Rohit Vats

Pentaprism |

There is a distinct feel to watching plays. Most of the time, they give a sense of satisfaction. The viewer believes that he is directly ...
05:51 PM, May 14, 2013

Priyanka Dube

Priyanka's Space |

It was nothing like anything. The scenes that unfolded at the Karkardooma Court post 2:40 pm on 30th April 2013 were a bewildering reminder of ...
01:54 PM, May 07, 2013

Vivian Fernandes

Espresso Economics |

Are Delhi's three private electricity distribution companies gouging consumers as Arvind Kejriwal of the Aam Aadmi Party claims? Ever since the state monopoly was abolished ...
10:00 AM, Mar 30, 2013

Amrita Tripathi

Borgub's Lair |

The MLA who told the national kabaddi women's team coach that she should wear appropriate clothes - that is, a sari instead of shirt and ...
10:55 PM, Mar 23, 2013

Sreemoyee Piu Kundu

For crying out loud |

It's weird being a woman. Today. It's odd to have to constantly defend what you stand for - to have to play the part - ...
01:11 PM, Mar 08, 2013

Sriram Balasubramanian

The Straight Drive |

It has been more than two months since the infamous Delhi gangrape that shook the people's conscience across the country. While the incident induced a ...
06:33 PM, Feb 26, 2013

Shormishtha Panja

Delhi Musings |

All of us must have heard this phrase at one time or another: Koi baat nahi! Its rough translation would be "No problem!" or "No ...
01:49 PM, Jan 21, 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

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

Dr Karan Thakur

Common Sense Majority |

The ghastly and brutal gang-rape and murderous assault on a 23-year old by six men in New Delhi last month has shaken the national consciousness ...
12:31 PM, Jan 08, 2013

Arunoday Mukharji

Arunoday's Space |

As a crime reporter who started out at the age of 20, I was jolted to a different sort of reality fresh out of a ...
07:19 AM, Jan 07, 2013

Nadim Asrar

The Other |

Dear Sir, You cannot be more 'right', pun vehemently intended. I am one of the many today outraged by your remarks that rapes happen ...
05:36 PM, Jan 04, 2013

Madhuri Banerjee

The Chastity Belt |

Dear Justice Verma, The outrage will not stop until steps are taken. The politicians have failed. The justice system of India needs to take ...
12:34 PM, Jan 04, 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

Ayushman Jamwal

Kindred mind |

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

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

Ruchira Singh

Un'news'ual |

Dear Delhi, I belong here. Please let me feel safe in my own home. Speaking strictly from whatever little experience of life I have ...
01:01 PM, Dec 18, 2012

Surya Gangadharan

BARAKA |

As the NAM summit kicks off in Tehran, Indian diplomats appear focussed less on those deliberations and more on Manmohan Singh's bilateral with President Ahmadinejad ...
02:35 PM, Aug 29, 2012

Vivian Fernandes

Espresso Economics |

At one time the cycle rickshaw wallah was at the lowest rung of the income ladder. The Delhi Metro has pulled him up by several ...
03:15 PM, Aug 05, 2012