November, 2012

Eight failures of Bal Thackeray
18 November, 2012

10 questions I’m dying to ask Sonia Gandhi
31 October, 2012

8 quick fixes Indian cricket needs
17 October, 2012, Sify.com

7 lows of the Salman Khurshid press conference…
14 October, 2012, Sify.com

7 contradictions of the global blasphemy protests
28 September, 2012, Sify.com

8 masterstrokes of Sonia Gandhi
02 July, 2012, Sify.com

6 disadvantages of the IPL
02 May, 2012, Sify.com

3 fixes the IPL needs…
04 April, 2012, Sify.com

7 reasons why we are crazy about cricket
27 March, 2012, Sify.com

8 question marks for Sachin’s all-time great status
19 March, 2012, Sify.com

10 great fight backs since 2000
04 March, 2012, Sify.com

8 suggestions to improve Tests
07 February, 2012, Sify.com

10 contradictions of the Salman Rushdie controversy
27 January 2012, Sify.com

10 Indian sporting wishes for 2012
09 January 2012, Sify.com

Ten beginnings of 2011
08 January 2012, Sify.com

10 improbable (but possible) things that could happen in 2012
04 January 2012, Sify.com

Nine random wishes for 2012
02 January 2012, Sify.com

9 scares of 2011
01 January 2012, Sify.com

12 misses of 2011
31 December, 2011, Sify.com

7 reasons why general elections could take place in 2012
16 December, 2011, Sify.com

10 things that took a real beating in 2011…
13 December, 2011, Sify.com

10 reasons why the Indian media is like that only…
25 November, 2011, Sify.com

5 sportsmen for the Bharat Ratna
11 October, 2011, Sify.com

Six things I still like about the IPL…
29 April, 2010, Sify.com