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Dom's Take: Will it be Common Man's Budget?

Dom's Take: Will it be Common Man's Budget?

Rediff.com27 Jan 2021

Dominic Xavier hopes Budget 2021-2022 will belong to the common man.

Dom's Take: Who will fill MSD's shoes?

Dom's Take: Who will fill MSD's shoes?

Rediff.com18 Aug 2020

As a glorious era ends, Dominic Xavier asks which cricketer can fill the huge void left by Dhoni's departure.

Dom's Take: End of the Dhoni Era

Dom's Take: End of the Dhoni Era

Rediff.com30 Dec 2020

Dominic Xavier salutes the cricketing legend.

Dom's Take: Let's shake TMC tree!

Dom's Take: Let's shake TMC tree!

Rediff.com18 Dec 2020

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the latest episode in the Bengal 2021 drama.

Dom's Take: Kangana's Comet

Dom's Take: Kangana's Comet

Rediff.com17 Sep 2020

Dominic Xavier mulls over the shooting star that is Kangana Amardeep Ranaut.

Dom's Take: Bollywood Avengers: Endgame?

Dom's Take: Bollywood Avengers: Endgame?

Rediff.com13 Oct 2020

Dominic Xavier wonders if the Bollywood Avengers will achieve the Endgame they are looking for.

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

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

Rediff.com28 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: The Strange Case Of H C Gupta

Dom's Take: The Strange Case Of H C Gupta

Rediff.com22 Aug 2022

Will the Supreme Court take note of the case and ensure a respected civil servant is not punished for being in office at the wrong time?

Dom's Take: Wild Wild UP

Dom's Take: Wild Wild UP

Rediff.com22 Jul 2020

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

Dom's Take: Raj Thackeray's Relevance Mantra

Dom's Take: Raj Thackeray's Relevance Mantra

Rediff.com20 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.

Dom's Take: NEP: MORE Teachers Please!

Dom's Take: NEP: MORE Teachers Please!

Rediff.com30 Jul 2020

Dominic Xavier says there is an urgent need to implement the NEP and quickly reduce the gap in the pupil-teacher ratio.

Dom's Take: CM Kejriwal ban gaya aam aadmi

Dom's Take: CM Kejriwal ban gaya aam aadmi

Rediff.com26 Mar 2021

Dominic Xavier offers his take on Parliament passing a bill equating the Delhi government with the lieutenant governor and not Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party elected government.

Dom's Take: Will Tatas get the Maharaja?

Dom's Take: Will Tatas get the Maharaja?

Rediff.com15 Dec 2020

The Maharaja was Air India's original symbol and Dominic Xavier is rooting for the airline to be snapped up by the Tatas and returned to its old glory.

Is Novak Djokovic The GOAT?

Is Novak Djokovic The GOAT?

Rediff.com14 Jan 2025

The unanswerable question, of course, is whether Djokovic is the GOAT. That's a complex issue over which fans will forever bicker, observes Kanika Datta.

Dom's Take: Who let the GUARD down?

Dom's Take: Who let the GUARD down?

Rediff.com16 Mar 2021

The pandemic appeared on the decline in India a few weeks ago. What caused the resurgence in infections? wonders Dominic Xavier.

Do You Know About The Battle Of Diu?

Do You Know About The Battle Of Diu?

Rediff.com3 Feb 2025

Why the Battle of Diu is as historic as the Battle of Trafalgar.

Dom's Take: Covid Surge? Poll show goes on!

Dom's Take: Covid Surge? Poll show goes on!

Rediff.com5 Apr 2021

Dominic Xavier hopes there won't be a COVID-19 surge in the states going to the polls since few of those attending election rallies wear masks or observe social distancing.

Dom's Take: Who will blink first? Govt or Farmers?

Dom's Take: Who will blink first? Govt or Farmers?

Rediff.com8 Dec 2020

Dominic Xavier asks who will blink first? The Modi Sarkar? Or the farmers?

Dom's Take: Is India facing a second wave?

Dom's Take: Is India facing a second wave?

Rediff.com24 Feb 2021

Is India seeing a second wave of COVID-19 infections, asks Dominic Xavier.

Dom's Take: What will Modi do?

Dom's Take: What will Modi do?

Rediff.com27 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: Atmanirbhar or Nirbhar Vaccine?

Dom's Take: Atmanirbhar or Nirbhar Vaccine?

Rediff.com25 Nov 2020

Dominic Xavier wonders if the PM will opt for the Indian-made COVID-19 vaccine for the sake of Atmanirbhar Bharat.

