DK Shivakumar, one of the most powerful Vokkaliga leaders and a six-time MLA was in the race for the Chief Minister's post till last week. ...
09:50 PM, May 20, 2013
Make no mistake: Regardless of what pundits tell you, this is an election Budget prepared skillfully not just with a view to the upcoming Lok ...
11:28 AM, Mar 01, 2013
In the early 80s, there was a scramble for Video Cassette Recorders or VCRs in India as more and more people watched films at home ...
12:15 PM, Dec 03, 2012
Not too long ago, the media had quite a handicap in the pursuit of the truth. Privy to all information, the political class was unchallenged ...
11:28 PM, Oct 29, 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
While approving foreign direct investment in multi-brand retailing, the central government says states have the discretion to deny them entry. Though investment policy is decided ...
11:34 PM, Sep 14, 2012
A sinister wind of communal violence is blowing across the country. A senior editorial colleague tells me that it is being fanned by fanatic saffron ...
11:25 PM, Aug 25, 2012
Nora Ephron, in one of her columns - possibly in 'Esquire' though I can't be sure - had wondered about the exact time the word ...
02:52 PM, Jul 28, 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
So this blog is supposed to review changes in India over the past decade. But of course there are some things that don't change. ...
05:01 PM, Jul 06, 2012
If you think a week is a long time in politics, just forget it. In India, it can take just a few hours for a ...
08:48 AM, Mar 26, 2012
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A pandal came up outside Ittooppu's tea stall. The year-end came as a bonus for the goat - three days of debate in Parliament on ...
09:59 PM, Jan 03, 2012
![Kajal Iyer]( "Kajal Iyer")
Most of us in Mumbai had hoped for a quiet New Year after an eventful news year. But along came Anna. In the ...
09:06 PM, Dec 23, 2011
![Dhananjay Khadilkar]( "Dhananjay Khadilkar")
Yet another Paes-Bhupathi split? If the recent newspaper reports are to be believed doubles legends Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes are going separate ways from ...
01:03 PM, Nov 16, 2011
![K Kavitha Rao]( "K Kavitha Rao")
12/11/2011: "Telangana is a complicated issue. Creation of a separate state will not solve the problem. Solving one national issue should not create more problems. ...
11:43 AM, Nov 15, 2011
![Rajdeep Sardesai]( "Rajdeep Sardesai")
Conventional wisdom has it that there are two power centres in the UPA; in reality, there have been three. As chairperson of the UPA, Sonia ...
12:02 AM, Oct 07, 2011
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With Dussehra around the corner and an uneasy truce between the Home Minister and Finance Minister, Panditji's prediction is that the 'devil' lies in the ...
01:30 PM, Sep 30, 2011
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As much as I keenly follow WikiLeaks, I don't know how true they are. So when I read Julian Assange's claims about Indians having more ...
11:54 AM, Sep 30, 2011
![Brijesh Kalappa]( "Brijesh Kalappa")
Lawyers appearing in the Special Court trying the accused in the 2G Scam and those appearing for various parties in the Supreme Court affirm this ...
02:00 PM, Sep 27, 2011
