Karma And Tax... Past Forward
The retrospective tax laws plan has foreign investors jittery. Will Pranab stay the course?
‘The CBI Probe Is To Damage My Reputation’
He is the son of the Congress, now quite determined to wreak destruction on it.
Bullock-Cart Burma
The altered political scene in Naypyidaw will force India to do that much more to engage Myanmar
As The Temple Bells Beckon
India-Myanmar ties, once so close, are at last on the brink of a belated revival
The Spires Spiral Down
The decline in one of the best universities in India has hastened in the last two years
Smog Of War
Was it a big C (coup) attempt by an army faction or a big D (disinformation) campaign by somebody else?
“He Said, Sir, Yeh Kya Kia, Sab Mushkil Mein Pad Jayenge”
On being hounded out of the Master General Ordnance branch for initiating inquires into BEMLs functioning.
No Truck With The Devil
BEML’s Tatra trucks, ‘substandard’ monopolies and yet another defence scandal
Look Who’s Chasing... The Twitter God
The celebrity isn’t the known face, it’s the Twitter handle that gets the following.
Delhi’s New Belly
Offering authentic cuisine from Bihar, this delightful eatery overlooks the bustle of Shahpur Jat.
Bibliofile
Hullabaloo in the Orhan Pamuk-Kiran Desai nest: the Nobel and the Booker winner have ended their two-year relationship
Where The Air Is Rarefied
The most comprehensive analysis of climate change, which tackles India’s (mostly flawed) policies
Trouble On The Roads
Mumbai’s communal violence examined: the simmer and spurt of past unrest; the open wounds of the last 20 years
Sachin Tendulkar
Of late, I play for the country too only for personal enjoyment while others do the hard work.
Bangalore Diary
At eight in the morning, all around Majestic, the city’s main bus-stop, men are sipping rum in bars...