WHY am I not addressing this appeal to adarniya Advaniji or my old friend Sushma first? Or to dear Rajnathji...
Category: National Interest
Current Accountability Deficit
Last Saturday (August 17), at a dignified little ceremony at 7, Race Course Road, the prime minister released the fourth...
Once upon a spooky time
Charbatia: Secret Base The funny and fascinating thing with spy stories is, that just when you think you’ve cracked one,...
Scared Witless
The UPA government looks increasingly like a band of nervous submariners sailing through hostile waters. They dive underwater at the...
Modi-Hit
Advertising and brand guru Alyque Padamsee has a favourite old line: I do not believe in repositioning my brand, but...
Running Debate
There is no argument that Milkha Singh is India’s most fascinating athlete ever. His is a most film-worthy story, even...
The Deformists
Nine years of UPA has had one significant impact on our political economy. Our discourse was always predominantly socialist and...
Lose-Lose
PRECISELY at a time for when it had promised a decision-making flourish, the UPA seems missing in action. Some changes...
Body Politics
There are a few things you can say with some certainty on the Ishrat Jahan case: that there is a...
The Chief In Chief Minister
Is Nitish nuts, a genius, or too clever by half? The answer is, none of the above. He is, simply,...