When It's Twice In A Blue Moon
The BSP-BJP coalition in UP is a fact now. But there is disaffection in saffron ranks over its 'unequal' nature.
Salaam Sonia
While the NDA staggers from one mistake to another, the lady from 10, Janpath is consolidating her gains. Surely, steadily.
Afterhours
"I am not a party animal at all. Given a chance, I'd rather spend it with my family." Pallavi JhaChairperson and MD, Walchand Capital Group
State Gazette
A page on the state(s) of the nation -- states covered: Kerala, Gujarat, Karnataka, West Bengal, AP and MP.
'I Anoint Me,' He Writ
Musharraf may have won a sham mandate, but it may have only damaged his aspiration to legitimacy
'The NDA Agenda Has Been Violated'
In an exclusive interview to <i>Outlook</i>, TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu spells out his party's position on Gujarat and its future relationship with the NDA.
The Man In The Mirror
Naidu's ambivalence sees the party take the walkout route during the Gujarat debate. But it needs the NDA more than ever.
International Slipstream
"I am not saying the gas chambers didn't exist...but I thinkit is a mere detail in the history of the Second World War."Jean Marie le Pen, the leader of the far-Right Front National
Summer Of Discontent
A disappointing Budget, ineffectual rollbacks and Gujarat. Disenchantment with the NDA continues.
Deham
It needs most what it stands against -- first world technology. Nihalini stumbles when he should and could have stomped and danced on the scavenging policies and rotten souls of the WTO and enemy MNCs.
Death And The Maidens
An exploitative Tamil filmdom claims another starlet, the tenth to commit suicide in two decades
Hate's Right
British National Party's anti-Muslim campaigndrives a wedge through the immigrant community
Indian Diplomats Say, 'Shame Has No Spin'
Saddled with the unenviable task of defending the government's stand on Gujarat, MEA officials privately admit to a crisis of conscience as they trudge along
How The West Was Lost
The MEA's 'internal affairs' spook—launched at Europe—has come back to haunt Indian diplomacy, pushing it against a wall
The Tyranny Of Numbers
It's 10 years late—135 nations, even Myanmar, beat us to it—but that's the least of its ills
Children Of Terror
The trauma of young minds maimed by the carnage. Minds that will never be young again.
Sleep And The Innocent
Revenge, yes, but most children want to forget the trauma they relive every night
Saurav's Faster 'Un
Senior players always need to be isolated when the captain himself is weak. Perhaps why Ganguly is backing Bhajji against Kumble for a team spot.
The Babu's Slow Death
In the case of the police, the political attempt to bypass the IPS is more direct. Local MLAs appoint SHOs in Gujarat.
Policing The Global Cops
Subordinate nations will always view international criminal courts as instruments that pose a threat to their sovereignty.
Life Goes On, Cruelly
How many unknown soldiers have sacrificed their lives to our cultural cannibalism, fighting on the battlefield of life in India?
The Rape Of Reason
It has become Everywoman's narrative. The sexual abuse of women has been so public, victims will talk to anyone who'll listen.
In The Reign Of The Headless Horse
Disband the Sangh parivar's extra-governmental militias, or we could be heading the way of Zia-ul-Haq's Pakistan.
"I Am Very Impressed With Ganguly"
Ganguly, with the kind of team he has, will come out trumps soon, says the Supercat.
Bull's Eye
It's no longer Prime Minister Vajpayee who leads the nation. Events lead the nation. Will events set in chain a sequence that alters politics and reforms ...
Bibliofile
Hari Kunzru in India, Rohinton Mistry and Amit Chaudhary in a spat over Parsis and their long noses and Arundhati under fire...
Crossing Boundaries
It will provoke some, but it must surely make even the blase Neemrana crowd sit up and take notice.
Signature Tune Of History
An engaging location of jehad in its historical, literary and cultural context