WRITINGS ON THE WALL

A second trip to Prague provokes a second thought on Emergency: why do we forget the strangling of our economic...

Why the Maldivian president needs to be eternally grateful to an unsung Indian frigate captain Earlier this week some newspapers...

Nobody goes to Bihar too often. Actually, nobody goes there unless he or she has to. No surprise then that...

The first time I met J.N. ‘Mani’ Dixit, in September 1985, I had not particularly given him a reason for...

If you thought our politics was now driven by bijli sadak pani, hop into a car, switch gears, adjust your...

View from Rajasthan’s ground zero: How Congress snatched defeat from the jaws of victory If you laugh at parachute reporters,...

My Orissa diary: why the state needs to get out of the margins and come on to the national page...

Why 2 years after 9/11, this seems to be the New York state of mind: ‘It was just a day...

Next to mutt is masjid, frowning at both is Periyar saying there’s no god, you fool. Recall this shining symbol...

You cannot fault the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) for not putting more prominent signs to announce the exit...

At Riyadh reunion, air’s thick with perfume and nostalgia; outside, the sand brings back smell of war Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,...