“I feel unabashedly Indian, and this means that not just do I jump to m...” — Barkha Dutt Quote

I feel unabashedly Indian, and this means that not just do I jump to my feet and sing along with the national anthem, it also makes me inexplicably sentimental, proud and teary-eyed.

Even atheists and agnostics - and I'm an agnostic - can respond with respect to the cultural infiltration of religion into our everyday lives.

Yes, fear and repression may be permanent citizens in Narendra Modi's Gujarat.

An idea you disagree with has to be fought with a better idea.

A hidden camera must never become a lazy substitute for the rigours of old-style reporting.

Kneeling and gesturing, turning your back on the flag and disrespecting the national anthem is gross, self-indulgent and moronic.

All of us know that Messi cannot win alone, except for the fanatics or the mental patients who put in doubt Messi's talents, saying that he is a bottler, that he feels nothing for Argentina, that he doesn't sing the anthem, that he goes to the bathroom 50 times before a game. Those are things that are said to make an impression.

I sing the Italian anthem with all my soul, with my whole body.

I remember Iggy and the Stooges' song 'Search and Destroy' reaching out from my speakers to me like my own personal anthem.