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Dominic Xavier

Chief Designer Dominic Xavier breathes life into stories with his illustrations. You can e-mail the author at dominicx@rediff.co.in

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Dom's Take: Donald, you are a Lame Duck

Dom's Take: Donald, you are a Lame Duck

Rediff.com9 Nov 2020

Dominic Xavier offers his take on Trump's tantrum.

Dom's Take: Chill, Donald, Chill

Dom's Take: Chill, Donald, Chill

Rediff.com6 Nov 2020

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the Trump-Thunberg Twitter tussle.

Dom's Take: Prez Trump: Heads I Win, Tails U Lose

Dom's Take: Prez Trump: Heads I Win, Tails U Lose

Rediff.com4 Nov 2020

Dominic Xavier is not surprised by Trump's first move in the election results game and wonders what will come next if the results don't go his way.

Dom's Take: Modi will charm next US Prez!

Dom's Take: Modi will charm next US Prez!

Rediff.com3 Nov 2020

Though there must be some anxiety in the prime minister's office about how America will decide -- given Modi's 'Next time, Trump Sarkar' partisan shout at the Howdy Modi event in Houston in September 2019 -- Dominic Xavier is in no doubt that whoever the next American president is, our prime minister will quickly charm him and envelop him in the Modian bear hug.

Dom's Take: Will it start a second wave?

Dom's Take: Will it start a second wave?

Rediff.com2 Nov 2020

Dominic Xavier wwonders whether with 88% of suburban trains operational in Mumbai -- a mode of transport which has always been overcrowded, with zero possibility of physical distancing -- will lead to a second wave of COVID-19 infections in the city which is still grappling with about a thousand fresh cases each day

Dom's Take: Endgame for PUBG

Dom's Take: Endgame for PUBG

Rediff.com30 Oct 2020

Dominic Xavier illustrates the depth of emotions Indian game fanatics are facing over the loss of PUBG Mobile.

Dom's Take: Who created Aarogya Setu?

Dom's Take: Who created Aarogya Setu?

Rediff.com29 Oct 2020

Dominic Xavier wonders why two government departments say they have no idea about who created the Aarogya Sethu app.

Dom's Take: Will Bihar women vote for Nitish?

Dom's Take: Will Bihar women vote for Nitish?

Rediff.com28 Oct 2020

Dominic Xavier wonders whether Bihari women will remember what Nitish Kumar has done for them or whether electorate amnesia will set in.

Dom's Take: Filthy Air, but Great Deals?

Dom's Take: Filthy Air, but Great Deals?

Rediff.com27 Oct 2020

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the 2+2 meeting and what it achieved.

Dom's Take: Empty promises?

Dom's Take: Empty promises?

Rediff.com26 Oct 2020

Dominic Xavier wonders if the many pre-poll promises will ever materalise into reality after the election or whether they will remain jumlas to woo gullible voters.

Dom's Take: Vaccine Politics

Dom's Take: Vaccine Politics

Rediff.com23 Oct 2020

is puzzled by the politics of the COVID-19 vaccine. Will only Indians in states going to the polls get a vaccine shot? What happens to Indians in non-election bound states? When will they be protected from the pandemic?

Dom's Take: Will the law say: I DO?

Dom's Take: Will the law say: I DO?

Rediff.com21 Oct 2020

Dominic Xavier wonders when and if the courts will legalise same sex marriages in India.

Dom's Take: Politics scores over Sports again

Dom's Take: Politics scores over Sports again

Rediff.com20 Oct 2020

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the unfortunate controversy and asks why politics must score over sport.

Dom's Take: Hungry India

Dom's Take: Hungry India

Rediff.com20 Oct 2020

Dominic Xavier asserts that while we want to become a $5 trillion economy, we lag behind the world in tackling thaty most essential of human needs: HUNGER.

Dom's Take: Bhanu Athaiya: 1929-2020

Dom's Take: Bhanu Athaiya: 1929-2020

Rediff.com16 Oct 2020

Dominic Xavier pays homage to the design legend whose likes we will never see again.

Dom's Take: All Izz Well?

Dom's Take: All Izz Well?

Rediff.com15 Oct 2020

Dominic Xavier captures the uncertainty among theatre owners and movie watching public as the big screen once again promises a magical mystery ride.

Dom's Take: Bollywood Avengers: Endgame?

Dom's Take: Bollywood Avengers: Endgame?

Rediff.com13 Oct 2020

Dominic Xavier wonders if the Bollywood Avengers will achieve the Endgame they are looking for.

Dom's Take: Khushbu in Lotusland

Dom's Take: Khushbu in Lotusland

Rediff.com13 Oct 2020

Dominic Xavier wonders what led Khushbu to join the BJP.

Dom's Take: Mystery of NIA Arrests

Dom's Take: Mystery of NIA Arrests

Rediff.com9 Oct 2020

Dominic Xavier is puzzled by the NIA's campaign against Leftist activists and intellectuals and wonders if we will ever get to know the truth behind all these arrests.

Dom's Take: And Justice for Rhea

Dom's Take: And Justice for Rhea

Rediff.com9 Oct 2020

The many horrors a young woman -- whose only mistake appears to be loving a troubled young man -- endured makes for a gritty Bollywood film, notes Dominic Xavier. Hopefully, one that will bring Rhea some meagre measure of closure for her inhuman ordeal and shame all those who hounded her relentlessly, merely for the sake of their personal agendas.

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