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Hom Hindi bolta
The CPI(M) leaders from West Bengal pride themselves on their command over the Queen’s English compared to the rest of the plebs in Parliament. But of late, they have started making special efforts to speak in Hindi both in Parliament and outside.

   
Earlier Columns
 

Quiet coup, April 21, 2002
Reassessing Hindutva, April 15, 2002
The Atal Shuttle, April 14, 2002
The bubble bursts, April 7, 2002
VRS bait for Vajpayee, March 31, 2002
Duplicate snub, March 24, 2002
Old wine, new bottle, March 17, 2002
State under siege, March 11, 2002
The enemy within, March 10, 2002
Nursing old slights?, March 3, 2002
Turf war, February 24, 2002
Unequal in death, February 10, 2002
Missed photo op, February 3, 2002
At the altar of tokenism, January 30, 2002
Grave Error, January 20, 2002
Governing policy, January 13, 2002
Blow hot, blow cold, January 6, 2002
Goofing-up again, December 23, 2001
Third eye wide shut, December 16, 2001
Disappearing stones, December 9, 2001
The WIMA windfall, December 7, 2001
PMO’s goof ups, December 2, 2001
Vacant top slot, November 25, 2001
Penny wise, pound foolish, November 18, 2001
Art of matter, November 11, 2001
Peevish PMO, November 4, 2001
Beating the numbers, October 28, 2001
Home truths, October 21, 2001
Tough decision, October 14, 2001
Their war, not ours, October 12, 2001
Name dropping bahu, October 7, 2001
On whose side?, September 30, 2001
Janta’s mantra, September 23, 2001
Un-Gandhian act, September 16, 2001
Quid pro quo, September 2, 2001
Empire Struck, August 26, 2001
Eye on election, August 19, 2001
Ceaser’s wife, August 12, 2001
Threat perception, August 5, 2001
Crossed connection, July 29, 2001
Collective downward spiral, July 23, 2001
Tehelka Part-II, July 22, 2001
Who’s in charge?, July 15, 2001
Dance CM, dance, July 08, 2001
Royals outrank, July 01, 2001
Territorial conflict, June 24, 2001
CBSE’s horror story, June 20, 2001
Meddlesome media(ting), June 17, 2001
Still in exile, June 10, 2001
Snob value, June 03, 2001
A matter of judgement, May 31, 2001
Pull vs push, May 27, 2001
No plans to reply, May 20, 2001