Anirudh Bhattacharyya's blog from IBNLive.com http://www.ibnlive.com/index.html Sun, 25 May 2008 19:54:35 +0100 IBNLive.com http://www.ibnlive.com/pix/common/ibnlogo.jpg http://www.ibnlive.com/index.html Feed provided by IBNLive. http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/anirudhbhattacharyya/17/50954/liberal-racism.html Most observers of American politics will expect the Democratic Party to have arrived at a post-racial modernity. After all, it is the party that espouses equality and racial justice, the editor@ibnlive.com Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:42:18 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/anirudhbhattacharyya/17/50463/john-mccain-wins-big.html During the winter of 2007 I spoke to several Republicans (as I did to Democrats) to gauge the mood within the party with regard to the US Presidential elections which editor@ibnlive.com Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:05:11 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/anirudhbhattacharyya/17/3630/the-great-american-tamasha.html The cycle for the US Presidential elections starts in January with the Iowa caucus. So, there we were in Des Moines, the State's capital on New Year's Day, 2008. It editor@ibnlive.com Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:14:04 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/anirudhbhattacharyya/17/1780/sir-salman-sounds-right.html I should begin this with a disclaimer: I'm a huge fan both of Salman Rushdie the author and Salman Rushdie the person. I applaud when his contribution to intellectual editor@ibnlive.com Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:40:53 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/anirudhbhattacharyya/17/1772/conflict-worse-confounded.html It's very possible you aren't aware of this story. The United Nations' Office of Internal Oversight Services is undertaking an investigation into apparent irregularities in its peacekeeping mission in the editor@ibnlive.com Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:28:22 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/anirudhbhattacharyya/17/1338/colours-of-racism.html Shilpa Shetty has emerged as an unlikely icon against discrimination and the United Kingdom is grappling with the issue of racism that persists there despite its large population of Indians. editor@ibnlive.com Fri, 09 Feb 2007 05:50:27 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/anirudhbhattacharyya/17/1023/the-season-for-weird-weather.html When you are really bored, you discuss the weather. But, over the last couple of years, this cliche has been upended, simply because the weather has become a fascinating topic editor@ibnlive.com Tue, 16 Jan 2007 02:12:25 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/anirudhbhattacharyya/17/1262/confessions-of-a-former-cricket-addict.html Let me admit: I was once a cricket junkie. I needed my regular 22-yard fix. No more. The last time I watched a live cricket match was in 2003. That editor@ibnlive.com Fri, 24 Nov 2006 04:16:44 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/anirudhbhattacharyya/17/1251/the-macaca-vote.html S R Sidarth deserves a medal from the Democratic Party. S R Sidarth who? Sidarth is the young volunteer who trailed Republican Senator from Virginia George Allen for the campaign editor@ibnlive.com Thu, 09 Nov 2006 10:08:21 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/anirudhbhattacharyya/17/49/all-terrorism-in-global-stupid.html When terrorists struck Mumbai's train system on July 11 this year, the reaction in the US media was predictable. It was virtually dismissed as a "local" attack, in the sense editor@ibnlive.com Sat, 26 Aug 2006 04:30:48 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/anirudhbhattacharyya/17/128/the-unclear-agenda.html The India-US nuclear deal still remains in limbo despite the Bush Administration's muscular support for the passage of the Bill in the US Congress. Actually, the posturing over the editor@ibnlive.com Thu, 08 Jun 2006 02:22:57 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/anirudhbhattacharyya/17/1/the-da-vinci-choice.html I won't be watching The Da Vinci Code when it releases in New York on Friday the 19th. There's a good reason for that: I'd hate to get stuck in editor@ibnlive.com Wed, 17 May 2006 07:26:33 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/anirudhbhattacharyya/17/290/reservations-then-and-now.html I started my career in journalism in August 1990. Just about then Vishwanath Pratap Singh, the Prime Minister, decided to implement the Mandal Commission recommendations. A cub reporter, I was editor@ibnlive.com Tue, 09 May 2006 05:00:03 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/anirudhbhattacharyya/17/995/bostons-india-pilgrims.html The last time I was in Boston was in 2004, when the Democratic National Convention was held there. That visit didn't start off auspiciously. Blame it on the Boston accent. editor@ibnlive.com Sat, 18 Mar 2006 03:49:28 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/anirudhbhattacharyya/17/1022/indians-in-la-la-land.html Just about a month ago, we were in Los Angeles for the Grammy awards. But, as the Oscars rolled around, there really wasn't the need to travel to LA to editor@ibnlive.com Tue, 07 Mar 2006 10:52:33 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/anirudhbhattacharyya/17/311/of-king-kong-and-kashmir.html 62? Why 62? No, that number isn't the answer to the ultimate question. It's just the floor where our office is located in the Empire State Building in New York. editor@ibnlive.com Wed, 01 Mar 2006 06:20:33 +0530