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04.062014June 5, 2016
The audacity of incompetence
The first of this three-part series concluded yesterday, saying the rise of Bhindranwale and his death with Operation Blue Star...
04.062014July 24, 2015
The Audacity of Incompetence
Nobody can reconstruct the 72 hours of Operation Blue Star in 3, 000 words. Or even in 30, 000. Books...
03.062014November 17, 2015
Once Upon A Bloody Time
At the many events to mark the release of my latest book, Anticipating India, one question I am inevitably asked...
31.052014July 14, 2015
Talk Less
At a public event for the release of my new book, Anticipating India, in Mumbai on May 6, I was...
24.052014July 14, 2015
156-Inch Heart
Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi and his key lieutenants have been carefully mature in underlining the fact that foreign policy...
17.052014July 15, 2015
Modi: Your time starts now
We had hailed the verdict of 2009 as an affirmation of the rise of an aspirational new India, leaving behind...
12.052014November 11, 2015
Before the Secular Dip, Hold Your Nose
Having made only four really short visits as a reporter to Varanasi, spread over almost four decades, I can’t be...
10.052014November 17, 2015
Taking The Poor Out of Poorvanchal
Probably one of the most convenient generalisations in Indian punditry is the concept of the Hindi heartland. As if the...
07.052014November 11, 2015
Huggies Diapers In Vaishali, Muslim-Dalit IIT-Jee Coalition
Bihar is the cradle of India’s post-1975 politics. The JP movement that provoked the Emergency and started the process of...
06.052014July 15, 2015
God has assigned a job to every individual
Congratulations on your Padma Vibhushan. Although every right-thinking person believes it should have been a Bharat Ratna a long time...
30.042014November 11, 2015
The Rich And The Ostrich
Politicians and pundits both love to describe an election as a verdict from the people’s court. But it is, as...