‘Afghanistan’s Future Is Linked With That Of India’s’
Afghan foreign minister on Indo-Afghan relations and the challenges before Afghanistan.
Put My View On The Table
Dalits, OBCs in India’s colleges are using beef as a symbol of a resurgent identity
Who Strains On A Short Leash?
Much of our serious journalism involves being dictated to by the powers that be. So why all the fuss?
Shootout On Fleet Street
Alarmed by its proactive role, the three ‘pillars’ of our democracy set out to weaken the fourth estate
Age Of Exuberance
There is not going to be any curtain call to Zohraji’s act; she shall remain an inspiration for ever.
Laugh, Riotous Politics!
A first look at <i>‘Wit and Wisdom’</i>, a new compilation from ‘The Parsee Punch’, a London ‘Punch’ clone, published from 1854 to the 1930s.
The Very Picture Of Self-Reliance
The older Ambani bahu goes through an image makeover. Not only is she looking the part, she is also playing it to the hilt.
To Silence The Salangai
There’s an ill wind blowing in Kalakshetra. Does it portend a blighted season ahead?
After Eleven Years, It Stings To Say This...
Mathew Samuel, the journalist behind Operation Westend which felled Bangaru Laxman and George Fernandes, on how it upturned his life
The Stunguns, In Silhouette
An extremely readable attempt to capture the spirit and evolution of our Hindi films through essays on its superstars
Third Man Talking
Pico Iyer’s fevered imagination effetely harps on Graham Greene, nourishes a father complex, in this prolix effort
Except A Pavlova Pirouette
Anglo-India has just made a culinary comeback in unsuspecting Indiranagar, Bangalore
The Avengers
After a long time, here’s a Hollywood film that gets wolf-whistles and catcalls in Indian theatres
The Bofors Ghost
No, I am not in the same category as Banquo’s ghost or Caesar’s ghost, nor am I the title of an unfinished Shakespeare play...