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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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Life beyond a hundred daysSubscriber Only
June 14, 2009 01:45 IST
The newfound enthusiasm for the American fashion of a hundred-day programme shows an urgency by Manmohan 2.0....
Sun, Jun 14, 2009The changing post-poll landscapeSubscriber Only
June 07, 2009 03:40 IST
The new Lok Sabha is taking shape and so is the future strategy of the Congress. Meira Kumar as Speaker is obviously Congresss answer to Mayawati and that is a big throw for the next UP and Bihar elections. Giving NCP three jobs is meant to buy them over for the Maharashtra elections which are […]
Sun, Jun 07, 2009Downing Street countdownSubscriber Only
June 05, 2009 01:29 IST
Brown was to be the meltdowns saviour. The expenses scandal changed all that
Fri, Jun 05, 2009An idea: A Left-Cong mergerSubscriber Only
May 31, 2009 01:01 IST
There is now a chance to think calmly about the election. Let us forget the experts who say that nothing very much changed.
Sun, May 31, 2009The triumph of the OutsiderSubscriber Only
May 24, 2009 00:40 IST
I once met an LSE alumnus who had become a millionaire by restoring the fortunes of firms gone broke.
Sun, May 24, 2009History made by the millionsSubscriber Only
May 17, 2009 01:38 IST
No surprise then. Not for readers of this column. I am afraid I have to crow though with some humility. I had consistently said Congress....
Sun, May 17, 2009Brighter than a thousand netasSubscriber Only
May 10, 2009 00:38 IST
At Los Alamos,when the first atom bomb was tested,Robert Oppenheimer recited the verses from the Bhagavad Gita...
Sun, May 10, 2009When politics tries your patienceSubscriber Only
May 03, 2009 00:01 IST
When the shock of 26/11 took place,the first reactions were angry. A lot of Mumbai citizens expressed their dissatisfaction with the leaders....
Sun, May 03, 2009ENDGAME IN INDIASubscriber Only
April 26, 2009 23:29 IST
When Pandit Nehru was Congress leader,he won three elections in a row and thus he had two full terms where the same Party...
Sun, Apr 26, 2009Politicians the problem,people the solutionSubscriber Only
April 19, 2009 00:27 IST
The bell has sounded and the voters are voting. Now at last we can breathe a sigh of relief and think about wider issues. It is quite clear that politics....
Sun, Apr 19, 2009Mera joota jadugarSubscriber Only
April 12, 2009 01:15 IST
As E-Day approaches,Indian politics appears to be having a nervous breakdown.
Sun, Apr 12, 2009The Rahul Gandhi GambleSubscriber Only
April 05, 2009 03:20 IST
During the first general election of 1952,a candidate of the Rama Rajya Parishad who was standing against Pandit Nehru asked him....
Sun, Apr 05, 2009A NEW WORLD ECONOMIC ORDERSubscriber Only
March 29, 2009 23:58 IST
Dr. Manmohan Singh will be well advised to get his mind off the minutiae of electoral politics this week. Bigger things are at stake in London.....
Sun, Mar 29, 2009Pakistans crisis affects us allSubscriber Only
March 15, 2009 00:37 IST
It is difficult to keep away from the troubles of Pakistan. There is obviously a Pakistan that can write long replies to Indias chargesheet against the 26/11 accused.....
Sun, Mar 15, 2009Gandhigiri,anyone?Subscriber Only
March 08, 2009 00:31 IST
What a lot of fuss about the few possessions of the Mahatma which went on sale in New York. His ideals are evoked but seldom followed.....
Sun, Mar 08, 2009Trouble in the neighbourhoodSubscriber Only
March 01, 2009 00:58 IST
I cannot resist crowing. Last September,I predicted on a TV programme that the GDP growth rate would be nearer five per cent than the seven plus the government was forecasting.
Sun, Mar 01, 2009PAKISTANS WILD WESTSubscriber Only
February 22, 2009 01:21 IST
Imran Khan has not been as lucky in his political life as he was in his cricket.
Sun, Feb 22, 2009Grown up politicsSubscriber Only
February 15, 2009 00:53 IST
Eighty days after 26/11,Pakistani authorities have responded to Indias dossier
Sun, Feb 15, 2009Obamas real test begins nowSubscriber Only
February 08, 2009 01:18 IST
It is hard to imagine that Barack Obama has not been President of the US forever.
Sun, Feb 08, 2009The federal solutionSubscriber Only
February 01, 2009 00:38 IST
I celebrated the millenniums arrival in a restaurant in Galle in Sri Lanka. An election had just taken place where I was an observer and that taught me a lot about politics in Sri Lanka....
Sun, Feb 01, 2009Give the PM a breakSubscriber Only
January 25, 2009 00:48 IST
Perhaps the least noticed part of Obamas inauguration was that Robert Gates,the only member of the Cabinet who was retained from the Bush administration...
Sun, Jan 25, 2009Being a sovereign nation stateSubscriber Only
January 18, 2009 00:49 IST
Life would be so much nicer if the whole world just agreed with India on everything.
Sun, Jan 18, 2009Kaun Banega PradhanmantriSubscriber Only
January 11, 2009 01:22 IST
In its heyday in the early 1990s,there were fears that if the BJP ever came to power,it would never ever go away. Hitler-like,Vajpayee would take his mukhota off..
Sun, Jan 11, 2009
Tackling terror effectivelySubscriber Only
December 21, 2008 01:10 IST
Once the British Parliament was against a deadline. The Judiciary had said certain foreign terrorists could not be held in prison any longer...
Sun, Dec 21, 2008The great meltdownSubscriber Only
November 09, 2008 21:16 IST
When the G20 meet in Washington on November 15, there will be a spectre in the wings. The incumbent President is a dead duck and his successor will be ever-present in people’s minds but not physically there.
Sun, Nov 09, 2008Journalism of Courage
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