This open letter to Sharad Yadav was published on June 16, 1997. It remains as relevant today in pointing out how the Yadavs' opposition in the name of caste is a mere bogey. There are far more serious issues at stake.
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Congress Party has proposed to increase the number of seats in the Lok Sabha to 900. Why not make it 1200? To take matters to their logical conclusion, why don't we propose two separate legislative chambers — one for men, another for women?
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While some question my motives in seeking information on Rahul Gandhi's foreign trips, others say that parting with such information will jeopardize his security. Really?
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The venom and aggression with which Congress leaders are responding to a simple question first regarding Mrs Sonia Gandhi and now regarding Mr Robert Vadra proves yet again, if any proof were required, that Congressmen and women are convinced there i
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Congress party's patently undemocratic and illegal arrest of Anna Hazare alienates and angers even those who had some reservations regarding the over-arching legislation proposed by Team Anna
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The communal games of the 'secular' Congress to divide and derail the anti- corruption movement are likely to boomerang on the party in the long run
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The disdain with which Anna Hazare was treated for his praise of Modi’s rural development work in Gujarat shows that many of the “civil society" lack even elementary norms of civility even towards their own leaders.
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I fail to understand why almost every commentator, every TV anchor, every editorial writer feels compelled to pay ritual obeisance to the “personal honesty and integrity” of Dr Manmohan Singh
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Understanding why only certain leaders are respected in the Valley — and why Rahul Gandhi's open and unconditional support to Omar Abdullah will prove counterproductive — holds the key to Kashmir
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It is time that we, as citizens of India, show that we stand by the people of Jammu and Kashmir in their hour of grief; that they are an inseparable part of the unique tapestry of diversity and plurality that is India
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