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Dinesh C Sharma
About the AuthorDinesh C Sharma
The writer is a journalist, researcher and author based in New Delhi
    Blasphemy & the licence to killOpinion
    Blasphemy & the licence to kill

    “He said that truth is beauty And the other way round. But reading his verse constantly I have naggingly found...

    12 Aug 2016 11:54 PM IST

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    The booti of contention

    When does a story become a legend When time has tainted its message with lies When does a fantasy pass as a fact ...

    6 Aug 2016 1:23 AM IST

    Jiyo Parsi: How not to be extinctOpinion
    Jiyo Parsi: How not to be extinct

    “The hour arrives when parting from my friends I fall to brooding as my mood descends Into sobriety. What good is...

    30 July 2016 6:05 AM IST

    Dress undoeth the womanOpinion
    Dress undoeth the woman

    “‘I have nothing to confess,’ said the spider Confronting God Yama at the gate Then opening his jaws...

    23 July 2016 5:41 AM IST

    Post-Brexit ironies in Theresa’s BritainOpinion
    Post-Brexit ironies in Theresa’s Britain

    “My own song was silenced — Still-born. So I borrowed a verse from a poet — Read on: The heavens...

    15 July 2016 10:55 PM IST

    In 2003, was Blair doing his dutyOpinion
    In 2003, was Blair doing his duty

    “A woman without a man, they said Is a fish without a bike But a man without a woman Is that fish upon a...

    8 July 2016 11:19 PM IST

    Brexit hangover: Overt racismOpinion
    Brexit hangover: Overt racism

    There is no mischief in this lie This talk of love, of you and I They say all’s fair in love and war That war is...

    2 July 2016 12:06 AM IST

    Cameron’s successor will have to tackle messOpinion
    Cameron’s successor will have to tackle mess

    “The strangest things you’ve ever heard Like gospels of a virgin birth Or God writes books and heaven and...

    25 Jun 2016 6:24 AM IST

    Cultural mix isn’t a problemOpinion
    Cultural mix isn’t a problem

    “The sink of the bath sings, More melodious than a coel’s tweet; The steam of a cooking scrambled egg As...

    18 Jun 2016 7:07 AM IST

    Religion twist in Brexit debateOpinion
    Religion twist in Brexit debate

    “It takes a long time to make a story short They say that enough rope will cut a victim short There’s...

    10 Jun 2016 11:07 PM IST

    Clubs that take pride in prejudiceOpinion
    Clubs that take pride in prejudice

    “Though there be trials all along the way The goal is heaven, traveller do not stray The cup is but a metaphor...

    3 Jun 2016 11:46 PM IST

    Monuments need a facelift, tooOpinion
    Monuments need a facelift, too

    “I was not born to poesy My words are nothing to the crowd And yet I want to shout aloud These tangled thoughts of...

    27 May 2016 10:59 PM IST

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