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Meghnad Desai
Meghnad Desai loves to cook, watch and write about old Bollywood movies and shuttles between London, Delhi and Goa. He pursues controversies on economics, history and anything else which catches his attention. He is also a British parliamentarian sitting in the House of Lords. He has written over 25 books, over 200 articles in learned journals and hundreds of newspaper columns in UK and India.
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Coalition bluesSubscriber Only
May 01, 2011 01:32 IST
The Royal Wedding was just a distraction from the serious business of politics
Sun, May 01, 2011Dharmakshetre KurukshetreSubscriber Only
April 24, 2011 01:16 IST
The Mahabharata war was won by the Pandavas employing many dirty tricks
Sun, Apr 24, 2011Which Hazare?Subscriber Only
April 17, 2011 01:24 IST
The Hazare I grew up respecting was not Anna but Vijay Samuel Hazare
Sun, Apr 17, 2011Going Potti over corruptionSubscriber Only
April 10, 2011 00:17 IST
Jawaharlal Nehru was a democrat and he had no time for fasts in a democracy.
Sun, Apr 10, 2011Weapons of Mass DemocracySubscriber Only
April 03, 2011 00:35 IST
The tsunami in Japan coincided with a much more lasting upheaval in the Middle-East and North Africa (MENA)
Sun, Apr 03, 2011Meltdown timeSubscriber Only
March 27, 2011 00:16 IST
It was always a strategic defence alliance
Sun, Mar 27, 2011Small ChangeSubscriber Only
March 20, 2011 03:04 IST
During PV Narasimha Raos prime ministership,I once heard an exchange which has stayed in my mind.
Sun, Mar 20, 2011Women come lastSubscriber Only
March 13, 2011 02:22 IST
On the centenary of the International Womens Day,a young woman gets murdered in broad daylight in Delhi.
Sun, Mar 13, 2011All changeSubscriber Only
March 06, 2011 23:52 IST
The Budget session did go forward after all and even the Budget speech went smoothly.
Sun, Mar 06, 2011Half and halfSubscriber Only
February 27, 2011 23:47 IST
The Godhra verdict was very much like the Babri Masjid one.
Sun, Feb 27, 2011Muslim renaissanceSubscriber Only
February 20, 2011 23:41 IST
The rebellion persists in the Middle East.
Sun, Feb 20, 2011Magic NumbersSubscriber Only
February 13, 2011 01:58 IST
The secret of life,as the fans of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy know,is 42.
Sun, Feb 13, 2011Meltdown in the Middle EastSubscriber Only
February 06, 2011 00:19 IST
America cant win either way.
Sun, Feb 06, 2011Our own drainSubscriber Only
January 30, 2011 01:26 IST
Congress pioneers in the 19th century made the drain of wealth from India abroad a major plank of their critique of the British rule.
Sun, Jan 30, 2011A Tale of Two ParliamentsSubscriber Only
January 23, 2011 03:03 IST
She had expected to host a lunch and devote a lot of time with her.
Sun, Jan 23, 2011Bad OmensSubscriber Only
January 16, 2011 04:15 IST
There is one thing about the Cabinet reshuffle which is trivial but makes me very angry.
Sun, Jan 16, 2011A lament for PakistanSubscriber Only
January 09, 2011 02:36 IST
It was in Lahore that Jawaharlal Nehru led Congress members to take the oath of Indian independence on the banks of the Ravi.
Sun, Jan 09, 2011Rules of lawSubscriber Only
January 02, 2011 02:23 IST
The Congress Party,the principal power at the Centre and in Andhra Pradesh,will deploy its own MPs to let you off the hook.
Sun, Jan 02, 2011Empty BasketSubscriber Only
December 26, 2010 01:28 IST
Harold Wilson,a former British Prime Minister,once said,A week is a long time in politics.
Sun, Dec 26, 2010The endgame?Subscriber Only
December 19, 2010 04:20 IST
The Duke of Wellington said at Waterloo that he was more scared of his own army than he was of Naploeons.
Sun, Dec 19, 2010The scared dragonSubscriber Only
December 12, 2010 03:34 IST
At least and at last,India has done one decent thing.
Sun, Dec 12, 2010Wicked LeaksSubscriber Only
December 05, 2010 03:39 IST
Bismarck said that nothing is true until it is officially denied. Today we can say nothing is true until it is leaked,preferably on the internet
Sun, Dec 05, 2010New Politics,Old LeadersSubscriber Only
November 28, 2010 03:53 IST
Within just a fortnight,what an upheaval in Indian politics! It is not often,that all at once,two Congress chief ministers fall and Parliament is in chaos week after week
Sun, Nov 28, 2010Powerless in PowerSubscriber Only
November 21, 2010 04:55 IST
Modern India was created in the teeth of British criticism.
Sun, Nov 21, 2010Journalism of Courage
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