The increasing upper crust impatience with our messy democracy and the rising new,post-Jantar Mantar clamour for quick-fixes for the most...
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18.062011July 14, 2015
The Summer Freeze
Finally, there is unanimity at least on one thing in this capital city: that this has become our most dysfunctional...
11.062011July 14, 2015
The Out, Their Rage
Here are the two questions you are most likely to be asked these days: One, when was the last time...
04.062011July 14, 2015
The Great Indian Hijack
The way UPA 2 has lost authority, or what is better described in a wonderful Urdu word that defies fair...
21.052011July 14, 2015
Delhi Disconnect
The rise of regional parties and leaders is no longer news. Last week’s results have brought in two phenomenally strong...
14.052011July 27, 2015
Jantar, Chhu Mantar
As you savour this election verdict, remember the line that the Jantar Mantar candle-light vigilantes so loved to paint on...
12.052011November 11, 2015
From Soviet Union in Alimuddin Street to a Watch Repair Shop in Singur
Some conclusions look obvious after travelling through West Bengal in the last week of the election campaign. One, that we...
08.052011July 15, 2015
My Mother Became Lalitaji
His Lalitaji, the unsmiling housewife who sold you Surf, was inspired by his mother. His Liril girl combined an Indian...
30.042011July 15, 2015
The Great Letdown
There are parallels in the mandates that Rajiv Gandhi’s Congress won in December 1984, and Sonia Gandhi’s UPA in May...
23.042011July 15, 2015
We, The Thieving People
Some questions can have only one answer. For example, is corruption a bloody awful thing? Are you sick and tired...
08.042011July 15, 2015
Media Star
Media baron James Murdoch, who was in India to attend the FICCI Frames Summit, talks to The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief...
12.032011July 24, 2015
Minus the Left
Funny we still see 2012 as the most crucial year on way to the big 2014 general election, mainly because...