Today’s Highlight
Veiled Wars
Traditional full-body-covering Muslim veils are sought to be restricted, or even fully banned, in France, as noted in  “Are We Set For Veiled Wars?”
 Bob’s Banter
IPL Auction
Bob’s has his take on the recent IPL auction of players where none touched the Pakistani aspirants in “A  Barometer Called Money..!” 
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Today’s Highlight
Paid News-2
There has been such a stink about ‘paid news’ during election time that steps are on to end the menace as noted in “Is It Endgame For Paid News?”
 Bob’s Banter
IPL Auction
Bob’s has his take on the recent IPL auction of players where none touched the Pakistani aspirants in “A Barometer called Money..!” 
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Today’s Highlight
Paid News
There has been such a stink about ‘paid news’ during election time  that now the Election Commission has stepped in to stem the rot , as noted in “Is it Death-knell for Paid news?”
Bob’s Banter
IPL Auction
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Today’s Highlight
Burqa-on Voting
The question of voting with burqa-on ID photographs, and possibly burqa-on voting at the polling booth, is discussed in “Should we tolerate slit-vote?”
Bob’s Banter
IPL Auction
Bob’s has his take on the recent IPL auction of players where none touched the Pakistani aspirants in “A Barometer called Money..!” 
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Pakistan is livid, and rightly so; when their cricket team after doing the country proud by winning the last T20 championships is totally ignored in the IPL auctioning, there is something wrong isn’t there?
There is, but definitely not the way Pakistan thinks it’s been wronged.
The IPL auctions are like the auctions of the old slave More….

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Difficult Immigrants
Shouldn’t immigrants fall in line with the host country/ ethos is the theme of “Shouldn’t Immigrants Shed Their Luggage?’
Bob’s Banter
Be in Control
Bob’s Sunday exhortation  is titled “Break Free, Brake Free..!
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CocktailPlaza 
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Community Enclaves
Should communities have a right to live in exclusive colonies is highlighted in “Should Parsis Be Left Alone?”
Bob’s Banter
On Death
Bob has his somber take on death in “Wiping away grief..!”
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Cabby Lingo
Do we need to know local language to drive a cab? – is a question debated in “Do we need multi-lingual cabbies?”
Bob’s Banter
On Death
Bob has his somber take on death in “Wiping away grief..!”  
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NO Secrets?
Is the wide range of information sought, and given, under the Right to Information Act driving us to a no-secrets society”
Bob’s Banter
On Death
Bob has his somber take on death in “Wiping away grief..!”  
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CocktailPlaza
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“Death is not extinguishing the light, it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come…”…Rabindranath Tagore
He cried into the phone this morning and I wept as I felt his tears, “He’s gone Bob, he died this morning!” I was silent, there was nothing I could say awhile except share his grief. “I More….