Dom's Take: Rawat's purani genes

Dom's Take: Rawat's purani genes

Rediff.com18 Mar 2021

Dominic Xavier wonders why politicians always seem to have a problem with the way our women dress

Dom's Take: That's why it's called God's Own Country

Dom's Take: That's why it's called God's Own Country

Rediff.com17 Dec 2020

With Malayalis immune to Modi's charms, the Pradhan Sevak must be quite unhappy today, surmises Dominic Xavier.

Dom's Take: Toolkit & the SUPPRESSION of Dissent

Dom's Take: Toolkit & the SUPPRESSION of Dissent

Rediff.com16 Feb 2021

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the shocking trend of arresting young activists who merely shared the toolkit on the farmers' protests.

Dom's Take: BJP's Mission (Im)Possible

Dom's Take: BJP's Mission (Im)Possible

Rediff.com25 Jan 2021

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the titanic tussle between the BJP commanders and their formidable political adversary who they have tried to weaken by desertions from her ranks.

Dom's Take: Don't Poke Your Nose!

Dom's Take: Don't Poke Your Nose!

Rediff.com4 Feb 2021

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the drama that took centrestage after Rihanna and Greta's tweets.

Dom's Take: Kab Milegi Vaccine!

Dom's Take: Kab Milegi Vaccine!

Rediff.com11 May 2021

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the vaccine crisis angering India's youth.

Dom's Take: The Art of Distraction

Dom's Take: The Art of Distraction

Rediff.com24 Sep 2020

Dominic Xavier is puzzled by the timing of the NCB summons to Bollywood's reigning empress.

Dom's Take: Who created Aarogya Setu?

Dom's Take: Who created Aarogya Setu?

Rediff.com29 Oct 2020

Dominic Xavier wonders why two government departments say they have no idea about who created the Aarogya Sethu app.

Dom's Take: And one more Congress govt falls

Dom's Take: And one more Congress govt falls

Rediff.com23 Feb 2021

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the fall of the sole Congress government in south India.

Dom's Take: Khushbu in Lotusland

Dom's Take: Khushbu in Lotusland

Rediff.com13 Oct 2020

Dominic Xavier wonders what led Khushbu to join the BJP.

Dom's Take: And the CBI enters the scene...

Dom's Take: And the CBI enters the scene...

Rediff.com22 Feb 2021

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the latest episode in the BJP's Mission Bengal.

Dom's Take: My heart bleeds for you, child

Dom's Take: My heart bleeds for you, child

Rediff.com2 Oct 2020

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the gruesome death of a Dalit teenager from Hathras in Uttar Pradesh.

Dom's Take: Will we get JOBS?

Dom's Take: Will we get JOBS?

Rediff.com1 Aug 2020

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the most pertinent question playing on the mind of every youngster -- will these sweeping changes being brought in the education system create better employment opportunity?

Dom's Take: Filthy Air, but Great Deals?

Dom's Take: Filthy Air, but Great Deals?

Rediff.com27 Oct 2020

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the 2+2 meeting and what it achieved.

Dom's Take: Death of An Actor

Dom's Take: Death of An Actor

Rediff.com29 Dec 2020

Dominic Xavier recalls the media mayhem unleashed after the actor took his life and the bizarre role central agencies continue to play in the case.

Dom's Take: Ranaut vs Raut

Dom's Take: Ranaut vs Raut

Rediff.com7 Sep 2020

Dominc Xavier wonders when this verbal slugfest will end.

Dom's Take: What do we do about the Chinese?

Dom's Take: What do we do about the Chinese?

Rediff.com22 Jan 2021

Dominic Xavier is puzzled by the government's reluctance to take on the Chinese unless the Modi Sarkar believes that in its interactions with Xi Jinping's Communist junta in Beijing, discretion offers better possibilities of resolution.

Dom's Take: Covid times, but CVP must go on

Dom's Take: Covid times, but CVP must go on

Rediff.com29 Apr 2021

Dominic Xavier is mystified by Modi's refusal to halt a scheme whose funds would be better deployed in providing better healthcare -- and yes, free vaccines -- to the Indian people.

Dom's Take: Disha a THREAT to the nation?!

Dom's Take: Disha a THREAT to the nation?!

Rediff.com15 Feb 2021

Dominic Xavier offers his take on Disha's shocking arrest and wonders how the young woman could be a threat to our mighty Republic as claimed by the police.