Kajal Iyer

Dextra Aria |

Mumbai as a city has various surprises. It is the city of dreams, it is where people come to live the life of their dreams. ...
08:55 PM, Apr 19, 2012

Priyanka Gupta

Kolkata Colloquies |

It's a terrible disease and it's spreading very fast. The symptoms are pronounced. It is known to make humans contort their faces, sometimes even expose ...
03:07 PM, Apr 18, 2012

Ashwin Sanghi

Chanakya's Chant |

Panditji is back this week with a new chant. Even though it has the word "Mamata" inside it, we've been extra-cautious not to include her ...
02:57 PM, Apr 17, 2012

Arunima

The Unpublished |

A senior officer of CBI actually felt the 'dhar' of being the neighbour of the 'famous' Talwars. The officer was locked out of her house ...
10:09 PM, Apr 13, 2012

Tathagata Bhattacharya

Master and a glass of Margarita |

The path of self-destruction, that West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has embarked on since May, 2011, has been concrete-reinforced by her government's actions over ...
04:10 PM, Apr 13, 2012

Tanuj Khosla

Straight Talk |

Most people I meet generally have two kinds of queries regarding the commercial aspects of IPL. Some wonder how the franchises, which dole out millions ...
09:14 AM, Apr 12, 2012

Jaimon Joseph

Connect |

In the midst of India's new found romance with Africa (do have a look at previous posts in this series), I thought it'd be interesting ...
12:24 PM, Mar 26, 2012

Rituparna Chatterjee

Begging Your Pardon |

I'm always on Twitter, addicted to news. Tonight I lost interest in how many people retweet me. I do not care if you read this ...
11:55 PM, Mar 15, 2012

Chetan Narula

Hot Spot |

Rahul Dravid was never my favourite cricketer. To someone who followed cricket for the dominance of Sachin Tendulkar, it was nearly frustrating to watch him ...
02:03 PM, Mar 12, 2012

Jaimon Joseph

Connect |

India's heart pines for Africa - Mahatma Gandhi supposedly said that a long time ago. With China pouring in billions into the continent, that ...
09:22 PM, Mar 08, 2012

Vivian Fernandes

Espresso Economics |

There can be little doubt that Gujarat is India's dragon state. The past decade has been the best since Gujarat became a state in 1960. ...
02:22 PM, Mar 07, 2012

R Radhakrishnan Nair

Just a thought |

This week is Holi, the festival of colours. On Tuesday we also celebrate the culmination of another colourful festival - elections. On Holi you will ...
09:36 PM, Mar 05, 2012

Sumon K Chakrabarti

CHAKRAVIEW |

Democracy is rough road littered with potholes. Either you avoid them and play safe, or you fill them up for a smoother ride in the ...
01:16 PM, Mar 02, 2012

Rupashree Nanda

Rupashree's space |

More than two years after he imposed a moratorium on the commercial release of BT Brinjal, Jairam Ramesh defends his controversial decision says, "On BT ...
04:40 PM, Feb 27, 2012

Ananthapriya Subramanian

Putting Children First |

On a day when television channels stayed focused on the fallout of the ongoing tussle between the Army Chief and the Government, hundreds of people ...
03:52 PM, Feb 17, 2012

Sriram Balasubramanian

The Straight Drive |

Yuvraj Singh's treatment for cancer has dominated headlines over the last week or so. In a cricket crazy nation, it is not surprising the kind ...
01:48 PM, Feb 10, 2012

Rajdeep Sardesai

Newsman |

In 1999, we experienced a 'television moment'. We were covering Sonia Gandhi's Amethi campaign when we happened to meet her daughter Priyanka. For the next ...
12:08 AM, Feb 10, 2012

Paarull

PM77 |

David Cameron came to power promising a new relationship with India. Turns out, India too wanted the same thing! By September 2010, India had decided ...
09:22 PM, Feb 06, 2012

Suhasini Haidar

Head to Haid-ar |

At a small gathering of top Indian executives and management professionals in Bangalore this December, Egyptian blogger and spokesman for the "April 6 movement" Waleed ...
01:49 PM, Feb 02, 2012

Ashutosh

After the Break |

It was nice to see a confident and animated Uma Bharti on TV, again. There was a time when Uma ruled the roost, but soon ...
03:50 PM, Jan 25, 2012