On one issue there is no doubt: the firearms given to Sanjay Dutt in the middle of January 1993 were...
Category: National Interest
Our Poor Little Sanju
Honestly, I hardly know Sanjay Dutt well enough to form an opinion on him. I won’t be able to say...
Lawlipop Politics
As you watch this government flailing over the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, all you can say is it should have...
Atal Modi Vs Rajiv Rahul
The conclusion in last Saturday’s National Interest that India now waits for somebody to pull his forces out of the...
Still Mandal, Still Mandir
A close look at the chart accompanying this article will tell you that vote shares of major players have remained...
One dynasty dimming
You can frame this question in one of many ways. What has changed fundamentally in politics over the past decade,...
Proud to pay
All of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s critics are unanimous that irrespective of how good or bad the times, he looks...
Them versus them
The idea that there are two Indias is not new. For intellectual convenience, one is called India, the other Bharat....
Ears wide shut
One problem with anger, particularly at such a mass level as we have seen lately, is that it makes us...
A Retreat to reform
Elsewhere in this newspaper this morning, Senior Assistant Editor D.K. Singh, one of India’s sharpest political journalists, underlines the import...