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From The Blogs
An uneasy mix of the real and the surreal — the opulence of the dreamlike frames clashes unnervingly with references to actual events like Operation Bluestar and Babri Masjid
Namrata Joshi | Fri Feb 18, 2011
Opinion
India continues to benefit not through a strategic or policy re-orientation but the sheer advantage of its size and diversity, as a range of insurgency or terrorism movements succumb to exhaustion.
Ajai Sahni
| Fri Feb 18, 2011
BAHRAIN
The crisis in Bahrain poses a ticklish situation for Indian workers--particularly Indian Muslims, many of whom are believed to be Sunnis, particularly if the Shias ultimately succeed...
B. Raman
| Fri Feb 18, 2011
BYLANES
Legendary singer Bhimsen Joshi's eldest son from his first wife reclaims his father
Sugata Srinivasaraju
| Fri Feb 18, 2011
State Snippets
“Your government is not in a position to supply even 25 chairs but you are distributing lakhs and lakhs of televisions,” raged Mr Justice M.Y. Eqbal
Pushpa Iyengar
| Fri Feb 18, 2011
opinion
It’s hard to exaggerate the impact that a democratic Egypt will have on the entire region, as Cairo resumes its role as the fulcrum and wellspring of Arab identity, ideology and influence
Rami G. Khouri
| Thu Feb 17, 2011
opinion
The 18-day uprising in Egypt is far from qualifying as revolution. Yet it is sending tremors throughout the Middle East, causing deep foreboding among some and jubilation among others
Dilip Hiro
| Thu Feb 17, 2011
View From the UK
Why is the UK Treasury frantically seeking to protect naked short-selling and strangle the directive by the European parliament to bring it to an end?
George Monbiot
| Thu Feb 17, 2011
Opinion
Corruption is nothing new, but its magnitude is, as is the ineptitude, the incompetence and the lack of supervision which seem to prevail since this PM came to power
B. Raman
| Thu Feb 17, 2011
From The Blogs
"I did not feel I was in a position to insist that auctions must be insisted", "I did not feel that I had the authority to object", "We mustn’t focus excessively on the negative features", "It also spoils the image of India"...
Sundeep Dougal | Wed Feb 16, 2011
News Conference
The PM blames the media for creating "an impression that we are a scam-driven country" and the opposition and BJP for coming in the way of "path-breaking reforms", insinuating that the BJP wanted Amit Shah released as a quid pro quo
Media
interviews Manmohan Singh | Wed Feb 16, 2011
Indo-Pak
While India has little to worry about Pakistan’s desire to have more than 100 nuclear warheads, the possibility of leakage from the state to non-state actors is a serious threat
Harsh V. Pant
| Wed Feb 16, 2011
View From The USA
A primer for President Obama so that he is prepared for the next round of political upheavals after setting new standards for foreign policy incoherence and incompetence
Michael Schwartz
| Tue Feb 15, 2011
Opinion
While internet freedom clearly is not about to be declared in China, civil society and new technology will over time push limits beyond the axiomatic boundaries of the party-state
Borje Ljunggren
| Tue Feb 15, 2011
The Egypt Effect
The spiralling protests could have an impact in some pockets where there is already people's anger as in the Northeast or J&K or in the tribal areas of central India.
B. Raman
| Tue Feb 15, 2011
View From Britain
What do the Westerners really mean when they admiringly declare that ‘they are beating us at our own game'.
Jeremy Seabrook
| Mon Feb 14, 2011
Opinion
The Egyptian "kill switch" which managed to disconnect millions, in the space of about 20 minutes, and restored service just as abruptly five days later, was simultaneously a spectacular technical success and a mystifying strategic blunder.
James Cowie
| Mon Feb 14, 2011
Opinion
Considerable spadework had been done through various channels to remove the poison towards India that had been injected by the attitude of Mr Quereshi. With him gone, there is need for a fresh mind-set
B. Raman
| Sun Feb 13, 2011
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