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Vijay Narayanan on June 17th, 2006

Headlines Today should immediately be conferred with India’s silliest news channel award. While every other news channel is analysing Argentina’s rout of Serbia & Montenegro, and van Persie’s wonderstrike against Ivory Coast, HT sent one of its reporters to spend time with a tarot expert.The tarot woman was so much fun. Reporter: “What does the [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on June 5th, 2006

Practitioners of the medical profession are supposed to take an oath – the Hippocratic Oath – so named because it is believed to have been written by Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine according to the Greeks. It begins thus: I swear by Apollo the physician, by Æsculapius, Hygeia, and Panacea, and I take to witness [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on May 11th, 2006

As the counting progresses, it seems evident that the DMK alliance is going to form the next government. However, the guys at Rediff.com, definitely over-enthusiastic I’m sure, are showing a surplus number os seats for the alliance. Check this out!

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Vijay Narayanan on May 7th, 2006

CNN-IBN’s Battle for Tamil Nadu was probably the best election show by a “northern” news channel on tomorrow’s elections. Perhaps I’m supporting the show because it was shot in the lawns of my alma mater, but really it was much better than NDTV’s show hosted by Barkha Dutt – the latter was simply too distant [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on May 2nd, 2006

(a fictitious glance at burning election issues in future elections) Chennai, c. 2011 AD – In a bid to garner the attention of the youth of the State, the main opposition party has announced, as part of its election manifesto, a new allowance called GilMA – Girlfriend Maintenance Allowance. When asked, party sources informed this [...]

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