Sagarika Ghose

Bloody Mary |

AAP is doing what politicians have forgotten to do As the summer kicks in, people's representatives are often seen scurrying for their cool drawing ...
06:20 AM, May 08, 2013

Debraj Bhattacharya

The other India |

"Debraj, I didn't believe that I would be able to walk this long in this heat" said Uttara Chakrabarty. Senior Citizen. Teacher in the History ...
10:44 PM, Apr 11, 2013

Rajesh Kumar

Life As It Is |

A rape that happened 17 years ago has animals of Junglistan up in arms. #Suryanelli is today the most trending topic. @ChikkuTheCricket Can ...
12:40 AM, Feb 28, 2013

Rakhshanda Jalil

Hindustani awaaz |

While much work has been done on exploring and exposing communalism in India, relatively little attempt has been made to understand its conjoined twin, secularism. ...
05:54 PM, Feb 13, 2013

Abid Soffi

Lost in 'Trance'lation |

After the horrific Delhi gangrape incident which shook the nation to its foundation, people for the first time in one voice said 'No to crimes ...
02:51 PM, Jan 19, 2013

Debraj Bhattacharya

The other India |

The recent outcry of middle-class men and women, many of whom not associated with any political party or developmental organisation, is an important phenomenon that ...
12:21 PM, Jan 17, 2013

Vivek Sengupta

Fresh air |

The friend of the rape victim, who through her ordeal and death galvanised an entire nation, spoke out a few days ago. In his first ...
01:53 PM, Jan 12, 2013

Debraj Bhattacharya

The other India |

Following the horrific assault and rape of a 23-year-old girl in Delhi there has been massive protests at Delhi, in other cities of India as ...
02:11 PM, Jan 01, 2013

Rajdeep Sardesai

Newsman |

In the classic BBC political satire serial, 'Yes Minister', minister Jim Hacker asks his senior bureaucrat Sir Humphrey Appleby how to deal with a group ...
12:09 AM, Dec 28, 2012

Afsar Ahmad

Afsar's Take |

Till now, we have known two kinds of India. One which supports the government and second that supports the Opposition. Post independence, these two types ...
03:22 PM, Dec 22, 2012

 Rohit Khilnani

Musings |

Anna Hazare's fight against corruption is now a full blown mass movement. The country is with him and he knows that! From school and college ...
08:50 AM, Aug 17, 2011

Anubha Bhonsle

Write Corner |

Lots of things shame me about India (I take great pride in lots as well). For instance, farmers forced to commit suicide because ...
06:10 PM, May 12, 2011

Bahar Dutt

Beasts in my Belfry |

On the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster the Indian government announced it will remain committed to its ambitious plans to build a nuclear ...
04:06 PM, Apr 28, 2011

Yogita Limaye

My Favourite Thinks |

Jaitapur -- real public opposition or political inciting? Environmental issues or rehabilitation worries? These are some of the questions often asked about the agitation in ...
04:24 PM, Apr 25, 2011

Surya Gangadharan

BARAKA |

"I am an unveiled woman and do not fear the Muslim Brotherhood." The slim be-spectacled woman artist with an anti-Mubarak banner at Cairo's Tahrir ...
02:11 PM, Feb 11, 2011

Ipsita Shome

ON THE ROCKS: No Watering Down |

The scenes were surreal. The spirit indomitable. Fire streamed through the streets of Egypt as the world watched the war cry for coup d'état. President ...
03:01 PM, Feb 01, 2011

Bahar Dutt

Beasts in my Belfry |

Kalahandi, once known for its starvation deaths, is today the epicentre of the environment vs development debate. For the last seven years a small tribal ...
01:26 PM, Sep 09, 2010

Raksha Shetty

On the rocks |

Here I am in gay Pattaya, two hours by road from Bangkok, blinking at the neon lights as I nurse the effects of a potent ...
06:14 PM, May 19, 2010