There are some striking similarities between Indian cricket and English football. Both lose consistently. Both make news for all the...
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The `Passwan’ factor
Are you likely to be on Yashwant Sinha’s side or Ram Vilas Paswan’s on thequestion of giving away free phones...
Asia’s power brats
Unlike last year when the Pakistanis ruined his party in Kargil, the Prime Minister left for his vacation earlier this...
Venezuelisation of India
Not surprisingly, I have spent the past week thinking of Lou Bega, he of `Mambo No 5′ fame. Not surprising,...
United colours of memory
Among the many memories of covering wars in Sri Lanka over a decade, here is one that endures and comes...
Bet and better
In early 1992, while India were getting pasted at the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, Manmohan Singh was...
The age of retribution
It is too early to write Mian Nawaz Sharif’s obituary. From Mujib to Mandela to Benazir, post-War history is replete...
The winner as underdog
Military historians will have a hard time resolving this one. Which date should mark the anniversary of the war in...
Media as dutiful wife
I have for long had this radical solution for an India-Pakistan problem: bring the negotiating teams of both countries to...
The clear and present danger
Why is it that the moment somebody dares to call South Asia, particularly Kashmir, the most dangerous place on earth...
Don’t feel abused
Just what will be the extent of popular and official outrage if Bill Clinton were to dare to mention the...
Unreformed on the tarmac
After wondering for an entire week why poor Yashwant Sinha got such bad press on his budget, I found the...