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If the drought, which now threatens to be one of the worst in recent memory, has left you depressed, do...

In a news discussion on Pakistan earlier this week, NDTV’s Prannoy Roy asked me, with a mix of exasperation and...

It is fascinating that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh invoked the Vajpayee spirit to seek both inspiration and validation for his...

interactions with Pervez Musharraf during the Agra summit. He says he told Musharraf that if he really wanted to restore...

Two things over the past two weeks underline for us one of the most chronic ailments of the modern Indian...

Let me first state my biases, as one more cricket-crazy Indian, upfront. I am an unabashed admirer of the IPL...

It is fascinating how all the conversation around the new government’s agenda, even the 100-day plans being drawn up by...

This is the week of big anniversaries, two decades of Tiananmen, 25 years of Operation Bluestar. But staying closer home,...

In his first innings as a politician, Dr Manmohan Singh liberated our economy. In his second, as prime minister, he...

There are winners and there are losers in any election. But this is one election India can feel particularly good...

I have often said that Lohiaism is the most dangerous socialism, because it combines the worst of leftwing economics with...

How do you ever figure out what goes on in India? You can read newspapers and books, imbibe unlimited (and...