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Dominic Xavier

Chief Designer Dominic Xavier breathes life into stories with his illustrations. You can e-mail the author at dominicx@rediff.co.in

Stories by Dominic Xavier

Dom's Take: Shy of The Tiger

Dom's Take: Shy of The Tiger

Rediff.com   29 Jul 2020

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the BJP's Tiger dilemma -- boast of India's success in enlarging the tiger population on the planet and airbrush the 'Tiger of Mysore's presence out of Karnataka history.

Dom's Take: Will IPL 2020 kickstart our economy?

Dom's Take: Will IPL 2020 kickstart our economy?

Rediff.com   28 Jul 2020

Dominic Xavier asks if the IPL -- to be held in the UAE from September to November -- will provoke Indian consumer demand and stir the economy out of its current somnolence.

Dom's Take: What will Modi do?

Dom's Take: What will Modi do?

Rediff.com   27 Jul 2020

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the prime minister's unenviable dual tasks -- drive the Chinese out of Ladakh without a shot being fired and flattening the coronavirus curve before India overtakes Brazil and the US as the worst affected COVID-19 country in the world.

Dom's Take: This is how we treat COVID-19 patients!

Dom's Take: This is how we treat COVID-19 patients!

Rediff.com   24 Jul 2020

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the way Indians behave towards COVID-19 positive patients.

Dom's Take: A Hope and a Prayer for the Vaccine

Dom's Take: A Hope and a Prayer for the Vaccine

Rediff.com   23 Jul 2020

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in India as the citizens can hope and pray for the miracle of an early vaccine.

Dom's Take: Wild Wild UP

Dom's Take: Wild Wild UP

Rediff.com   22 Jul 2020

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the law and order situation in UP.

Dom's Take: Rafales are Coming! Rafales Are Coming!

Dom's Take: Rafales are Coming! Rafales Are Coming!

Rediff.com   21 Jul 2020

The Made in France Rafales are clearly not the best advertisement for Modi's Atmanirbhar agenda, but as long as none of its parts have Made in China embossed on them, we guess it is chaal se as the Amadavadis would say.

Dom's Take: The real floor test for Modi

Dom's Take: The real floor test for Modi

Rediff.com   20 Jul 2020

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the challenges confronting the Modi government.

Dom's Take: Where will Pilot land?

Dom's Take: Where will Pilot land?

Rediff.com   17 Jul 2020

Dominic Xavier offers his take on how Sachin Pilot is keeping everyone guessing about his future move.

Dom's Take: Why doesn't Pakistan set Kulbhushan Jadhav free?

Dom's Take: Why doesn't Pakistan set Kulbhushan Jadhav free?

Rediff.com   16 Jul 2020

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the latest Pakistani gambit in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case.

Dom's Take: Trump's latest flip flop

Dom's Take: Trump's latest flip flop

Rediff.com   15 Jul 2020

Why did the Trump administration perform a back flip on Tuesday and cancel its order on foreign students?

Dom's Take: An Unexpected Crash

Dom's Take: An Unexpected Crash

Rediff.com   14 Jul 2020

Dominic Xavier offers his take on Sachin Pilot's ejection as Rajasthan deputy chief minister.

Dom's Take: Rajasthan's Battle Royale

Dom's Take: Rajasthan's Battle Royale

Rediff.com   13 Jul 2020

Who will win in the end? The Dashing Pilot or the elderly warhorse?

Dom's Take: A Strange Arrest. A Stranger Death

Dom's Take: A Strange Arrest. A Stranger Death

Rediff.com   10 Jul 2020

Dominic Xavier offers his take on Vikas Dubey's arrest and death.

Dom's Take: Modi and the migrants

Dom's Take: Modi and the migrants

Rediff.com   30 May 2020

All the real and imagined achievements of the Modi government's first year in power during its second term in power has been dwarfed by the worst human crisis India has seen in 70 years.

Dom's Take: The Migrant Marathon

Dom's Take: The Migrant Marathon

Rediff.com   23 May 2020

Dominic Xavier's take on the horrific hardships millions of migrants have endured in a humanitarian crisis not seen since Partition.

Dom's Dhamaka: Our politicians are never ready!

Dom's Dhamaka: Our politicians are never ready!

Rediff.com   21 May 2020

Dominic Xavier offers his view on politicians and the pandemic.

Must See: How India has changed since March 25

Must See: How India has changed since March 25

Rediff.com   15 May 2020

Home quarantine, boredom and the lack of your favourite foods are just some of the smaller problems people are facing during the lockdown.

7 ways our lives changed in 2020

7 ways our lives changed in 2020

Rediff.com   10 Apr 2020

Seven things already different about our everyday life in 2020.

Up your work-from-home style quotient!

Up your work-from-home style quotient!

Rediff.com   27 Mar 2020

The coronavirus outbreak is changing the way we dress to work... ermmm... from home.