Dominique Lapierre
Former reporter, author, Indophile on his latest book <i>Is New York Burning</i> co-authored with Larry Collins.
"I Wish Vajpayee Had Been More Decisive"
The man famously called the 'firefighter' of the Vajpayee regime speaks about his eventful six-year tenure
Common And Minimum
The CMP is more about 'what to' rather than 'how to', its ideas noble but impractical <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=330 target=_blank> Updates</a>
Dusty Tracks To the Bounty Bridge
Few models of poverty upliftment have transformed lives. Here is one which is near-perfect.
"BJP Couldn't Tell Foreign Policy From Diplomacy"
India's new minister for external affairs brushes aside those who see him as a relic from the Cold War era. As for being a hawk--or a dove--he says we're running a foreign policy, not a bird sanctuary.
Yuva
Mani wants to tell a story he is experientially not connected to. Calcutta is not his terrain, yet the story is set there. So the Howrah bridge is nothing but a prop.
Till Debt Do Us Apart
Fifty farmers have committed suicide in the last two weeks. Is new CM YSR up to handling the situation?
We're Running A Donkey's Race
Have things really changed in Bollywood, or are we believing our own hype and hoodwinking ourselves?
Steamer Rides
A new promiscuousness swamps our screens as Bollywood goes on testosterone mode. A sign of our evolved times, or is it just to get cash registers ringing?
Devika Rani To Ash: The Whole Shebang
Each decade of Indian cinema has thrown up its own notion of beauty—from the likeness of a goddess, the shift is towards blonde streaks and gym-toned bodies
Reality Unplugged
Actors now want to look their role. Strong scripts and accepting audiences have reduced the pressure to be glamorous. Style is here and here to stay.
Twist In The Plot
Fresh, young and with some mean street cred, the new screenwriters are marking space again in filmdom
Main Bhi Quentin
A New Ripple, yes. A Wave, no. Mostly, it is a tweak here, a pinch there of The Formula.
When A Star Shoots The Moon
Brash, bold and maybe not so beautiful—a new crop of young actors makes a career out of defying convention and flirting with danger
Convergent Cinema
A cinema where, in the grand and gentle tradition of India, heritage and modernity, the East and the West, the seer and the upstart converge and collude.
'There Won't Be Any Friction'
On why, while she refused to shave her head, she decided to emulate Sonia's act of renunciation, declining a cabinet berth.
A Loss-Making Venture
Shourie erred on the divestment route. We 'sold the family silver to pay the butler'.
Middle March
He presented the 'dream budget' in '97 but never really got the kudos. Is it encore time for P. Chidambaram?
Bull's Eye
Why should the President have held back? Is it because Sonia Gandhi could have been a security risk? And hence could not be given access to India's nuclear secrets—making her thereby untenable as PM?
Chhota Satan's Summer Camp
Move over guns and gals, serial killers are the new stuff of popular fiction
Gently Turn The Leaf
HRD ministry pussyfoots on 'tainted' NCERT books <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=90 target=_blank> Updates</a>