Tejaswi Rathore's blog from IBNLive.com http://www.ibnlive.com/index.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:58:27 +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/tejaswirathore/192/52981/the-madness-called-media.html Irresponsible is no longer enough to describe the way media handled the Mumbai mayhem. But hold on the madness is not over yet. What I am shocked at is the editor@ibnlive.com Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:48:01 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/tejaswirathore/192/52907/terror-strike-an-appeal.html It was just another evening out with friends. My phone rings. Mom calling. It's her regular call to check whether I am home safely. NO. This one is a panic editor@ibnlive.com Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:21:10 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/tejaswirathore/192/2505/maryada-puroshottam-shri-ram.html As far as I can look back in the Indian political history, Ram has been a predominant political ace. Pre-independence he was used to fuel the two-nation theory. Post that, editor@ibnlive.com Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:45:04 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/tejaswirathore/192/2504/maryada-puroshottam-shri-ram.html As far as I can look back in the Indian political history, Ram has been a predominant political ace. Pre-independence he was used to fuel the two-nation theory. Post that, editor@ibnlive.com Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:12:00 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/tejaswirathore/192/2252/rain-and-the-blame-game.html Just as sawan dawns according to the hindu calendar, monsoon decided to come in letter and spirit. Battling the heat and humidity delhites loved the sight of the slate sky. editor@ibnlive.com Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:00:38 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/tejaswirathore/192/2241/rain-and-the-blame-game.html Just as sawan dawns according to the hindu calendar, monsoon decided to come in letter and spirit. Battling the heat and humidity delhites loved the sight of the slate sky. editor@ibnlive.com Tue, 07 Aug 2007 06:03:36 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/tejaswirathore/192/1762/desert-storm.html Being a native of Rajasthan, I make numerous weekend trips to the pink city. Wrap work early on the weekend, throw denim and two tops in a handbag and my editor@ibnlive.com Fri, 01 Jun 2007 12:21:04 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/tejaswirathore/192/1751/and-juliet-is-dead.html Another Juliet is dead... And a love story is born. The chapters are written in red... From the ink of my tears and blood, ...the heart so brutally torn! editor@ibnlive.com Wed, 09 May 2007 05:03:38 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/tejaswirathore/192/1147/the-verdict.html As I write this article, I don't know if Mohd Afzal Guru will be hanged or not on 20th October. But at this moment, I certainly hang my head in editor@ibnlive.com Mon, 16 Oct 2006 11:47:33 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/tejaswirathore/192/83/olive-ashes.html "... he's a jolly good fellow, he's a jolly good fellow... he's a jolly good fellow so say all of us..." Normally these are the words and tunes to editor@ibnlive.com Tue, 25 Jul 2006 08:50:03 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/tejaswirathore/192/82/the-peoples-army.html A six-year-old boy falls in a 58 feet deep pit. As he looks up at us through the CCTV camera, his eyes are full of fear... hope... and despair. editor@ibnlive.com Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:38:21 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/tejaswirathore/192/80/the-peoples-army.html A six-year-old boy falls in a 58 feet deep pit. As he looks up at us through the CCTV camera, his eyes are full of fear... hope... and despair. editor@ibnlive.com Mon, 24 Jul 2006 09:34:14 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/tejaswirathore/192/1139/the-civilian-crisis.html Delhi, Baghdad, Mumbai, Gaza, Varanasi, London, Beirut, Srinagar, New York, Madrid, Bali, Colombo, Kabul... no this is not a list of random cities across the world. Neither are these cities editor@ibnlive.com Wed, 19 Jul 2006 01:41:08 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/tejaswirathore/192/1130/dry-memories-flooded-future.html There were only a few people on the usually crowed Connuaght place. The reason for the thinning crowd was the unexpected rain. Dark and menacing clouds had come out of editor@ibnlive.com Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:53:11 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/tejaswirathore/192/145/sita-a-feminine-history.html Once you have read this write up, many of you will accuse me of being anti-women's liberation... the 'bra burning feminists' may want to burn me down... and the 'color editor@ibnlive.com Sat, 20 May 2006 02:58:30 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/tejaswirathore/192/201/a-suicidal-divide.html Skyrocketing is no longer enough to describe the salaries of top 'B' school graduates. But I'd leave it to that till oxford comes up with a better replacement of the editor@ibnlive.com Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:19:59 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/tejaswirathore/192/199/when-i-first-met-mahatma.html Tonight while watching "Face The Nation", I was forced to recall, "When was it that I first met Mahatma?" The question thrown at me was "Are Gandhian ways of editor@ibnlive.com Wed, 05 Apr 2006 08:48:18 +0530