Coomi Kapoor has been a journalist for the last four decades. Her forte has been political reporting. She has witnessed the shifting power equations in the capital -- from Indira Gandhi’s regime to the rise of the Aam Aadmi Party. She is presently contributing editor to The Indian Express. Earlier, she worked for the newspaper as chief reporter, special correspondent and editor, Delhi. Coomi has worked in several publications in different capacities. She was principal correspondent, India Today, editor news, Sunday Mail, bureau chief, Indian Post and political editor, Illustrated Weekly. She has been writing a political diary in a lighter vein since 1985 and her syndicated column was carried by many newspapers. She was also stringer for The Times, London, and columnist for The Star, Malaysia.
August 23, 2009 02:13 IST
It was RSS chief Mohan Bhagwats candid interview with Arnab Goswami which triggered Jaswant Singhs expulsion....
Sun, Aug 23, 2009August 21, 2009 16:27 IST
The crude manner in which Jaswant Singh was expelled reflects the tightening grip of the RSS over the BJP.
Fri, Aug 21, 2009August 09, 2009 02:44 IST
More skeletons are tumbling out of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes,following the arrest of Buta Singhs son. A long-standing feud between Singh...
Sun, Aug 09, 2009August 07, 2009 22:09 IST
Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh appear to make a perfect team.
Fri, Aug 07, 2009August 02, 2009 04:22 IST
If Shiv Shankar Menon has been made the fall guy for the Indo-Pakistan joint statement in Sharm-el-Sheikh,Shyam Saran,the PMs envoy on climate change...
Sun, Aug 02, 2009July 29, 2009 14:56 IST
Reporting on human rights violations is an important part of journalism,but sometimes there is a lack of discrimination in the causes that we champion.
Wed, Jul 29, 2009July 29, 2009 03:57 IST
The ongoing controversy over eminent African-American Harvard scholar,Henry Louis Gates arrest should be an example to us.
Wed, Jul 29, 2009July 26, 2009 03:21 IST
Trust the Samajwadi Partys ubiquitous general secretary Amar Singh not to disappear from sight even when he is in Singapore for a kidney transplant....
Sun, Jul 26, 2009July 22, 2009 12:00 IST
In Egypt,the Foreign Secretary was not willing to concede that there was a mistake of any sort in the joint statement.
Wed, Jul 22, 2009July 19, 2009 00:59 IST
Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azads lighthearted remark on World Population Day that TV was the best birth control device....
Sun, Jul 19, 2009July 15, 2009 17:15 IST
It was noticeable that almost all the fuming over the supposed slight to the sari emanated from men,not from women. Which reflects the chauvinistic double standards of the Indian male.
Wed, Jul 15, 2009July 12, 2009 02:09 IST
The heavy artillery has been brought out in the CPI(M)s war of attrition. Last week at the partys politburo meeting...
Sun, Jul 12, 2009July 10, 2009 00:57 IST
When the government finally discloses the contents of the Justice Liberhan Commission report there will predictably be a hue-and-cry in the media and heated debates in Parliament and outside.
Fri, Jul 10, 2009July 08, 2009 13:20 IST
Long after the Japanese gave up their kimonos,the Chinese their Mao boiler suits and the South Americans their boleros,we Indian woman,whether at home or abroad,clung loyally to our saris.
Wed, Jul 08, 2009July 05, 2009 02:24 IST
Pranab Mukherjee is not Mamata Banerjees favourite Congress leader as she suspects he is soft on the CPI(M). But....
Sun, Jul 05, 2009June 30, 2009 16:02 IST
When it comes to introspecting on our own behaviour towards foreigners,we tend to turn a blind eye.
Tue, Jun 30, 2009June 28, 2009 02:12 IST
Mamata Bannerjee is not the only union minister who views Delhi as a stop over and not her main destination.
Sun, Jun 28, 2009June 22, 2009 17:55 IST
The phrase 'victory has many fathers,in defeat you are an orphan' is particularly appropriate for Indian politics.
Mon, Jun 22, 2009June 22, 2009 02:36 IST
The BJP likes to claim: country first,party next and the individual last. But the messy,very public...
Mon, Jun 22, 2009June 21, 2009 05:51 IST
Is the Congress Party advisory to its members not to use their feudal titles meant as a gentle hint to royals who were....
Sun, Jun 21, 2009June 14, 2009 01:38 IST
L K Advanis aide Sudheendra Kulkarnis article hitting out at the RSS and suggesting the BJP tone down its Hindutva stance....
Sun, Jun 14, 2009June 11, 2009 12:46 IST
I consider the proposed bill for 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament as ill conceived,elitist and retrograde.
Thu, Jun 11, 2009June 09, 2009 05:11 IST
The very effective theme of the Congress in this parliamentary campaign was inclusiveness.
Tue, Jun 09, 2009June 07, 2009 03:34 IST
Asked what he thought of the new Lok Sabha,Lalu Prasad Yadav pointed out that there were fewer men and women who were sons....
Sun, Jun 07, 2009June 04, 2009 16:28 IST
St Stephen's,the elite Delhi college with pretensions to being the Oxford of India,has added another feather in its cap.
Thu, Jun 04, 2009