Despite all the confusion caused by opinion polls, exit polls and whatever the Gujarat throws up on Sunday there is...
Category: National Interest
Govt’s one foot, several mouths
IT seems that one of our former ministers visited Washington and caused so much confusion because of his pronounced Bengali...
The Modi Magnifier
The question in Gujarat is not who will win, or by how much. The first has been a foregone conclusion...
Making an ass of the taxpayer
In the usually sad and tragic Hindi movies of yore, often a Johnny Walker or Mehmood appeared anytime the going...
Temple Complex
The more enduring images of the night of terror at Akshardham are, actually, more stirring than tragic. My own favourite...
The tinpot looks for a kettle
It’s said in New York that the September session of the UN General Assembly is when leaders from the Third...
Ravi Kant Veerappan
Imagine, for a moment, that R.K. Sharma, wanted for the murder of Shivani, was not an inspector-general of police in...
Last night I went to Pakistan
The UN would probably never accept it as a yardstick for its human development ratings. But put this away under...
When unleaded turns leaded
When was the last time you saw a telegram? Not an e-mail, not even a telex, but the good old...
Our Pak’s Americana
Whether Atal Bihari Vajpayee meets him one-on-one or not, US Secretary of State Colin Powell will find New Delhi a...