The PM’s speech in Toronto contained the analogy that while India and Canada growing separately would be a2 + b2, when joined together in friendship they would be (a+b)2 which equals a2 +2ab+b2, with the synergy giving an extra 2ab.
Articles by Manas Chakravarty
Expending problem
On being quizzed, a DMK MP said that party MPs were donating a part of their pay hikes to build a memorial to A. Raja, as a token of appreciation for the great work he had done for the party.
Updated on Aug 28, 2010 10:33 PM IST
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Make it personal
Would Manmohanji, like Obama, don his swimming trunks and frolic in the Arabian Sea to show that the danger from our little oil spill too was over? Manas Chakravarty writes.
Updated on Aug 21, 2010 10:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Manas Chakravarty
Free-for-all country
Today is a day to celebrate our freedom. I know that many of us will say we could have done better in the last 63 years, that we could have achieved this and accomplished that. But today is not a day to carp and cavil, but an occasion to remember and cherish the amazing outburst of freedom that we have witnessed since independence, writes Manas Chakravarty.
Updated on Aug 14, 2010 09:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Manas Chakravarty
Let’s contest this
Who could have imagined that the Commonwealth Games would be so exciting? Never has any sporting competition been so much fun, never has it been so widely and avidly followed. Games organisers from Beijing to London to Johannesburg are enviously asking just one question: how on earth did we manage it?
Updated on Aug 07, 2010 10:52 PM IST
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Truly faking it
The first thing I did this morning after faking up, sorry waking up, was to make a cup of tea, adulterated as usual with cashew husks. I like a lot of fake milk with my fake tea, the detergents in the milk give it a unique flavour. Manas Chakravarty writes.
Updated on Aug 01, 2010 12:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Manas Chakravarty, New Delhi
A real class act
Last week’s star was undoubtedly Jyoti Devi, MLC. As she twirled and flung those heavy flower pots with practised ease in front of the Bihar Legislative Assembly, appreciative gasps went up from an awestruck nation watching the show open-mouthed on TV. Manas Chakravarty writes.
Updated on Jul 25, 2010 12:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Manas Chakravarty
Karma country
Joel Stein’s controversial article in Time magazine talked of his hometown being swamped by us weird samosa-eating, dot-wearing Indians worshipping gods with multiple arms and elephant noses.
Updated on Jul 17, 2010 11:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Manas Chakravarty
Octocracy, anyone?
We often fail to understand just how complex are the decisions that our leaders have to take, writes Manas Chakravarty.
Updated on Jul 11, 2010 01:37 AM IST
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Uppily ever after
At first glance, Little Jack Horner appears to be depressed. Why else does he mope in a corner? Closer investigation shows, however, that Jack, with all this talk of Horners and thumbs and plums, is either playing out his erotic fantasies or merely likes rhyming words. Manas Chakravarty writes.
Updated on Jul 03, 2010 10:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Manas Chakravarty, New Delhi
On your marks
A 10 on 10 for the class test will not fetch you ‘very good’ or ‘well done’ from your teachers. Instead, for the next one month, your teacher’s remark would be: “You have scored a goal!”…All the topics….will be in some way related to football, writes Manas Chakravarty.
Updated on Jun 26, 2010 11:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Manas Chakravarty
Surreal Madrid
A group of journalists today visited the villages in Bangladesh where the football clashes had taken place. As their boat chugged upstream past the paddy fields, they saw that the mango, palm and jackfruit trees lining the river were all draped with Manchester United flags. Manas Chakravarty writes.
Updated on Jun 19, 2010 11:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Manas Chakravarty
O Dopa Mine
The chemicals in our bodies make us what we are…
Updated on Jun 13, 2010 12:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Manas Chakravarty
Dum-dum-Didi-didi
As the end of over three decades of Communist rule in West Bengal looms nearer, many people in the state are worried. Habits acquired during those decades would be hard to give up. Babus in Writers’ Buildings are a particularly nervous lot, writes Manas Chakravarty.
Updated on Jun 06, 2010 01:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Manas Chakravarty
Uncle Kapil’s gifts
Young students all across the country have warmly welcomed the revolutionary education reforms being ushered in by Union Education Minister Kapil Sibal.
Updated on May 29, 2010 11:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Manas Chakravarty
At home in Goa
The summer holidays are here and it’s time once again for a bit of frolicking on palm-fringed beaches. Unfortunately, I have, as usual, put off planning for the vacation till the last moment and now have no option but to go to Goa, writes Manas Chakravarty.
