Bal Thackeray
I’ve so far maintained my silence, but I now feel I must record what actually transpired for posterity...
Dialogue Or Jehad 2.0?
Indo-Pak talks threaten to resume, and then they let the LeT chief off the leash. What’s up?
‘GM Isn’t Only Route To Food Security’
The morning after announcing the moratorium on Bt brinjal, a visibly relaxed environment minister spoke to Outlook
A Khaki Shudra To Our New Brahmins
How is it that the Maoists accumulate so much sympathy while the police are damned by the uniform they wear?
Striker
A daring, disturbing even if a trifle convoluted and meandering exploration of the ugly urban underbelly through three decades—’70s, ’80s, leading up to December 1992.
Bibliofile
Remember the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize ceremony of 2002. The one when His Salmanness was not Sirji yet nor was Coetzee Nobel...?
Life As A Gig
Tells the heart-warming tale of the triumph of the human spirit with a gentle, self-deprecating wit.
Nehru, Sinosceptic
His foreign policy and strategic motives laid bare, Nehru surprisingly emerges as an out-and-out realist
Toast To Toast
Decent food, not superlative, and not inexpensive. And their coffee (Rs 25) is cheaper (and possibly better) than the other chains’
Delhi Diary
Whether it is Jaya Bachchan or Karan Johar or Sharad Pawar prostrating before Matoshree, the homage should be roundly condemned.
“They Can Only Kill Innocents, Not Us”
The interview with Maoist insurgents is a tad unreal, when it does materialise in the middle of the dense jungles of Dandakaranya...
A Shiver Runs Through It
The innocent tribal stands hapless in the crossfire between the State and the Maoists, losing life and livelihood in a war without end
Dogspeed By The Beas
Amidst the wheat fields, the bound and pace and stride of greyhounds feeds a racing craze
The Karma Symphony In Judea
With help from the Bhagavad Gita, an Indian composer tears down cross-cultural barriers
'Vedanta Is Linked To Serious Rights Abuses’
On persuading the Church of England to divest its stake in the UK-based Vedanta Resources
