The question that found solution to India’s most difficult political problem: too much stability The quaint headline of this...
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The first sign a government is losing its nerve
In my book, one of the first tell-tale symptoms of a government losing its nerve is when it starts attacking...
Pass the baton, adversary’s turn
In a week of polarised politics, Naga accord is a reminder of Indian establishment’s continuity of big national issues ...
Everything that Dr Kalam was not
And yet why a billion-plus Indians hail him as their most loved leader in decades It’s a reckless way to...
Masaan and the new middle India
Change that 1991 started is now, in the 25th year of reform, trickling into the small town and the rapidly...
Art of big picture leadership
Can Modi take a cue from friend Barack and prove he does not fear to negotiate with his own adversaries?...
Fifty years after: War of mutual incompetence
What exactly are we in India celebrating, and actively rewriting, a half century later? Some lines are so smart and...
Life, mind and times of Lalit Modi
He refuses to accept the reality that politicians hang together in the BCCI-and they win. There is no point repeating...
The Class of 1975
Why I call the Emergency a University of Democratisation: just take a look at its major graduates, right up to...
Northeast’s India problem
It’s simply this: The ‘mainland’ loses interest if ‘Indian’ lives and borders are not threatened. The greatest tragedy of India’s...
Zeroing in on five myths
Every country needs to protect agriculture. In reality, India passes that write-off to big business. When you speak nonsense, you...
It’s agriculture, stupid
Agriculture’s share in economic GDP may be below 15 per cent. In the electoral and political equivalent of GDP, it...