Freaks & Winning Streaks
Having scored zero on performance, political parties are relying on nautanki and tamasha to lure voters to polling booths.
In Tray
This soft yet blunt-spoken bureaucrat is out to widen the tax net "The hole in revenue collection will certainly impact the fiscal deficit." S. Narayan Revenue secretary
Elections: Nautanki And Tamasha
Royalty jostles with dons, eunuchs with sophisticated socialites, godmen with gangsters, big businessmen with small traders, wives with mistresses.
Current Affairs
The controversial transcript of a phone conversation between former Enron India chief, Rebecca Mark and a Maharashtra politico being circulated in the Kolkata underground.
Mau-Mauing The Flak Catchers
Politicians keep the campaign low-key fearing the people's ire. And it looks like a hung assembly.
To Hush The Steeds Of War
The absence of opposition to Musharraf's madrassa reorientation programme, it's feared, is merely a lull before the mujahideen storm
Turn Left... Then Left... And Then...
A Right to Information Bill is out there, in some states at least. But the babus are still masters.
'Colas Are Killing Local Drinks'
On why the no fuss, no fizz badminton star turned down a soft drink giant even though it meant kissing a lucrative contract goodbye.
First Take
Who's in and who's out at the Neemrana litterati, oops, literati fest, and where the best corn pops.
Filhaal
Any pretensions that Meghna carries forward the Gulzar tradition are dispelled in the first half hour.
Enron: Robbing Innocence
The DPC leaves in its wake a land destroyed permanently. Everyone has lost something for ever.
Chips Of The Old Flock
These boys will be men soon. And if their illustrious fathers are on course, India may well have an incredible playing eleven.
"I'm Always Attracted By The Ridiculous In People"
Khushwant Singh's 87 but feisty and forthright as ever in this freewheeling interview
Icon Curry
After six years of legal wrangling with Maneka Gandhi over his infringement of her right to privacy (the case has now moved from the Delhi high court to the Supreme Court), Singh's <i>Truth, Love & A Little Malice </i> finally triumphs: an exclusive
We Can, But Don't
Where we lack is in inducting a laser-designated counter-terrorist strike along with a dozen other capabilities.
Why India Won't Relent
Unlike the West, New Delhi suspects doublespeak in virtually everything President Musharraf says and does. <br> <a href=submain1.asp?mode=25&refer=5729 target=_ blank> Free Speech: Your take </a>
Towards Owning India
While we are busy talking of second generation reforms and <a href=pti_coverage?gid=26 target=_blank> disinvestments </a> isn't it time to truly take ownership of our own country? <br> <a href=submain1.asp?mode=25&refer=6286 target=_blank> Free Speec
Birds, Bees And Squirrels
Free India's mantris and santris have lived amid abundant greenery. But they haven't ever planted a single tree.
Gun To The Temple
Goaded by a restive sant brigade, the VHP turns strident—but Vajpayee is only half listening