Haima Deshpande
The Anna factor seems to have had no impact on voters, as the NCP emerges victorious
What Anna uttered, Parulekar wrote. So when Anna accused him of misusing the blog, he was stunned. Now, as he speaks to Haima Deshpande of Open, the writer has a singular objective: to clear his name and present the “whole truth”.
He endorses the RSS worldview while appealing to people who lie outside its fold
There is no better word for the claim that Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption movement is ‘apolitical’
The wave of recent popular uprisings, including our very own, are reminiscent of an ancient cathartic tradition. Some will remember it as the Dancing Mania
Dissent is a casualty at the Anna show where his rainbow coalition of supporters eats, drinks and makes protest before the camera
By misdirecting public anger against corruption, Anna’s aides are advocating contempt for the Constitution
How a team of strategists has been hard at work dipping into the past and playing the media to project Anna Hazare as the new Mahatma
At every step, senior Congress leaders have been outmanoeuvred by Anna’s aides