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Sujoy Dhar is a foreign correspondent with The Washington Times in India. He contributes a regular column to Newsline.

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[19 Apr 2012 | Comments Off | Sujoy Dhar]
Letter from India: Holy Cows and Reel-Life Icons

How the mighty have fallen in Indian eyes with scandals rocking the defence forces – while a real hero has his day…

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[12 Mar 2012 | Comments Off | Sujoy Dhar]
Letter from India: The Seamy Side of Justice

Does a rape victim have to face the glare of publicity in order to get justice? Will Indian courts finally decriminalise homosexuality? And which Bollywood couple recently tied the knot at a star-studded wedding? Sujoy Dhar updates us with all the latest news from India.

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[20 Feb 2012 | Comments Off | Sujoy Dhar]
Letter from India: Rushdie Interrupted

From the politically motivated exclusion of Salman Rushdie from the Jaipur Literary Festival to the exploitation of the people of the Andaman islands, Sujoy Dhar updates us with news from India.

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[20 Dec 2011 | Comments Off | Sujoy Dhar]
Letter From India: Boycott Over Bhopal

From Indian protests over US-owned Dow Chemical’s sponsorship of the London Olympics to the Tamil song “Kolaveri” that went viral, Sujoy Dhar updates us with news from India.

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[11 Nov 2011 | Comments Off | Sujoy Dhar]
Letter From India: Failed Healthcare and a Boost for Education

The private healthcare system in India dazzles with shiny exteriors, but within, it is rank with corruption.

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[14 Oct 2011 | Comments Off | Sujoy Dhar]
Will India Accept Modi?

Letter from India: The blemish on Narendra Modi’s past could impact his desire to run for India’s prime minister in 2014.

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[21 Sep 2011 | 2 Comments | Sujoy Dhar]
Anna Hazare: India’s New Superhero

Anna Hazare is no Amitabh Bachchan, but in real life the slight 74-year-old man has proved more powerful than any celluloid crusader as the most credible face of a growing anti-corruption uprising.

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[28 Aug 2011 | Comments Off | Sujoy Dhar]
Letter from India: Of Bombings and Bonding

Mumbaikars on the war path…Khar on a peace mission…and Bollywood heroes on a quest to bond.

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[28 Jul 2011 | Comments Off | Sujoy Dhar]
Letter from India: Winds of Change

Pakistan’s Ansar Burney wins praise from across the border for helping secure the release of Indian sailors, Congress debates the use of chemical castration for rapists and many question Rahul Gandhi’s silence on some critical issues.

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[27 Jun 2011 | Comments Off | Sujoy Dhar]
Day of the Minorities

With Mamata Banerjee’s historic win, Kanimozhi’s ignominious arrest and the gay community’s official coming out, India increasingly has a new face.