A Tsunami Of Funds
Over 11 months, 376 affected villages in TN have been treated as 'orphans' which the cash-rich NGOs have clamoured to 'adopt'. The 'adopters' sometimes neglect and abuse, and sometimes pamper their 'children'. The NGOs certainly have not proved to be
Everybody Loves A Good Tsunami
And none more than the cash-flush NGOs, whose unsupervised enthusiasm is driving too much to some, nothing to others
Shashi Tharoor
Writer and UN official on a visit to India as the face of his alma mater, Tufts University
Newsbag
A dacoit is dead; The motor is running; Too many on the job; A blast cell; Rani of Jhansi regiment...and now this.
Parde Ke Peechhe Kya Hai...
A fit Muslim woman. Call it the Sania Effect but the burqa isn't stopping Lucknow's busy Bis from fighting flab at the gym.
It's A Free Kick For All
Bend the ball over social barriers—it's a new, egalitarian approach to football
The Gentle Colossus
A scholar and diplomat, India's first Dalit President gave us an enlightened moral centre
How Many Shares?
A 2004 assets affidavit shows ex-K'taka CM S.M. Krishna had invested in Infosys. Did this affect his neutrality?
Bawdylicious
Love them or leave them, but Bollywood comedies are going raunchy with a vengeance, overreaching the limits of decorous language and sexuality, and selling the better for it
Kyon Ki...
If there was any proof needed that Salman is just a star not an actor, watch <i>Kyon Ki....</i>
Godavari Gatha
Is the Rs 13,500 crore Indirasagar dam another Narmada in the making? Despite protests, the project is on.
The Report Is Rubbish
Notwithstanding his integrity, veteran Volcker can be accused of oversight and anomalies in the report. It's a character assassination method he has followed.
Baghdad Connection: Call Waiting
They were already under investigation in connection with an illegal telecom exchange
Princeling And Pals
Rich, brash, with rich friends and Papa to clear up his mess, Jagat's typical of the brat brigade
Still-Born Third World Reich
Natwar's only hope was the Left. And they have backed him, despite the earlier Iran brouhaha.
Loose Cannon, Off The Ramparts
In the US, they prefer Manmohan at the helm of foreign affairs to Natwar's unpredictability
That Foreign Feeling
The Volcker report claims its first victim. Natwar Singh is stripped off his portfolio. What next?<a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=104 target=_blank> Updates</a>
The Loser Takes It All
You can rail against news channels, protest against 'trial by media', threaten writs and libel suits. Nothing helps. Once the roll starts, it rolls and rolls.
Bull's Eye
Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's resignation does not signal the end of the UN's Volcker report crisis. It indicates the start of a bigger crisis. ...
Bibliofile
Why is Krishna Sobti mad at Khushwant Singh? And a publisher scared of getting a bullet in the head, literally, from one of his authors...
The Trouble With Ms Manji
Those looking for cogent critiques of Islam should avoid this book at all costs. In fact, I don't think anyone should read it.
The Redeeming Whore
Nostalgia, even for its Hira Mandi, doesn't recapture the vitality Partition robbed this city of