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Sashi Kumar

Perceptions and verdicts

Sashi Kumar

The fiction of nonfiction

Sashi Kumar

Where is the mind without fear?

Unmediated

Mahabali in the time of Baahubali

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A. Amirthalingam, Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) leader. A moderate and a friend of India who was treacherously murdered by LTTE.

Deja vu in Colombo

On the scam trail

In this photograph taken on April 26, 2017, Indian television journalist Arnab Goswami poses during an interview with AFP in Mumbai. Arnab Goswami, India's most brash and controversial TV news anchor, renowned for his hectoring style on air, is about to launch a new channel and he's unapologetic about what viewers should expect. 'I'm patriotic and nationalistic and so will the channel be,' the 43-year-old tells AFP, in a mellow tone drastically different from his manner on-screen where he regularly shouts at guests. / AFP PHOTO / Sujit JAISWAL / To go with India-media-television-Goswami,INTERVIEW by Peter Hutchison

Arnab’s Republic

Indian Bollywood playback singer Sonu Nigam holds a press conference before shaving his head in Mumbai on April 19, 2017. Nigam shaved his head and insisted he was not 'anti-Muslim' after a series of controversial tweets over loudspeakers in morning prayers at mosques. / AFP PHOTO / -

No news is bad news

Thiruvanathapuram: Woman journalists protesting against Mangalam TV in Thiruvanathapuram on Friday over the telecast of a sexually explicit conversation allegedly between former Kerala transport minister A K Saseendran and a woman. PTI Photo (PTI3_31_2017_00126B)

The sting and the stung

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Born to blush unseen

In this Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017 photo, President Donald Trump pauses while speaking during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Post-Trump press-pective

CHENNAI TAMILNADU 05/06/2016 Sadhguru to Launch 2016 International Day of Yoga celebrations at Ymca Grounds Royapettah chennai on sunday PHOTO L_SRINIVASAN சென்னை: தமிழ்நாடு: 05-06-2016: யோகா தினத்தையொட்டி, சென்னை ஒய்.எம்.சி.ஏ.மைதானத்தில் நடைபெற்ற நிகழ்ச்சியில் ஈஷா யோகா மைய நிறுவனர் சத்குரு ஜக்கி வாசுதேவ் தலைமையில் சென்னை மக்களுக்கு இலவச யோகா பயிற்சி அளிக்கும் தொடக்கவிழா நடைபெற்றது. இதில் கலந்து கொண்ட சத்குரு ஜக்கி வாசுதேவ். படம்.எல்.சீனிவாசன்.

New Age gurudom

It is one hell of a spiritual sell.
Sashi Kumar

The tyranny of populism

Bangalore : Karnataka , 29/11/2012 . Tamilnadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa addressing the media after coming out of a meeting on Cauvery water issue with Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar in Bangalore on 29th November 2012 . Photo : K . Bhagya Prakash

Anecdotal recaps

Nationalism cannot be a TV season

CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, 01/10/2016: A sadhu seen near Apollo Hospitals where police personnel stand guard in Chennai on October 1, 2016. The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa is receiving treatment at Apollo for infection. Photo: M. Karunakaran

When rumour has it

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