The Modi-Rahul face off is good democracy The forthcoming electoral contest of 2014 is fast passing into pop culture. The Battle of the "Bachelors" ...
07:04 AM, Apr 10, 2013
(Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagarpalika Puthaakalaya is Munna's favourite haunt. In times of trouble, this is where he takes refuge. He buries himself in books by ...
07:25 AM, Apr 01, 2013
India's two main national parties are facing distinctly contrarian leadership dilemmas: while the BJP is confronted with managing the vaulting ambitions of its multiple leaders, ...
12:04 AM, Mar 22, 2013
Every Union home minister of the country has had to live literally in the shadow of the first occupant of the post. In the stairway ...
12:29 AM, Feb 22, 2013
There is nothing journalists and the viewers love more than a 'big fight'. A Roger Federer is a great tennis player, but the legend is ...
12:15 AM, Jan 25, 2013
I'm a political escapist. A modern day cynic. On most days I'm just like one of you - cursing India. Calling her names. Standing in ...
11:31 PM, Jan 21, 2013
The nation continues to reel under the shock of the death of a young medical student who was brutally gang raped in New Delhi on ...
11:58 PM, Dec 29, 2012
Since India is a parliamentary democracy, there is always the possibility of a party, precariously in power, seeking to consolidate its position by calling a ...
10:57 AM, Nov 09, 2012
Ten years ago, I bought a new apartment under construction in DLF Exclusive Floors, Phase V, Gurgaon. I took a loan from ICICI Bank to ...
10:29 AM, Oct 06, 2012
It was the day of her superannuation and Anasuya was quite thrilled. Everyone at the bank spoke to her in endearing terms and asked after ...
03:51 PM, Sep 26, 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi has been drawing the crowds right through her US trip. It's the pro-democracy activist and Nobel laureate's first trip to the ...
04:41 PM, Sep 23, 2012
The going is getting tough for the Congress in the run up to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections as it grapples not only with allegations ...
12:35 PM, Sep 13, 2012
Kuldip Nayar is the grand old man of Indian journalism. His is the classical post-1947 Indian Success Story. He arrived in India, having travelled from ...
12:16 PM, Aug 29, 2012
Now with the presidential election a thing of the past, the Congress has finally decided to gear up for 'Mission 2014' with Rahul Gandhi announcing ...
01:38 PM, Jul 21, 2012
Well, his father, the late Rajiv Gandhi, certainly was. An airline pilot by profession, Rajiv Gandhi's fascination for machines both civilian and military was well ...
04:57 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Salman Khurshid is easily among the brightest politicians in the country: a former Oxford don, he became a Union minister at 38. When he speaks, ...
12:10 AM, Jul 13, 2012
In a nation of multiple gods, mortals run the risk of being elevated to divinity. With cricket as contemporary India's mass religion, Sachin Tendulkar has ...
12:23 AM, May 04, 2012
If one were to take a purely transaction-oriented approach to the Bofors deal, one will wonder what the fuss is all about. Even Sten Lindstrom, ...
03:48 PM, May 01, 2012
A person often looks helpless and vulnerable in front of his wife or on the hospital bed and maybe even in the court room. How ...
07:58 PM, Apr 23, 2012
An auction of Mahatma Gandhi's memorabilia in London has been drawing criticism from social circles in India. The items went on sale on Tuesday and ...
12:45 PM, Apr 19, 2012
