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The political class is howling for N Srinivasan's resignation as BCCI president because of what his son-in-law allegedly did. Yet there is a conspiracy of silence, including the BJP, when allegations are levelled against Robert Vadra, says T V R Shenoy. 'Jamaataa dashamam graham' runs an old Sanskrit adage, meaning 'the son-in-law is the tenth planet'. While Hindu astrology recognises nine 'planets' the son-in-law is (jestingly?) considered a tenth, generally malefic, influence on one's life. I ...

This mess is not limited to Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan, but has spread to include other, more famous and better connected names, both cricketers and non-cricketers. If so, we may never unearth all the facts. But in all seriousness we have to ask if match-fixing in cricket truly deserves this level of attention, asks T V R Shenoy. August-September is traditionally the 'Silly Season' for the English media. With parliament and the courts fleeing from London's wretched summers there ...

Did the principal secretary to the prime minister authorise the controversial meeting a joint secretary at the PMO had at the CBI headquarters to discuss the coal scam report, asks T V R Shenoy. 'The heart of the report was changed on the suggestion of government officials,' the Supreme Court observed on May 8, 2013, referring to the CBI report on the Coal Allotment Scam. Three questions arise. Who was the surgeon? In which hospital was the heart transplanted? And when was the operation carried ...

'If the BJP government in Karnataka's activities fostered dissidence, the Gadkari era saw the same sin crop up elsewhere, notably in Uttarakhand.' 'Gadkari's leadership saw the BJP drift away from its moral moorings,' argues T V R Shenoy. 2013 is my 48th straight year as a journalist in Delhi. But right now my memory is rolling back the decades, back to when I had been working in the capital for 'just' ten years, specifically to June 12, 1975.May 8, 2013 started with the results of the ...

'On April 30, the Supreme Court spoke on the need to further insulate the CBI from political interference.' 'Come May 8, perhaps their Lordships could also extend protection to the law officers too -- simultaneously sending out the message that the Attorney General is much more than a professional doing his duty to the ministry of the day, that he owes a higher duty as an officer of the court,' says T V R Shenoy. The Bar Council of India's Web site lays out the professional standards expected ...

Mamata Banerjee has announced a Rs 500 crore relief package to assuage those who lost their money to the Saradha chit fund. As West Bengal is dancing on the edge of bankruptcy, this money will be raised from taxes on tobacco. Having already seen their savings go up in smoke the people of West Bengal must now puff away whatever is left, says T V R Shenoy. Was Nalini Chidambaram, wife of Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram, paid one crore rupees (Rs 10 million) in a Rs 42 crore (Rs 4210 million) ...

The Saudi leaders were willing to walk the extra mile to solve India's problem, but the external affairs ministry in New Delhi wanted to dawdle. Why did External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid not find time for his Saudi counterparts, and that too on a matter that is of great interest to Indians, asks T V R Shenoy. Could Salman Khurshid go down in history as the man who lost Kerala for the Congress? While in office as India's external affairs minister for fewer than six months -- he assumed ...