Here are the two questions you are most likely to be asked these days: One, when was the last time...
Category: National Interest
The Great Indian Hijack
The way UPA 2 has lost authority, or what is better described in a wonderful Urdu word that defies fair...
Delhi Disconnect
The rise of regional parties and leaders is no longer news. Last week’s results have brought in two phenomenally strong...
Jantar, Chhu Mantar
As you savour this election verdict, remember the line that the Jantar Mantar candle-light vigilantes so loved to paint on...
My Mother Became Lalitaji
His Lalitaji, the unsmiling housewife who sold you Surf, was inspired by his mother. His Liril girl combined an Indian...
The Great Letdown
There are parallels in the mandates that Rajiv Gandhi’s Congress won in December 1984, and Sonia Gandhi’s UPA in May...
We, The Thieving People
Some questions can have only one answer. For example, is corruption a bloody awful thing? Are you sick and tired...
Media Star
Media baron James Murdoch, who was in India to attend the FICCI Frames Summit, talks to The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief...
Minus the Left
Funny we still see 2012 as the most crucial year on way to the big 2014 general election, mainly because...
Constant Congressman
The first time I met Arjun Singh, he was not dealing with a real crisis. It was in Bhopal a...