Interview
The author of Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity on her reporting experiences and her kind of journalism
Anjali Puri
interviews Katherine Boo | Sat Feb 04, 2012
Opinion
Today's hearing of Supreme Court in the case of Gen V.K. Singh’s date of birth (DOB) is the first sign of government machinations getting exposed...
Lt Gen Prakash C. Katoch (Retd)
| Fri Feb 03, 2012
Opinion
There’s no news like old news in the Andamans
Kai Friese
| Fri Feb 03, 2012
2G Verdict
In a democracy, the proof of the pudding is in the voting. The Congress understands this better than the opposition. It suits the party to keep the debate on the Supreme Court verdict confined to the TV studios
B. Raman
| Fri Feb 03, 2012
State Snippets
It was never a question of if. It was always a question of when CM Jayalalitha and DMDK chief Vijayakanth would butt heads. It finally happened this week...
Pushpa Iyengar
| Fri Feb 03, 2012
From The Blogs
'The judgement today effectively cooks Mr Raja's goose and the noose is getting closer and tightening around Mr Chidambaram'
Buzz | Thu Feb 02, 2012
2G Spectrum Allocation
Full text of the verdict by a two-judge bench in the petitions filed by Centre for Public Interest Litigation and Subramanian Swamy against the Union of India
G.S. Singhvi, Asok Kumar Ganguly
| Thu Feb 02, 2012
2G Spectrum: SC Verdict
'The country wants answers and accountability while the PM, Smt. Sonia Gandhi and Mr Rahul Gandhi maintain conspicuous silence'
Ravi Shankar Prasad
| Thu Feb 02, 2012
PAKISTAN
The main credit for the thaw in Pakistan should go to Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhury of the Supreme Court
B. Raman
| Thu Feb 02, 2012
View From the UK
Of some 2,300 people killed by US drone strikes in Pakistan from 2004 until August 2011, between 392 and 781 appear to have been civilians; 175 were children. Drone warfare can be used to thwart democratic movements, anywhere.
George Monbiot
| Thu Feb 02, 2012
Opinion
So what do we make of the latest reports of the ministry of defence ordering the Adjutant General to change the date of birth of Gen V.K. Singh to 10 May 1950 (from 1951), through an undated letter signed by a Deputy Secretary level officer?
Lt Gen Prakash C. Katoch (Retd)
| Wed Feb 01, 2012
Opinion
With the recent visit of Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao to three oil-rich Gulf monarchies, Beijing’s deft diplomacy has sidestepped the issue of West’s call for sanctions on Iran
Dilip Hiro
| Wed Feb 01, 2012
From The Blogs
And now Symbiosis in Pune cancels the entire seminar, ‘Speaking about Kashmir’, that was proposed after blocking Sanjay Kak's Jashn-e-Azadi
Sundeep Dougal | Tue Jan 31, 2012
On The Record
'It is election time. Everyone knows the truth...the government knuckled under and enforced this disgrace because of power and politics and the misuse of religion'
Vikram Seth
| Mon Jan 30, 2012