What does September 27, 2013 have in common with January 20, 1987? And why should we call it a most...
Month: September 2013
I’ve got the Veto Power
At our usual gossip sessions in Mumbai over coffee earlier this week with a particularly cerebral star of corporate India...
Such a long Lankan journey
From finding Tamil guerilla camps in 1984 to checking up on lost friends last week in Colombo This new, occasional...
Akhilesh, Young and Listless
Your view on Akhilesh Yadav today would vary with how you relate to him. If you are his Muslim voter,...
First Person Second Draft
Two vigilant readers have pointed out a factual error each in my series on the Sri Lankan war published earlier...
Uncovering the war
India’s unexpected war in Sri Lanka caught me on the wrong foot by 12, 000 km. I was still finishing...
Dead Men Talking
This is one box nobody would like to check on his CV. Not even the most battle-hardened hack. But, early...
The Congress’s Modi
Nobody doubts that Narendra Modi will be the NDA’s candidate for prime minister for 2014. The only question left is...