Business As Usual
I invited him to the Oberoi. He looked unhappy. When I asked where he'd like to go instead, he said, "Leopold Cafe!"
Bull's Eye
There is only one honest solution: the creation of a new political party representing the new, emerging political culture
Boundaries Closing In
Sports events, and big-budget cricket, cower under the backwash of terror, economic crisis
Kochi To Kodambakam
Kollywood to Bollywood, there's a new lingo in the vanity vans. The Mallu girls are here.
'The US Wants India In Afghanistan'
The ex-ISI chief is still full of bluster, wanted on the so-called American terror note or not
How Many Needles Can The Voodoo Doll Take?
Under pressure, Pakistan moves to crack down on terror outfits. But on the ground, is there enough support for such an action?
Maharathi
Boasts of a fine set of actors who deliver suitably efficient performances but still leave very little impact
Slokas After A Noon Namaaz
Muslim children study Sanskrit and Hindu ones read Quran in these UP madrassas
'It's Necessary Info, But Spectrum Data Is Not Made Available To TRAI'
TRAI chairman says the the regulator has nothing to do with the decision that led to an alleged loss of Rs 60,000 crore
2008: When Promising Poll Planks Appeared And Faded
Ram Setu, Amarnath Yatra, cash-for-votes scam, terror, inflation and the global meltdown...
Chhattisgarh
BJP got over anti-incumbency by fielding as many 46 new candidates. Raman Singh's clean image, good governance and the subsidised rice and kerosene scheme also helped
Fractions Subtract Themselves
The Rajasthan verdict provides interesting insights into the question of leadership.
Madhya Pradesh
Anti-incumbency is out. Pro-incumbency, in which political performance will be judged on good governance, is in
Little Minds, Big Queries
Our children are waking up to a new terror-stained reality. And they're asking questions.
Bibliofile
Is it true that Sirji, on a recent visit to a witch doctor in Kampala, wanted to put a curse on Patrick French, author of his official biography? Talk about "an extreme form of literary criticism"!
Thhat's Pacific
For the amount of crime committed, there is a near-complete absence of menace. People get killed with a bland regularity.
Path Of The Wheel
Nilekani culls from wide professional, social experiences to examine India, its polity and a hopeful road ahead
Wild Fictions
How literature, legends and folklore have influenced our responses to nature and wildlife -- sometimes with happy results, as in the Sunderbans, and at other times with disastrous consequences, as with Project Tiger
Confessions Of A Xenophile
Next to my own country, India, there is no place in the world that has been more important to my development as a writer than Egypt...
