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NOT HISTORY YET: Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh says he may quit politics to work for his NGO.

NOT HISTORY YET: Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh says he may quit politics to work for his NGO.

'I'm embarrassed by the politics I have done'

Amar Singh has resigned from the Samajwadi Party and he doesn't care if he doesn't have a future in politics or not. "I am neither a manipulator nor a fixer," he told Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate. But in Indian "politics power play is more important" than moral issues, he says. "The kind of politics I have indulged in; the kind of politics I have done I am embarrassed to be a part of that kind of politics." 

PRINCIPLED STAND: Human rights activist Dr Binayak Sen says all sides must end atrocities.

Devil's Advocate: Dr Binayak Sen on State vs Maoists

Activist Dr Binayak Sen speaks about state violence on Devil's Advocate.

NEW WAYS: Nitin Gadkari, BJP president talks to CNN-IBN's Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate.

Devil's Advocate: I can reject RSS advice, says Gadkari

CNN-IBN's Karan Thapar spoke to the new president of Bharatiya Janata Party.

TAKING STOCK: Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao on CNN-IBN's Devil’s Advocate.

Exclusive: Rao smells racism behind Aus attacks

Nirupama Rao spoke to CNN-IBN's Karan Thapar.

IT'S SAFE DOWN UNDER: Australian High Commissioner Varghese says most attacks on Indians urban crimes.

Devil's Advocate: Aus image has taken a beating

Australian High Commissioner says attacks on Indians rarely racist.

Special: Mani Shankar Aiyar interviews Karan Thapar

Aiyar asked Thapar names of the stupidest people he had interviewed.

ENVIRONMENT DIPLOMACY: Shyam Saran, the PM's Special Envoy, says look beyond Copenhagen.

Devil's Advocate: 'West wasn't let off at Copenhagen'

Shyam Saran, PM's Special Envoy, says there is hope after Copenhagen.

LINK AND DELINK: Pakistani diplomat Shahid Malik urges India not to couple talks with terrorism.

Devil's Advocate: Indo-Pak talks needed, says Malik

High Commissioner of Pak Shahid Malik on punishing 26/11 accused.

NUCLEAR TIGER: Dr Kakodkar, former Atomic Energy Commission chief, says India's nuclear arsenal guaranteed.

Use plural, India has thermonuclear bombs: Kakodkar

Success of Pokharan II nuclear test is not in doubt, says eminent scientist.

WEST SIDE STORY: We see the US as a positive and supportive element in India’s strategic affairs, says Tharoor.

Devil's Advocate: Tharoor speaks on Pak's N-arms

Pakistan's nuclear arsenal is in safe hands, Shashi Tharoor.

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