Updated on May 23, 2010 01:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Manas Chakravarty
They won’t be back
Stephen Hawking is probably the brainiest guy on the planet, but is he right about aliens? His visions about aliens terrorising us puny earthlings from great big ships is obviously the result of seeing too many movies like Independence Day, writes Manas Chakravarty.
Updated on May 15, 2010 10:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Manas Chakravarty
Meet Obama Singh
Last weekend US President Barack Obama made a funny speech at the White House correspondents’ dinner, full of jokes and jabs at his fellow politicians, journalists and himself. What if our prime minister made a similar speech, asks Manas Chakravarty.
Updated on May 09, 2010 01:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Manas Chakravarty
Now listen here
I met the government’s Director of Phone Tapping (DPT) a.k.a. the Chief Bugger last week. He was most informative, explaining that they had many notable near-successes.
Updated on May 01, 2010 10:38 PM IST
None | Manas Chakravarty
Debt shall have no dominion
If you want a simple, jargon-free account of the reasons for the financial crisis that has gripped the West, written like a thriller and filled with a cast of extraordinary characters and their amazing stories, then this is the book for you.
Updated on May 01, 2010 12:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Manas Chakravarty
Howzzat, Shashi?
Lalit comes in to bowl the next one and, oh my god, it’s a real juicy bouncer, one that we haven’t seen the likes of for a very long time. If I remember right, the last time we had such a bouncer from Lalit was last year, when he knocked Chidambaram out cold before scooting off to South Africa, writes Manas Chakravarty.
Updated on Apr 17, 2010 10:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Manas Chakravarty
Earthy delights
Many of us, dawdling over pate de foie gras or listlessly toying with a kakori kabab, are so bored with our food we are willing to go to any length for a fresh new way of tickling our jaded palates, writes Manas Chakravarty.
Updated on Apr 10, 2010 11:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Manas Chakravarty
Educated hunger
The Right to Education Act is rightly being hailed as a great piece of legislation, one that will forever change the lives of the masses of this country. Critics who say the Act will remain only on paper are dead wrong.
Updated on Apr 03, 2010 11:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Manas Chakravarty
Earn while you run
Maybe he would join Navjot Sidhu in The Great Indian Laughter Challenge and be paid lakhs for laughing. For the rest of the match, he practised laughing hysterically at each ball, writes Manas Chakravarty.
Updated on Mar 27, 2010 11:19 PM IST
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The latest buzzzz
Indian Express, Wednesday, March 17: “A day after a swarm of honey bees made a surprise appearance at the BSP rally where chief Mayawati was holding forth, the DIG and DM of Lucknow combed the area and questioned people to try and uncover what could have been a ‘conspiracy’ to derail the celebrations.”, writes Manas Chakravarty.
Updated on Mar 20, 2010 11:15 PM IST
Wanted: women
Are you looking for an extraordinary career? Do you want to become a member of the country’s most powerful club? And are you a woman? If so, the time has come to grasp a fantastic opportunity, writes Manas Chakravarty.
Updated on Mar 13, 2010 11:17 PM IST
None | Manas Chakravarty
ID (India Dreaming)
As Aam Aadmi (AA) cradled his new-born daughter in his arms, he had a wonderful dream about her future, Manas Chakravarty writes.
Updated on Mar 06, 2010 11:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Manas Chakravarty
Lost communication
Kishenji: Why does he want a fax? Ask him to call me on… hmmm….comrade secretary, could you please pass my iPhone, let’s see when I can fit him in. On Tuesday I have that lecture on ‘How to lay a land mine’ in Lalgarh. I’m free after that?
Updated on Feb 27, 2010 11:56 PM IST
None | Manas Chakravarty
In the words of...
It’s that time of the year again when everybody starts worrying about the budget. Will the finance minister burden us with fresh taxes and will he reduce the fiscal deficit — these are minor matters being discussed ad nauseam in the media. Manas Chakravarty examines...
Updated on Feb 20, 2010 10:23 PM IST
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Battle of Mumbai
It was a time of war, it was a time for heroism. It was a time to stand up and be counted. In neighbourhoods across Mumbai, the people quietly made the necessary preparations, writes Manas Chakravarty.
Updated on Feb 13, 2010 11:45 PM IST
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Mumbai tamasha
Incidentally, Shah Rukh’s bold stand in welcoming Pakistani cricketers has been welcomed in Pakistan, but not everybody is willing to praise him, writes Manas Chakravarty.
Updated on Feb 06, 2010 11:35 PM IST
None | Manas Chakravarty