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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: 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: Donald, you are a Lame Duck

Dom's Take: Donald, you are a Lame Duck

Rediff.com9 Nov 2020

Dominic Xavier offers his take on Trump's tantrum.

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: Oh My Dog!

Dom's Take: Oh My Dog!

Rediff.com31 Aug 2020

Dominic Xavier captures Sunday's scene of contrasts

Dom's Take: Luxury or Necessary?

Dom's Take: Luxury or Necessary?

Rediff.com6 Oct 2020

Dominic Xavier wonders if such expenditure is merited at a time when the Republic is passing through such tough times.

10 Must-Eat Delights of Durga Pujo

10 Must-Eat Delights of Durga Pujo

Rediff.com9 Oct 2024

An encyclopedia to the best Durga Pujo eating.

Dom's Take: Farewell, Deano

Dom's Take: Farewell, Deano

Rediff.com25 Sep 2020

Dominic Xavier salutes Dean Mervyn Jones.

Dom's Take:The Free Vaccine U-Turn

Dom's Take:The Free Vaccine U-Turn

Rediff.com2 Dec 2020

I am not at all surprised by this U-turn. It is par for the course for this government and one can expect another U-turn when the assembly elections in Assam, Bengal and Kerala approach in April.

Dom's Take: From Russia with Love?

Dom's Take: From Russia with Love?

Rediff.com12 Aug 2020

Dominic Xavier offers his take on Russia's covid vaccine which scientists are sceptical about.

Dom's Take: Shy of The Tiger

Dom's Take: Shy of The Tiger

Rediff.com29 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: Politics scores over Sports again

Dom's Take: Politics scores over Sports again

Rediff.com20 Oct 2020

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the unfortunate controversy and asks why politics must score over sport.

Dom's Take: Where will Pilot land?

Dom's Take: Where will Pilot land?

Rediff.com17 Jul 2020

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

Dom's Take: Will it start a second wave?

Dom's Take: Will it start a second wave?

Rediff.com2 Nov 2020

Dominic Xavier wwonders whether with 88% of suburban trains operational in Mumbai -- a mode of transport which has always been overcrowded, with zero possibility of physical distancing -- will lead to a second wave of COVID-19 infections in the city which is still grappling with about a thousand fresh cases each day

Dom's Take: GDP contraction act of God too?

Dom's Take: GDP contraction act of God too?

Rediff.com1 Sep 2020

Dominic Xavier wonders whether the steep decline in GDP numbers should be considered as an act of God too.

Dom's Take: And Justice for Rhea

Dom's Take: And Justice for Rhea

Rediff.com9 Oct 2020

The many horrors a young woman -- whose only mistake appears to be loving a troubled young man -- endured makes for a gritty Bollywood film, notes Dominic Xavier. Hopefully, one that will bring Rhea some meagre measure of closure for her inhuman ordeal and shame all those who hounded her relentlessly, merely for the sake of their personal agendas.

Dom's Take: Endgame for PUBG

Dom's Take: Endgame for PUBG

Rediff.com30 Oct 2020

Dominic Xavier illustrates the depth of emotions Indian game fanatics are facing over the loss of PUBG Mobile.

Dom's Take: Kafeel Khan, free at last!

Dom's Take: Kafeel Khan, free at last!

Rediff.com2 Sep 2020

Dominic Xavier heaves a sigh of relief for Dr Kafeel Khan who has been languishing in Mathura jail since January.

Dom's Take: Will Bihar women vote for Nitish?

Dom's Take: Will Bihar women vote for Nitish?

Rediff.com28 Oct 2020

Dominic Xavier wonders whether Bihari women will remember what Nitish Kumar has done for them or whether electorate amnesia will set in.

Dom's Take: Who will save the poorest?

Dom's Take: Who will save the poorest?

Rediff.com26 Aug 2020

Dominic Xavier wonders what will happen to the poorest who have been ravaged by the strict lockdown imposed by the Narendra Modi govt in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and the unemployment rates spiralling out of control every passing month.

Dom's Take: Ab Tumhare Hawale, Amitji

Dom's Take: Ab Tumhare Hawale, Amitji

Rediff.com3 Dec 2020

Dominic Xavier wonders if a government that hates to compromise will change course and takes the protesting farmers's demands into consideration.

Dom's Take: Is Rhea being made a SCAPEGOAT?

Dom's Take: Is Rhea being made a SCAPEGOAT?

Rediff.com8 Sep 2020

Dominic Xavier wonders whether Rhea is being made a scapegoat in a case which has clear political overtones.

Dom's Take: Who cares for Opposition parties?

