Amid all the noise made over Jaswant Singh’s book and his expulsion one statement stands out. It came from Arun...
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15.082009July 22, 2015
Drought-proofing India
If the drought, which now threatens to be one of the worst in recent memory, has left you depressed, do...
08.082009July 15, 2015
A New Project Pakistan
In a news discussion on Pakistan earlier this week, NDTV’s Prannoy Roy asked me, with a mix of exasperation and...
01.082009July 15, 2015
Two PMs, One Big Idea
It is fascinating that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh invoked the Vajpayee spirit to seek both inspiration and validation for his...
25.072009July 15, 2015
The Big Rewrite
interactions with Pervez Musharraf during the Agra summit. He says he told Musharraf that if he really wanted to restore...
18.072009September 15, 2017
Babuji dheere chalna
Two things over the past two weeks underline for us one of the most chronic ailments of the modern Indian...
20.062009July 24, 2015
Conflicts of Cricket
Let me first state my biases, as one more cricket-crazy Indian, upfront. I am an unabashed admirer of the IPL...
13.062009July 15, 2015
That Dangerous Feeling
It is fascinating how all the conversation around the new government’s agenda, even the 100-day plans being drawn up by...
06.062009July 24, 2015
Remember, don’t forget
This is the week of big anniversaries, two decades of Tiananmen, 25 years of Operation Bluestar. But staying closer home,...
30.052009July 15, 2015
His Next Class Act
In his first innings as a politician, Dr Manmohan Singh liberated our economy. In his second, as prime minister, he...
17.052009July 15, 2015
Hands Down
There are winners and there are losers in any election. But this is one election India can feel particularly good...
15.052009July 15, 2015
On The Wall, Off The Road – 2
I have often said that Lohiaism is the most dangerous socialism, because it combines the worst of leftwing economics with...