The resumption of our parliamentary proceedings has coincided with the cricket World Cup. And, at least in the early rounds,...
Category: National Interest
Thank god for politics
Just a 90-minute interaction between the prime minister and the captains of electronic media in the country turned our...
The Ides of February
One challenge with analysing the situation in which the UPA government finds itself in its second term is that you...
Cry Freedom
As a confused world tries to understand the tremors of Tunisia and Egypt, as they shake up much of the...
Is Anybody Out There?
Speaking at a memorial meeting at Birla Matushri Sabhagriha on July 13, 2002, a week after Dhirubhai Ambani’s death, I...
This Death in Pakistan
The number of obituaries written ruing the terrible loss of Salman Taseer tells how popular he was among his fellow...
There are two Congresses
That what should have normally been the silly season turned out to be such a politically charged fortnight was probably...
UPA’s Meteoric Fall
Just a year back, everything looked as if it was playing out to script for the UPA government, and...
Dirty Business
What does the Radia-tapes-Raja saga tell you about the power of corporate India? You can take your cue from Deng...
That Funny Bofors Feeling
It now looks like it’s been a very, very long time since the three heady days of the Obama visit....