Columnists - The Times of India

JUGULAR VEIN/JUG SURAIYA
It's an everyday Delhi occurrence. A sudden bottleneck that results in a traffic pile-up. Road repairs? A VVIP cavalcade? An act of God? Even worse. And more inevitable. It's a police check post.

[ 12:00:08 AM Sunday, October 10, 2004 ]

Missed match

POLITICALLY INCORRECT/SHOBHAA DE
Poor Jane Austen. She must be turning somersaults in her grave at the vile and entirely vacuous interpretation of her classic, Pride and Prejudice, by Gurinder Chadha.

[ 12:00:38 AM Sunday, October 10, 2004 ]

Kush vs Berry

SWAMINOMICS/SWAMINATHAN S ANKLESARIA AIYAR
Most Indians hate George Bush's militarism in Iraq, and rooted for John Kerry in the US Presidential debates. Yet, despite major differences on whether the Iraq war was justified, the two have much in common on future action in Iraq.

[ 12:00:46 AM Sunday, October 10, 2004 ]

The Capitalist Yogi

INDIASPORA/CHIDANAND RAJGHATTA
Flags flew half-staff in New Mexico on Friday in honour of Yogi Bhajan, a Sikh spiritual leader who died on Wednesday.

[ 03:15:21 AM Saturday, October 09, 2004 , TIMES NEWS NETWORK ]

Can Chadha bend it like Bollywood?

EUROVISION/RASHMEE Z AHMED
It's been a full 48 hours since director Gurinder Chadha unleashed the considerable force of Aishwarya Rai's sea-view eyes on the world. And suddenly, now is a good time to talk about mail-order multiculturalism.

[ 04:15:24 AM Saturday, October 09, 2004 , TIMES NEWS NETWORK ]

Wanted: Commitment, passion, accountability

THE SPORTING LIFE/AYAZ MEMON
The Indian cricket board seems to be divided in ruinous factions, the Indian cricket team appears to be in a shambles, and it does not need an Aristotle to infer that there must be a co-relation between the two.

[ 10:54:20 PM Saturday, October 09, 2004 , TIMES NEWS NETWORK ]

Happy days are over again

BETWEEN THE LINES/BOBBILLI VIJAY KUMAR
If the first four days of the Bangalore Test are any indication, the Indian team can well forget challenging Australia's hegemony at the top of the cricket table.

[ 11:10:46 PM Saturday, October 09, 2004 , TIMES NEWS NETWORK ]

Post-9/11: Less desis for US univs

CHIDANAND RAJGHATTA
Projections indicate that foreign applications to graduate schools in the US is going to decline.

[ 06:34:12 AM Tuesday, October 05, 2004 , TIMES NEWS NETWORK ]

The breast is history

ERRATICA/BACHI KARKARIA
Pink papers, move over. In a swift and ruthless bid, the colour has been taken over by a body part which shares your obsession with figures. October has been globally designated breast cancer awareness month.

[ 12:00:04 AM Sunday, October 03, 2004 ]

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