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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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Out of my mind: Creation of a political mythSubscriber Only
March 31, 2019 01:40 IST
The victory of the incumbent will be hard for opponents to explain.
Sun, Mar 31, 2019
Out of my mind: Cong chances in a three-cornered fightSubscriber Only
March 24, 2019 01:55 IST
The surprise in the campaign is the failure of the Grand Alliance to emerge.
Sun, Mar 24, 2019
Out of my mind: The meltdown in BritainSubscriber Only
March 17, 2019 00:52 IST
History has crippled politics. But don’t worry. The UK remains the fifth largest economy in the world.
Sun, Mar 17, 2019
All socialists nowSubscriber Only
March 10, 2019 01:32 IST
Is the BJP a socialist party? During early days, the Jana Sangh used to assert their belief in Gandhian Socialism. But now they follow Deendayal Upadhyaya, who consciously searched for a path rejecting socialism and capitalism.
Sun, Mar 10, 2019
Out of my mind: Justice for KashmirSubscriber Only
March 03, 2019 00:10 IST
Over the last 70 years, India has failed to make Kashmir love it nor has it learned to love Kashmir. We say Kashmir is an integral part of India. Yet, the reaction against Kashmiris in mainland India showed that Indians do not like Kashmiris.
Sun, Mar 03, 2019
Out of my mind: Our urgent needSubscriber Only
February 24, 2019 01:32 IST
In each of these attacks, India was unprepared. The intelligence agencies failed to foresee any of these threats. There appears to be no effective counter-terrorism machinery which could deal with a threat even if it was foreseen.
Sun, Feb 24, 2019
India won three out of four wars against Pakistan. The 1948 war can be called unfinishedSubscriber Only
February 17, 2019 01:24 IST
Ever since the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan created, with American financial and military help, the Islamist terrorist movement, Pakistan has had a third pillar of authority, the Islamist terrorist armies.
Sun, Feb 17, 2019
Out of My Mind: Power of Centre against that of statesSubscriber Only
February 10, 2019 00:19 IST
The Government of India Act 1935 was the basis for the 1946 elections which created the Legislative Assembly which became the Constituent Assembly. Partition changed everything.
Sun, Feb 10, 2019
Out of my mind: Income guaranteesSubscriber Only
February 03, 2019 02:04 IST
The idea of giving a bit more to the poor has been the perennial policy of the Congress.
Sun, Feb 03, 2019
Out of my mind: The lessons from Pravasi meetingSubscriber Only
January 27, 2019 01:10 IST
While India is proud to attain per capita income of $2,020 this year, Mauritius had already reached beyond $10,000 by 2017. Indeed between 1976 and 2017, Mauritius doubled its per capita income.
Sun, Jan 27, 2019
Out of my mind: The British ArmageddonSubscriber Only
January 20, 2019 02:43 IST
British Parliamentarians can bring the Executive to answer questions and listen to criticisms in a variety of ways. In Indian Parliament, the backbencher has no freedom and is at the mercy of the Whip of the Party. Not so in Westminster.
Sun, Jan 27, 2019
Out of my mind: Full speedSubscriber Only
January 13, 2019 00:37 IST
The new quota Bill (124th Constitution Amendment Bill) is no doubt for regaining that lost ground. Narendra Modi has shown that he is a master of the political game.
Sun, Jan 13, 2019
Out of my mind: A new gameSubscriber Only
January 06, 2019 01:05 IST
By giving interview to ANI, PM Modi also ensured that all the channels carried it simultaneously and each carried on analysis for the rest of the evening. A press conference would not have been carried that extensively.
Sun, Jan 06, 2019
Out of my mind: Stalin’s call sets lines buzzingSubscriber Only
December 30, 2018 02:00 IST
The process of forming an anti-Modi grand coalition has a major problem. There being too many aspirant prime ministers, to satisfy all, the silent agreement was to wait till after the elections. Stalin brooked no silence.
Sun, Dec 30, 2018
Out of My Mind: Bankrupt economicsSubscriber Only
December 23, 2018 00:13 IST
Today agriculture is the sick man of the Indian economy. It has become a burden on the public fisc. Drug it with loan waivers and the crisis will recur and deepen.
Sun, Dec 23, 2018
NaMo or no more?Subscriber Only
December 16, 2018 01:13 IST
Every election must be fought as a new one. The BJP should think it is fighting for its life. Else it will find itself out.
Sun, Dec 16, 2018
Out of My Mind: The new normalSubscriber Only
December 09, 2018 00:22 IST
Rahul has transformed the Congress into a Hindu nationalist party. In Gujarat, he made a tentative test drive. It worked wonders.
Sun, Dec 09, 2018
Out of my mind: Costly convergenceSubscriber Only
December 02, 2018 02:24 IST
The problem with Indian politics is that despite the cacophony of insults and denunciations, there is a deathly consensus in the political system.
Sun, Dec 02, 2018
Out of my mind: Resolving a crisisSubscriber Only
November 25, 2018 01:45 IST
The idea that the UK should leave the EU was unthinkable just five years ago. Those demanding it were mainly on the Right-wing political fringe, but there was also a Left demand for quitting the “capitalist” Common Market.
Sun, Nov 25, 2018
Out of My Mind: Lanka DahanSubscriber Only
November 18, 2018 01:48 IST
One of the problems of Sri Lanka is that while it has a high Human Development score, it is divided.
Sun, Nov 18, 2018
Out of my mind: Beware of friendsSubscriber Only
November 11, 2018 01:02 IST
Even the destruction of the Babri Masjid happened 26 years ago. What is the urgency now? When the Supreme Court scheduled the hearing in January next year rather than November, why did this storm erupt?
Sun, Nov 11, 2018
Out of My Mind: The leadership principleSubscriber Only
November 04, 2018 00:30 IST
The successes in 1937 and 1946 elections established the hegemony of the Congress, which Jawaharlal Nehru was able to strengthen by winning the first three General Elections of independent India decisively. He became the undisputed Leader of India.
Sun, Nov 04, 2018
Out of my Mind: Lawless lawmenSubscriber Only
October 28, 2018 00:30 IST
The most encouraging aspect of the Khashoggi story is that a single honest journalist was seen as a threat by the Saudi regime.
Sun, Oct 28, 2018
The MeToo revolutionSubscriber Only
October 21, 2018 02:37 IST
With #MeToo we are in a much more intense phase of the Revolution which is sweeping India.
Sun, Oct 21, 2018Out of my mind: Maha convergenceSubscriber Only
October 14, 2018 01:37 IST
There were hopes that Modi would fail to deliver a majority and a mild secular leader would emerge to lead the NDA coalition.
Sun, Oct 14, 2018Journalism of Courage
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