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.
October 31, 2004 00:00 IST
Subramaniam Swamy, Om Prakash Chautala, Chandra Shekhar, Uma Bharati, Vasundara Raje Scindia and Narasimha Rao all telephoned the controvers...
Sun, Oct 31, 2004October 24, 2004 00:00 IST
Astrologer Laxman Das Madan had given heart to many in the BJP after the parliamentary poll defeat by sticking his neck out and predicting t...
Sun, Oct 24, 2004October 17, 2004 00:00 IST
A forthnight back, Bhajan Lal walked into AICC general secretary Janaradhan Dwivedi’s office while he was talking to journalists. ‘...
Sun, Oct 17, 2004October 10, 2004 00:00 IST
At a recent Cabinet meeting, Laloo Prasad Yadav came up with an extraordinary explanation as to why some states, including Bihar, were bankr...
Sun, Oct 10, 2004October 05, 2004 00:00 IST
The media projects Uma Bharati as a Barbie doll-loving, hysterical Hindutva fanatic. The urban middle classes and chatterati see her as a jo...
Tue, Oct 05, 2004October 03, 2004 00:00 IST
Home Minister Shivraj Patil often goofs up by using one word when he actually means another similar sounding one. Recently, when talking to ...
Sun, Oct 03, 2004September 26, 2004 00:00 IST
As the first law officer of the Government, the Attorney General is expected to be the lead counsel for the Union of India in all important ...
Sun, Sep 26, 2004September 19, 2004 02:13 IST
The Congress’s most potent weapon for deflecting the Left’s criticism of the Manmohan Singh government is Sonia Gandhi. Most Commu...
Sun, Sep 19, 2004September 12, 2004 00:00 IST
There is a rift between Renuka Choudhary’s Tourism Ministry and Jaipal Reddy’s Ministry of Culture over the celebrations for the 3...
Sun, Sep 12, 2004September 05, 2004 00:00 IST
Some believe that Uma Bharati’s proposed Tiranga march has stolen the thunder of Congress MP Navin Jindal who went to Court to establis...
Sun, Sep 05, 2004August 29, 2004 00:00 IST
After Steel Minister Ram Vilas Paswan came out in the open to declare war against his former ally Laloo Prasad Yadav, accusing the RJD boss ...
Sun, Aug 29, 2004August 22, 2004 00:00 IST
Officials in the Food and Civil Supplies Ministry were searching frantically for the minister Mohammed Taslimuddin all of last week since th...
Sun, Aug 22, 2004August 15, 2004 00:00 IST
Arjun Singh’s strident campaign demanding that the Government take a more pro-active anti-RSS line may be his way of showing his resent...
Sun, Aug 15, 2004August 11, 2004 00:00 IST
There is no such thing as political untouchability in India, opposition leader L.K. Advani is fond of asserting. This when not so long ago a...
Wed, Aug 11, 2004August 08, 2004 00:00 IST
The absence of both Natwar Singh and MEA spokesperson Navtej Sarna from the recent press briefings on the Iraq hostage crisis is striking. I...
Sun, Aug 08, 2004August 08, 2004 00:00 IST
His strict, patrician father, R.D. Tata, instructed JRD very early in life to give due thought and diligence to writing his letters, the mai...
Sun, Aug 08, 2004August 01, 2004 00:36 IST
Remember Monica Arora, the former DUSU president whom Pramod Mahajan as communications minister appointed as a director on the MTNL board, d...
Sun, Aug 01, 2004July 25, 2004 00:39 IST
Elections to the Bihar Assembly are due only in February next year, but already the main contestants are busy chalking out their campaign st...
Sun, Jul 25, 2004July 18, 2004 00:08 IST
Whether Rahul Gandhi is listening to a debate in the Lok Sabha or relaxing in Parliament’s Central Hall, there is always a Congress MP ...
Sun, Jul 18, 2004July 11, 2004 00:00 IST
The new MP from Bikaner, Dharmendra, was a trifle confused by the topography of the circular Parliament House. For the first few days, he we...
Sun, Jul 11, 2004June 06, 2004 00:00 IST
The amicable Ram Vilas Paswan is a media favourite, nevertheless officials in the Chemicals and Fertilisers Ministry were taken aback by the...
Sun, Jun 06, 2004May 30, 2004 00:00 IST
The last-minute shuffle of his portfolio from Home to Defence was a double whammy for Pranab Mukherjee, who was already finding it hard to a...
Sun, May 30, 2004May 24, 2004 00:00 IST
Did the NDA snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, as most seem to believe? Or was it that the expected NDA victory was a mirage created by...
Mon, May 24, 2004May 23, 2004 00:00 IST
Three hours of breast beating and abject sycophancy by Congress MPs in Parliament’s Central Hall left none in any doubt as to who is th...
Sun, May 23, 2004