Dom's Take: Who cares for Opposition parties?

Rediff.com23 Sep 2020

Dominic Xavier asks why the Modi government appears unwilling to debate and discuss important issues confronting our great Republic and its people with the Opposition parties in Parliament.

Dom's Take: Son rise in Bihar

Dom's Take: Son rise in Bihar

Rediff.com11 Nov 2020

Dominic Xavier offers his take on Bihar 2020.

Dom's Take: Who cares for dead migrants?

Dom's Take: Who cares for dead migrants?

Rediff.com15 Sep 2020

Dominic Xavier is puzzled by the government revelation that it has no idea how many migrants died during the long and dangerous march home.

Dom's Take: India Caste in iron

Dom's Take: India Caste in iron

Rediff.com30 Sep 2020

No one in the India of 2020 should be vulnerable and unprotected because of the caste they have been born in, says Dominic Xavier and no child should ever suffer a horrific fate like the Dalit teenager in Hathras village.

Dom's Take: No Acche Din only for Fuel Prices

Dom's Take: No Acche Din only for Fuel Prices

Rediff.com6 Feb 2021

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the latest blow to personal finances.

Dom's Take: The race for COVID-19 vaccine

Dom's Take: The race for COVID-19 vaccine

Rediff.com17 Nov 2020

Dominic Xavier wonders when human beings can access the vaccine and terminate the mayhem caused by the coronavirus.

Dom's Take: Mystery of NIA Arrests

Dom's Take: Mystery of NIA Arrests

Rediff.com9 Oct 2020

Dominic Xavier is puzzled by the NIA's campaign against Leftist activists and intellectuals and wonders if we will ever get to know the truth behind all these arrests.

Dom's Take: Modi will charm next US Prez!

Dom's Take: Modi will charm next US Prez!

Rediff.com3 Nov 2020

Though there must be some anxiety in the prime minister's office about how America will decide -- given Modi's 'Next time, Trump Sarkar' partisan shout at the Howdy Modi event in Houston in September 2019 -- Dominic Xavier is in no doubt that whoever the next American president is, our prime minister will quickly charm him and envelop him in the Modian bear hug.

Dom's Take: Prez Trump: Heads I Win, Tails U Lose

Dom's Take: Prez Trump: Heads I Win, Tails U Lose

Rediff.com4 Nov 2020

Dominic Xavier is not surprised by Trump's first move in the election results game and wonders what will come next if the results don't go his way.

Dom's Take: Fall in GDP: Why blame corona?

Dom's Take: Fall in GDP: Why blame corona?

Rediff.com3 Sep 2020

Dominic Xavier asks if it is right to blame coronavirus and the lockdown for India's economic decline.

Dom's Take: The real floor test for Modi

Dom's Take: The real floor test for Modi

Rediff.com20 Jul 2020

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

Dom's Take: Is the NCB starstruck?

Dom's Take: Is the NCB starstruck?

Rediff.com29 Sep 2020

Dominic Xavier wonders what the end game in the NCB's starstruck probe will be.

Dom's Take: One Nation, One Election, One Power

Dom's Take: One Nation, One Election, One Power

Rediff.com27 Nov 2020

Dominc Xavier wonders if this latest Modi pitch is in tune with strongmen trends around the world, setting the course for a presidential-style poll during the Lok Sabha election.

Dom's Take: All you need is love, but not in UP

Dom's Take: All you need is love, but not in UP

Rediff.com7 Dec 2020

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the 'love jihad' controversy.

Dom's Take: Who is Scared of Protest and Dissent?

Dom's Take: Who is Scared of Protest and Dissent?

Rediff.com8 Oct 2020

Dominic Xavier wonders why the Bisht government in UP is so terrified of democratic protest that it has to resort to draconian measures at every turn.

Dom's Take: Is PM-CARES allergic to RTI?

Dom's Take: Is PM-CARES allergic to RTI?

Rediff.com19 Aug 2020

Dominic Xavier mulls over the intriguing puzzle why the PM-CARES fund is opposed to the transparency guaranteed by the RTI.

Dom's Take: Modi and the art of making promises

Dom's Take: Modi and the art of making promises

Rediff.com5 Sep 2020

Dominic Xavier surveys the deluge of prime ministerial promises and wonders how many of them will be around a couple of years from now.

Dom's Take: Is Prem Ko Kya Naam Doon?

Dom's Take: Is Prem Ko Kya Naam Doon?

Rediff.com24 Nov 2020

When the pandemic shows no signs of abating, when millions of Indians have no jobs, when millions of Indians struggle to survive, when the economy is in crisis, Dominic Xavier wonders if India needs such distractions.