NATIONAL INTEREST

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....

Aam Aadmi Vs Sab Chor

Make a roll call of the key members of this Cabinet and you wouldn’t think they could preside over one...

So Nehru Killed Gandhi!!!

The return of the RSS and, more importantly, its former Sarsanghchalak K S Sudarshan to the headlines gives me just...

Obama’s Bold Indo-Us Equation

On the day Obama arrives in New Delhi, the question you are most likely to hear is, can/will this presidential...