Eastern UP’s people want out of their sub-Saharan trap. Politicians, including the PM, don’t get it Badlands is one of...
NATIONAL INTEREST
Writings On The Uttar Pradesh Wall-I
Aspiration is turning into desperation. Nobody has much hope in an era of new Hindu Rate of Growth, and identity...
A WAKE-UP CALL AT HOME
Much of the pre-2014 peace in our hotspots is diminished. Kashmir is the boil, Northeast anarchic For almost a decade...
Anti-establishment conformist’s age
Even as it seeks political power, AAP has maintained anti-establishmentarianism as its core The Anna movement began nearly eight years...
Writings on the Punjab wall
Voters don’t care if AAP is a party of outsiders, AAP is set to rise as a national force Writings...
Of the tweeple, by the tweeple, for the tweeple
Social media can be dangerous if it replaces traditional governance, politics or debate Over the past couple of weeks, we...
ONE BELT, ONE ROAD TO WORLD LEADERSHIP
China’s superpower ambitions are out in the open. India must move on from its 1962 mindset & respond strategically In...
Read my lips, forget the camera
Say the central forces’ angry soldiers. They need reform, committed leaders. And very sensitive handling When a bad wart grows...
STRONG ARM, OVER THE CRICKET
Market forces have made Indian sports thrive. Using a sledgehammer to fix some ills can cut down a game at...
THE POWER OF ONE
That’s all it takes to protect an institution – just one person with no past & no greed for future...
BURDENED WITH INDIRANOMICS
The Modi government shows a fascination for rejecting everything Nehru stood for, while embracing his daughter’s political economy The most...
CHARGE OF THE BELIEVER BRIGADE
The original promise of demonetisation has evaporated. We didn’t deserve to be hit by a 1,100-volt shock just to switch...