Vivian Fernandes

Espresso Economics |

A 19 October, 2011 circular of the National Housing Bank says no penalty or fee for prepayment of home loans can be charged, provided the ...
10:16 PM, May 17, 2013

Chetan Narula

Hot Spot |

Cut to the IPL game at Wankhede where Mumbai Indians were playing Royal Challengers Bangalore. Ambati Rayudu is run-out from a direct-throw by Virat Kohli ...
02:33 PM, May 13, 2013

Vivian Fernandes

Espresso Economics |

Does Indian media place national interest above human rights? G Ananthapadmanabhan, chief executive of Amnesty International India, believes it does. At a lecture in Delhi ...
07:40 PM, May 04, 2013

Mikkhail Vaswani

Clean Bold |

It's the hits, the heaves and the "Yes maximums" that makes any T20 match an exciting and entertaining one. So if IPL 6 is high ...
12:18 PM, May 01, 2013

Suresh Menon

Reverse Swing |

The IPL aspires to be the EPL (English Premier League), so it is ironic that poor crowd behaviour - a feature of the EPL - ...
09:14 AM, Apr 29, 2013

Chetan Narula

Hot Spot |

When West Indies won the 2012 Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka, it was quite a popular win. The brand of cricket that is played ...
10:25 PM, Apr 27, 2013

Saurav Jha

Geek At Large |

Given that China has once again decided to 'sweeten' it's recent offer of a Panchsheel redux with a nice juicy intrusion into Indian Territory in ...
06:57 PM, Apr 23, 2013

Surya Gangadharan

BARAKA |

Fresh from three weeks of gruelling drills that involved all operational commands, the Air Force says it's ready for a two-front war (the brass prefers ...
07:39 PM, Apr 22, 2013

Vivek Sengupta

Fresh air |

India has the worst record of road safety in the world. The numbers are truly horrific. India accounts for 10 per cent of global road ...
03:17 PM, Apr 22, 2013

Chetan Narula

Hot Spot |

Look beyond the needless razzmatazz of the Indian Premier League and you will see a few benefits, real ones. The first is obviously the humongous ...
10:44 AM, Apr 15, 2013

Radhakrishnan Sreenivasan

RK's space |

Its early days in IPL 6 and understandably the teams are settling in. The scores have been modest in comparison to the previous editions held ...
11:48 AM, Apr 11, 2013

Sagarika Ghose

Bloody Mary |

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

Suresh Menon

Reverse Swing |

Somewhere in the enormous amount of words inspired by the IPL this year, there was a line from a report that has gone under the ...
08:09 AM, Apr 09, 2013

Mikkhail Vaswani

Clean Bold |

It's that time of the year when cricket finds a new definition. From 'city moment of success' to 'maximums', IPL's 'bus dekhne ka nahi' slogan ...
01:46 PM, Apr 02, 2013

Surya Gangadharan

BARAKA |

"In the army it's the habitual malingerers, malcontents and rogues who deliver in combat," said the young colonel. In his view, many of the jawans ...
04:31 PM, Mar 26, 2013

Mikkhail Vaswani

Clean Bold |

As far back as 2004, nine years ago, an 18-year-old made his first-class debut for Delhi. Opening the innings, this young lad would fall one ...
01:53 PM, Mar 20, 2013

Suresh Menon

Reverse Swing |

Murali Vijay turns 29 next month; his opening partner Shikhar Dhawan is 27. One is on the road to re-establishing himself in the national side. ...
11:10 AM, Mar 19, 2013

Chetan Narula

Hot Spot |

The problem with Indian cricket is that it lives in the present. While philosophers will tell you that is a good way of life, it ...
01:02 PM, Mar 18, 2013

Sagarika Ghose

Bloody Mary |

The police must answer why innocent Muslims are being implicated in terror cases When in doubt about a terror investigation, blame the most readily ...
06:54 AM, Mar 13, 2013

Chetan Narula

Hot Spot |

The axe has been wielded, and with some regularity. Thrice, in the span of three Test matches, the selection committee headed by Sandeep Patil has ...
02:57 PM, Mar 09, 2013