NATIONAL INTEREST

The Deformists

Nine years of UPA has had one significant impact on our political economy. Our discourse was always predominantly socialist and...

PRECISELY at a time for when it had promised a decision-making flourish, the UPA seems missing in action. Some changes...

There are a few things you can say with some certainty on the Ishrat Jahan case: that there is a...

Is Nitish nuts, a genius, or too clever by half? The answer is, none of the above. He is, simply,...

The noise over Narendra Modi’s elevation has drowned out some important questions. What does the BJP stand for now? How...

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh says the time for talks with Maoists is over. He is both right and wrong....

How do we justify using a Bushism as the UPA finally displays some clarity of vision in dealing with violent...

Frankly, it is too tempting not to start this Saturday’s National Interest with a we told you so. On May...

WRITINGS on the wall is a metaphor that emerged from our travels across India, particularly during election campaigns (for earlier...

Several months ago, on August 25, 2012, to be precise, I had attempted to analyse what was on the BJP’s...

Besides political connections, there is one equally significant common thread linking the owners of chit fund companies currently under the...

To be fair to Musharraf, he had given me my I-told-you-so moment much earlier than his arrest this week. That...