India's two main national parties are facing distinctly contrarian leadership dilemmas: while the BJP is confronted with managing the vaulting ambitions of its multiple leaders, ...
12:04 AM, Mar 22, 2013
At a seminar in Delhi a few years ago, a soft-spoken, petite woman in a crumpled sari was one of the panelists. She engaged in ...
12:02 AM, Oct 19, 2012
In the early 1990s, when TN Seshan as Chief Election Commissioner was the flavour of the season, a packed Rotary Club meeting in South Mumbai ...
12:14 AM, Oct 05, 2012
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
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
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
Ever since India started liberalising its economy in 1991, there has been a palpable change in the lives of the 350 million odd upper and ...
04:16 PM, Jul 12, 2012
Once upon a time, the region that is now modern day Pakistan was South Asia's prime trading hub. Be it during the time of the ...
12:58 PM, Apr 15, 2012
General Zia ul Haq, General Musharraf and now Asif Ali Zardari - yet another President of Pakistan is all set to visit the 12th century ...
10:52 AM, Apr 03, 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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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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Hamid Karzai's "twin brother" talk hasn't deceived anyone - just like Pakistani denials about sanctuary for and support to the Taliban and associate groups haven't. ...
11:24 AM, Oct 06, 2011
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I pity Manmohan Singh. Everyone decides to gang up on him while Soniaji is away. No wonder he has a splitting headache. ...
12:31 PM, Aug 29, 2011
![Sriram Balasubramanian]( "Sriram Balasubramanian")
The anti-corruption mood has indeed engulfed India for now. Every nook and corner that I go I see people of my age going to various ...
01:28 PM, Aug 25, 2011
![Trupti Rane]( "Trupti Rane")
Anna Hazare is literally rocking the country and how! It is amazing to see how something that started as a small campaign has turned into ...
11:24 AM, Aug 24, 2011
![Sriram Balasubramanian]( "Sriram Balasubramanian")
Independence Day for our great nation is an opportunity and a moment to cherish. It is a moment to embrace the diversity and uniqueness of ...
09:07 AM, Aug 15, 2011
![Sagarika Ghose]( "Sagarika Ghose")
There is too much cynicism and negativism A stray insight sometimes goes unnoticed. Manmohan Singh's closed-door meeting with handpicked editors last month generated controversy ...
12:02 AM, Jul 13, 2011
![Tuhin A Sinha]( "Tuhin A Sinha")
The ever increasing divide between the Government and the Civil Society is bound to undo the country's achievements. Sadly, neither of the three - the ...
10:24 AM, Jun 26, 2011
![Rajdeep Sardesai]( "Rajdeep Sardesai")
24 x 7 media is an amoral beast and the camera is Shiva's third eye. It sees the positive and the negative, and it doesn't ...
12:01 AM, Jun 17, 2011
