Veeraraghav T M

A pinch of Salt |

It was an extremely sultry afternoon by Bangalore standards. The Congress office on Queens's road, deserted till the second half of the counting day, was ...
06:58 AM, May 14, 2013

Chetan Narula

Hot Spot |

Cut to the IPL game at Wankhede where Mumbai Indians were playing Royal Challengers Bangalore. Ambati Rayudu is run-out from a direct-throw by Virat Kohli ...
02:33 PM, May 13, 2013

Abhishek Nandwani

Unplugged |

When Sir Alex Ferguson first arrived at Manchester United in 1986, it was a very different club, one tempered by low morale and struggling performances. ...
03:58 PM, May 08, 2013

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

Chetan Narula

Hot Spot |

In October 2000, most fans in this country were united in their loss of love for the game. The shadow of match fixing loomed large, ...
11:36 AM, May 03, 2013

Mikkhail Vaswani

Clean Bold |

It's the hits, the heaves and the "Yes maximums" that makes any T20 match an exciting and entertaining one. So if IPL 6 is high ...
12:18 PM, May 01, 2013

Suresh Menon

Reverse Swing |

The IPL aspires to be the EPL (English Premier League), so it is ironic that poor crowd behaviour - a feature of the EPL - ...
09:14 AM, Apr 29, 2013

Chetan Narula

Hot Spot |

When West Indies won the 2012 Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka, it was quite a popular win. The brand of cricket that is played ...
10:25 PM, Apr 27, 2013

Saurav Jha

Geek At Large |

Given that China has once again decided to 'sweeten' it's recent offer of a Panchsheel redux with a nice juicy intrusion into Indian Territory in ...
06:57 PM, Apr 23, 2013

Surya Gangadharan

BARAKA |

Fresh from three weeks of gruelling drills that involved all operational commands, the Air Force says it's ready for a two-front war (the brass prefers ...
07:39 PM, Apr 22, 2013

Chetan Narula

Hot Spot |

Look beyond the needless razzmatazz of the Indian Premier League and you will see a few benefits, real ones. The first is obviously the humongous ...
10:44 AM, Apr 15, 2013

Radhakrishnan Sreenivasan

RK's space |

Its early days in IPL 6 and understandably the teams are settling in. The scores have been modest in comparison to the previous editions held ...
11:48 AM, Apr 11, 2013

Mikkhail Vaswani

Clean Bold |

It's that time of the year when cricket finds a new definition. From 'city moment of success' to 'maximums', IPL's 'bus dekhne ka nahi' slogan ...
01:46 PM, Apr 02, 2013

Rajdeep Sardesai

Newsman |

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

Tathagata Bhattacharya

Master and a glass of Margarita |

The controversy generated over the invite extended to Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi to address the India Economic Forum at The Wharton School of the ...
06:57 PM, Mar 05, 2013

Vivek Sengupta

Fresh air |

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

Hrishikesh Kanitkar

viewpoint |

India's eight-wicket win over Australia in the opening Test in Chennai was a well-deserved success. Sachin Tendulkar coming to the fore with a solid knock ...
02:47 PM, Feb 27, 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

Sagarika Ghose

Bloody Mary |

The counter argument to narrow mindedness is missing From the Grand Mufti's fatwa against the all-girl band in Kashmir, to the now lifted ban ...
09:56 AM, Feb 13, 2013

Faisal Caesar

Perfume Ball |

Top-class cricket teams are getting skittled out for shambolic totals such as 47 and 49, as witnessed in Tests in South Africa this year. They ...
08:22 PM, Feb 08, 2013