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15.012005July 24, 2015
Show them the money
India is among a handful of democracies that believe in total consensus and continuity in foreign policy which rarely dominates...
08.012005November 17, 2015
Mr Dixit, I Presume
The first time I met J.N. ‘Mani’ Dixit, in September 1985, I had not particularly given him a reason for...
24.122004July 24, 2015
The Mind of the Insider
P.V. Narasimha Rao was the first serving prime minister I got to meet one-on-one in my reporting days and I...
11.092004July 24, 2015
Clarity begins at home
Having questioned, criticised and even ridiculed them all this while, you now have to begin sympathising with the Left. While...
28.082004July 15, 2015
Parliament Lament
One of the most abiding stories from my reporting years is Nawaz Sharif asking me, in complete, child-like innocence, how...
22.082004July 24, 2015
Snap Out Of The Big Fat Greek Depression, Cut the Medal Crap/Trap
It may not be the most convincing point to make this morning but this is by no means our worst...
14.082004July 14, 2015
A Bharatiya Janata Pity
If there is one area of governance history would give the NDA good marks for, it is foreign policy. The...
08.082004July 24, 2015
They asked us to crawl, We gave them our spine
We all, obviously, pray for the safe return of our hostages in Iraq. Meanwhile, the questions the episode raises can...
31.072004July 14, 2015
Borderline Headline
Isn’t it funny, and happily so, how much economics dominates our political thought processes these days compared to, say, a...
24.072004July 15, 2015
Playing With Water – No, Fire
The SYL mess matches the Rubaiya disaster in its scale of govt incompetence. And in its unmasking of a political...
17.072004July 24, 2015
UPA needs an MBA (Coalition)
Sonia Gandhi has probably not forgotten her favourite line on the NDA. This government, she used to say, will fall...