Simply Sanath Magic
There are many facets to Jayasuriya, but all of them can be summed up in one phrase, a quiet achiever. Or Simply Sanath, shall we say?
State Gazette
She had her cake, then ate it too; From frame-up to goof-up; Getting those cowboy blues; The evangelist's living hell; Agnivarsha in Pune; The customary musical chairs.
Saddle Burns
Looming polls, caste factor help Gehlot hold on <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=20>More Coverage </a>
Sex, Rhetoric And Diplomatic Impunity
Islamabad is hard pressed to withdraw its 'diplo-basher'. New Delhi is only too relieved.
Bearded State
With the MMA zealots nipping at his heels, NWFP chief minister Durrani shows up his illiberal side
An Unprized Inheritance
Shinde replaces the much-warned Deshmukh but faces dissidence, a massive financial crisis and a resurgent Sena-BJP <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=129>More Coverage </a>
Reeling In The New
'2003 will decide whether Bollywood will survive or if it'll be The End.' Here are some of the milestones on that crucial course. Make your choice.
Anbey Sivam (Love is God)
Kamal thinks Anbey Sivam intelligently combines a tribute to Hashmi and Chaplin.
Splintered Sorority
Spotlight on Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura. <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=18>More Coverage </a>
A Bonfire Of Vanities
That obscure demon, anti-incumbency, stalks the BJP in Himachal and Modi's Hindutva campaign could be a dubious boon <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=71>More Coverage </a>
With Them / Against Them
The DMK's bitter battles with the state BJP continue, so how long can they hang on at the Centre?
A Debugged Operating $ystem
Take a cup of leftism. Stir in dashes of caring and fun. Blend with performance-obsessed managing. Garnish with middle-class values. Result: a success cocktail.
Return To Nowhere
The choice of the Stalinist structures of Pragati Maidan was matched only by other reminders to NRIs of our ugly bureaucracy.
At Sixes And Sevens
The suddenness with which Modi adopted hate as his poll campaign has left the Congress groping for an effective counter-strategy.
The Heart's Fifth Chamber
Nepal's experiment with anarchy and democracy holds a lesson for India—how autonomised regions of India could evolve.
Wage A War To Win Your Peace
The Constitution, not the Hindu Right, grants the Muslim his place in the country. It's his Indianness he can use as a weapon of assertion.
Bull's Eye
Years ago this writer wrote a column for the now defunct Illustrated Weekly of India. For six months before the liberation of Bangladesh it campaigned ...
Bollywood High
Refreshingly accessible as well as insightful take on the iconic moments in Hindi cinema.
Hill-Billy Aitken
Observant, humorous, self-effacing, reminds me in a way of Lawrence of Arabia — mentally tough.
