Sriram Balasubramanian

The Straight Drive |

The saga involving the Tamil film Viswaroopam seems never ending. Irrespective of one's personal views on Kamal Hassan, his genius is unquestionable and his freedom ...
02:23 PM, Feb 08, 2013

Sriram Balasubramanian

The Straight Drive |

The single entrance exam proposed has created quite a stir. The students are not too comfortable with it, the parents are disillusioned by it and ...
01:42 PM, Jun 11, 2012

Uday Sahay

Uday's Space |

Seldom does the Indian media today act as the cronies of the commoners. However, when it does, especially in pelting stones at the castle, it ...
02:17 PM, May 12, 2012

Afsar Ahmad

Afsar's Take |

For the last few days, Salman Rushdie is in the news. Some are speaking in his favour and some against. A controversy is on. His ...
06:47 PM, Jan 24, 2012

CN Anand

Strategic Eye |

It would never occur to any General to get just a one year extension by claiming that his YOB as per Military Secretary's records was ...
07:30 PM, Jan 04, 2012

Rudra Narayan Sharma

Rudra's space |

When today will be yesterday, this will be our Twitterchalisa. Once upon a time in a land wow-wowed as Youngistan, there lived a ...
02:01 PM, Apr 29, 2010

Arijit Sen

Flying Trapeze |

India's northeast, like the rest of the nation, seems to be hit by the IPL virus. In Thomas Freidman's flat world, IPL, the pundits tell ...
04:15 PM, Apr 25, 2010

Gaurav Kalra

Grumble with Gaurav |

It is when all is crumbling around us that we seek shelter in solidity. Integrity is reassuring when scoundrels who previously masqueraded as pioneers ...
04:33 PM, Apr 24, 2010

Trevor Chesterfield

Carte Blanche |

There is this cynical, laconic line from the Andrew Lloyd-Webber and Tim Rice music stage hit of the late 1970s 'Evita' that succinctly explains the ...
02:16 PM, Apr 21, 2010

Gaurav Kalra

Grumble with Gaurav |

The fan is cricket's cotton wool. It is the wide eyed admiration of a 12-year-old standing in line for his hero's autograph that ambition is ...
01:33 PM, Apr 17, 2010

Rajen Garabadu

Voice Over |

The Modi-Tharoor match has turned out to be much more keenly watched than any of the IPL matches so far. Like any other match, there ...
08:21 PM, Apr 16, 2010

Rajdeep Sardesai

Newsman |

Here's a story that perhaps best exemplifies how far Indian cricket has traveled. In the mid-1950s, India was playing New Zealand. The players at the ...
10:25 AM, Apr 16, 2010