UTTAM GHOSH, DOMINIC XAVIER

Stories by UTTAM GHOSH, DOMINIC XAVIER

Dom's Take: Ho! Mee Mukhyamantri!

Dom's Take: Ho! Mee Mukhyamantri!

Rediff.com   1 Jul 2022

Dominic Xavier offers his take on Eknath Shinde becoming Maharashtra's new chief minister.

Uttam's Take: E-D In Charge!

Uttam's Take: E-D In Charge!

Rediff.com   1 Jul 2022

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis -- 'ED', as Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera quipped, a jibe at the Enforcement Directorate filing cases against opponents of the BJP -- taking charge as Maharashtra's new chief minister and deputy chief minister on Thursday, June 30, 2022.

Dom's Take: Waah Mere Sher Shinde, Waah!

Dom's Take: Waah Mere Sher Shinde, Waah!

Rediff.com   30 Jun 2022

Dominic Xavier offers his take on Maharashtra's riveting political drama when ambitious Eknath Shinde dethroned the late Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray's son and political heir last night.

Uttam's Take: Which Is The Real Sena?

Uttam's Take: Which Is The Real Sena?

Rediff.com   28 Jun 2022

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the current upheaval in the Shiv Sena.

Dom's Take: KK, Where Will Love Be Without You?

Dom's Take: KK, Where Will Love Be Without You?

Rediff.com   1 Jun 2022

Dominic Xavier salutes KK -- the king of love ballads -- who passed suddenly into the ages after a concert in Kolkata on Tuesday night.

Dom's Take: Hardik, Gujarat Titans Rule!

Dom's Take: Hardik, Gujarat Titans Rule!

Rediff.com   30 May 2022

Dominic Xavier celebrates Hardik Pandya and Gujarat Titans's IPL 2022 triumph.

Dom's Take: Indian Aristocratic Service

Dom's Take: Indian Aristocratic Service

Rediff.com   27 May 2022

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the shunting of IAS couple Sanjeev Khirwar and Anu Dugga to Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh.

Uttam's Take: Sibal Finally Exits Congress

Uttam's Take: Sibal Finally Exits Congress

Rediff.com   27 May 2022

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Kapil Sibal's revelation that he quit the Congress, a party of which has been a member of for 30 years, last week.

Dom's Take: Will America's Senseless Murders Ever Stop?

Dom's Take: Will America's Senseless Murders Ever Stop?

Rediff.com   26 May 2022

Dominic Xavier mourns the 19 children and two teachers murdered in a classroom at a Texas school on Tuesday.

Summer Pics: The Many Moods of India

Summer Pics: The Many Moods of India

Rediff.com   19 May 2022

From Jhargram to Kanyakumari, Rediff.com's Uttam Ghosh shows us what summer feels like in most parts of the country.

Dom's Take: Will The Rajapaksas GO?

Dom's Take: Will The Rajapaksas GO?

Rediff.com   11 May 2022

Dominic Xavier wonders if the Rajapaksa brothers, who have dominated politics in Sri Lanka this century with their strong-arm methods, will be forced to exit the stage.

Uttam's Take: Waiting For The High Command

Uttam's Take: Waiting For The High Command

Rediff.com   10 May 2022

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on a strange regurgitation of history.

Uttam's Take: Speak Hindi Or Else...

Uttam's Take: Speak Hindi Or Else...

Rediff.com   4 May 2022

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Uttar Pradesh Minister Sanjay Nishad's comment that who don't speak Hindi should leave India.

Dom's Take: Arvind, Is That How You Sit?

Dom's Take: Arvind, Is That How You Sit?

Rediff.com   28 Apr 2022

Dominic Xavier offers his take on these quaint developments.

Dom's Take: What's Elon Musk Up To?

Dom's Take: What's Elon Musk Up To?

Rediff.com   26 Apr 2022

Dominic Xavier offers his take on Elon Musk's Twitter grab!

Dom's Take: Break In India

Dom's Take: Break In India

Rediff.com   21 Apr 2022

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the BJP governments -- whether in UP, MP or the municipality in the national capital -- to deploy bulldozers to raze the homes of individuals, who it suspects of being involved in riotous activities.

Dom's Take: Raj Thackeray's Relevance Mantra

Dom's Take: Raj Thackeray's Relevance Mantra

Rediff.com   20 Apr 2022

Dominic Xavier offers his take on Raj Thackeray's latest political ploy and wonders if this Thackeray versus Thackeray skit will help the BJP finally achieve its goal of ejecting the Maha Vikas Aghadi government from a state that has largely been insulated from the communal disharmony sweeping across parts of north India.

Uttam's Take: Is Aakar Patel A Flight Risk?

Uttam's Take: Is Aakar Patel A Flight Risk?

Rediff.com   11 Apr 2022

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on why writer Aakar Patel -- who is also chairman of the Amnesty International India board -- is being prevented from traveling abroad.

Uttam's Take: HUH? What Price Rise?

Uttam's Take: HUH? What Price Rise?

Rediff.com   7 Apr 2022

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the constant rise in the prices of commodities, but for the Modi government, alas!, other issues appear far more relevant

Dom's Take: The Dilemma Of Being Aakar Patel

Dom's Take: The Dilemma Of Being Aakar Patel

Rediff.com   6 Apr 2022

Dominic Xavier wonders whether the desi version of the Keystone Cops are in charge and if they take these terrifying, strange, decisions.