Opinion
This week gone by illustrated the big difference between the politics of dualism that the Congress has come to practice and the politics of deceit symbolised by the relationship between Mulayam Singh Yadav and Kalyan Singh
Web | Nov 16, 2009
politics: bjp
Maharashtra BJP president Nitin Gadkari is a reluctant candidate for party chief
Magazine | Nov 23, 2009
Opinion
At a time when the world has given up on Afghanistan and Pakistan -- not to mention the BJP -- there seems to be only one man with a blue-print for solutions: Sarsangchalak Mohan Rao Bhagwat.
Web | Nov 09, 2009
opinion
The ‘sarkari Musalman’ class trades solely in Muslim backwardness
Magazine | Nov 16, 2009
Opinion
Once the party figures out who the high command is, and where it is located (Delhi or Nagpur) it can perhaps also try to make a few decisions. Till then the party simply withers away.
Web | Nov 02, 2009
states: election results
The BJP is a walking ghost, the poll results just one more nail...
Magazine | Nov 02, 2009
Opinion
The religious dimension has gone missing. We seem to have reduced it to commerce, chaos, and the fog that envelopes the city. Most Indians, living on the margins, are excluded from this bonfire of consumption.
Web | Oct 19, 2009
Nobel Peace Prize
In one stroke Obama’s become the butt of jokes and been weighed down by the burden of expectation placed on him by the five gentleman from Norway
Web | Oct 12, 2009
Opinion
I fervently hope all the sons and daughters, nieces and nephews who have been given tickets for the assembly election are badly defeated.
Web | Oct 05, 2009
Opinion
Why does the Kobad Ghandy story fascinate us? Is it because, however misguided, this man was certainly driven by a purpose higher than improving his bank balance?
Web | Sep 28, 2009
Opinion
For all his superior education and impressive bio-data there is something very juvenile about all the twittering that Tharoor has been indulging in...
Web | Sep 21, 2009
Comment
I do feel very sorry for Mr Shashi Tharoor. First, the good man has been forced to leave the comfort of the Taj Man Singh, an excellent five star hotel. And now he’s become a sitting duck for derision and ridicule...
Web | Sep 14, 2009
wakf scam
Meant for Muslim welfare, Wakf lands are being sold for a song by its trustees
Magazine | Sep 21, 2009
Opinion
The crescendo for YSR’s son Jagan Mohan Reddy to take charge in Andhra Pradesh is a reminder of the deeply entrenched feudal attitudes in South Asia.
Web | Sep 07, 2009
Politics: bjp
The mess the BJP has made of itself allows the RSS to take iron control
Magazine | Sep 14, 2009
RSS-BJP
A formula for ending the infighting in the BJP and putting an end to the fiction of it being an independent entity: Mohan Rao Bhagwat should consider a direct takeover of the BJP.
Web | Aug 31, 2009
interview
The man of the moment savages LK Advani and throws new light on Operation Parakram, Kandahar, the Kargil war and BSF deployment in Bangladesh.
Magazine | Sep 07, 2009
BJP wars
Every day a new crisis. Even party leaders don’t know when all this bloodletting will end.
Magazine | Sep 07, 2009
Opinion
Despite some of the obvious similarities between the BJP and the Republican Party of the USA, the latter at least seems capable of an honest assessment of some of things that went wrong for them...
Web | Aug 24, 2009
the bjp
Self-introspection it was meant to be, but the BJP could have shot itself in the foot with l’affaire Jaswant
Magazine | Aug 31, 2009