Delhi Diary
For all the accumulated wisdom, all you get by way of an answer as to what’s in store in the five assembly elections is blah, blah, blah and blather.
‘I’m A Specialist In Rocket Science And A Failure As A Psychologist’
Former ISRO chairman offers fresh insight on the controversial Antrix-Devas deal
Carrots? Here’s A Stick!
The PM, Raja, TRAI, telecom firms... the apex court lets no one off the hook
Musketeers Of The Court And The Ledger
The extraordinary persistence of the three prime movers in the case has paid off
Rook, Bishop, King?
The UPA government totters as the Supreme Court further exposes the political corporate nexus in the 2G scam. Should the PM resign before more bad news hits him?
History Walked This Way
Indian cricket may be at the crossroads, but it’s no call to scoff at our great trinity
Will Price Be Discovered Or Invented?
RIL’s brazen demand: allow us to sell local gas at the price set for imported gas
Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?
Sample questions from the PISA test—which students in Tamil Nadu and Himachal Pradesh couldn’t crack—and the Quality Education Study in the metros
It’s Plain Murder, By Rote
Is the teaching in our schools actually educating our children? Not really, according to a few grim surveys...
Shahrukh Khan
Much has been made of Sanju (Dutt) and me roughing up Shirish Kunder (he’s Farah Khan’s husband, if you didn’t know)...
Wide-Eyed
I wonder who is supposed to read this book; other than, that is, a long-suffering reviewer whose beliefs in writing about India may now need some reassessment
The Priming Of A Scion
Not quite an ‘authoritative’ biography, simply because it comes a bit too early





















