Head-On

Leap into the past

editor@ibnlive.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:34:47 +0530

In 1996 when the Deve Gowda government tried to introduce the Bill through its law minister Ramakant Khalap in Parliament, the Bill looked all set to change the image of

The age of reason

editor@ibnlive.com — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:43:37 +0530

What if freedom of speech is untouched and untainted by religion? Why does freedom of speech and expression get challenged just at the threshold where religion seems to rear its

World Cup, Sangh Parivar and the success 'mantra'

editor@ibnlive.com — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:28:57 +0530

Is the man with the golden touch losing his sheen? He failed with his batting and lo and behold there were visible chinks in his captaincy too - one thing

The Sangh Parivar and the 'Ajit' factor

editor@ibnlive.com — Wed, 27 May 2009 03:32:58 +0530

The RSS mouthpiece Organiser, in its recent issue, has dwelt at some length on causes that led to the dismal showing of the BJP at the hustings. The Organiser emphatically

An Ode to Coalition

editor@ibnlive.com — Sat, 23 May 2009 10:34:03 +0530

Looking back in history late Prime Minister V P Singh beat poll pundits hands down having prophesized more than a decade ago the coalition era was here to stay. And

Discovery of India (Part II)

editor@ibnlive.com — Mon, 18 May 2009 01:56:24 +0530

His great grandfather discovered India for the country that woke up to a new dawn of freedom a year later in 1947. The Discovery of India was hailed as a

Kaun Banega Pradhanmantri: Cracking the political Sudoku

editor@ibnlive.com — Wed, 06 May 2009 05:09:05 +0530

If Rahul Gandhi is to be believed, no coalition partner of the UPA other than the Congress has the rightful claim to the PM's post. This is what he meant

The Q factor and Indian polity

editor@ibnlive.com — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:29:57 +0530

Who is Q? Twenty years ago even a school dropout would have given you a low down on Ottavio Quattrocchi, his closeness to Sonia Gandhi and thus the Gandhi family

Sholay relived; Gabbar, Thakur etc of IPL

editor@ibnlive.com — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:18:23 +0530

'Yeh haath lagaam pakad kar ghode ko bhi bitha sakte hain' ...That was Thakur Baldev Singh's bravado after being tricked into the den of Gabbar, whose fear and fables of

Mayawati's Swat; forgotten lessons of a legacy

editor@ibnlive.com — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:57:33 +0530

On April 13 the people of Jaunpur woke up to a real bad morning. They were not living out a nightmare but a scenario worse than that. They discovered they

Back to basics: Hey Ram…

editor@ibnlive.com — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:47:38 +0530

After 11 years, the BJP released the party's election manifesto. When Vajpayee lorded over the then NDA citadel of 22 parties of all hues and ideologies, he carefully chose to

Reel nahi, apun ko real Gandhigiri maangta!

editor@ibnlive.com — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:02:35 +0530

For all the 'Gandhigiri' Sanjay Dutt espoused in Munnabhai series, for all his efforts to project an image of an ambassador of non-violence through his Munnabhai sequel which for a

Advani out, Varun is the new star on BJP horizon

editor@ibnlive.com — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:24:36 +0530

Mr Lal Krishna Advani must be a troubled soul these days. Varun's 'Zehreeli CD' was the last thing he wanted to happen at a time when all his energies are

Congress, out of league and out of sync

editor@ibnlive.com — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:40:08 +0530

When Lalu Prasad cosied up to Ram Vilas Paswan in a secret seat-sharing deal in Bihar, the Machiavellian politician was merely showing Congress its place. Lalu's move may have surprised