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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: Cross dressingSubscriber Only
October 22, 2017 00:55 IST
The Gujarat elections should be the one worth watching. It will be the first test of the newly packaged Congress with Rahul Gandhi leading the campaign.
Mon, Oct 23, 2017
Out of my mind: Narendra Modi’s RajadharmaSubscriber Only
October 15, 2017 00:00 IST
But why have five Cabinet ministers, who have no business interfering in a private matter, defended Jay? Why has Rajnath Singh announced that there was no need for any investigation as Jay is innocent?
Sun, Oct 15, 2017
Out of my mind: Corruption or growthSubscriber Only
October 08, 2017 00:05 IST
Narendra Modi is serious about attacking corruption. The Prime Minister is a moralist. For him, tax evasion, sending money abroad, black money in its various forms, are not just illegal activities; they are treasonable.
Sun, Oct 08, 2017
Out of my Mind: Dynasty diseaseSubscriber Only
October 01, 2017 00:40 IST
Had Rahul Gandhi known a bit more about the history of his own party, he would have said that the Congress became a dynastic party by accident.
Sun, Oct 01, 2017
Out of my mind: A dangerous decisionSubscriber Only
September 24, 2017 00:40 IST
Does every state have an inviolable ‘demography’ which has to be left undisturbed?
Sun, Sep 24, 2017
Out of my mind: Free speechSubscriber Only
September 17, 2017 01:34 IST
There is no doubt that many people do not like the sort of ideas Gauri Lankesh held. They hate rationalists, atheists and anyone who seems Western or modern. They express their dislike. The novel thing is not that there are such people. There have always been.
Sun, Sep 17, 2017
Out of my Mind: Solving the Korean problemSubscriber Only
September 10, 2017 00:09 IST
I recognise that most Indians do not want to discuss anything else but Indian news. Yet the chance of even one-hundredth of one per cent that the world may be wiped out is worth worrying about.
Sun, Sep 10, 2017
Out of my mind: Beware the ElectorateSubscriber Only
September 03, 2017 00:34 IST
The Dera Sacha Sauda is a bigger problem for the BJP than it would be for other parties.
Sun, Sep 03, 2017
Out of my mind: Forward to NehruSubscriber Only
August 27, 2017 00:35 IST
It would be a great step if the MGB were to propose that it would return the PSU banks to the private sector as was the case in Nehru’s days. Indeed, all the nationalisation of Indira Gandhi can be reversed as well as the remnants of her permit-licence Raj.
Sun, Aug 27, 2017
Out of my mind: Modi’s new BJPSubscriber Only
August 20, 2017 02:21 IST
Modi’s advantage is exactly that people underestimate him as a thinking person.
Sun, Aug 20, 2017
Out of my mind: Faith in RS polls shatteredSubscriber Only
August 13, 2017 00:20 IST
Normally Rajya Sabha elections are totally predictable, frankly boring. But we were treated to a cliffhanger.
Sun, Aug 13, 2017
Out of my mind: When facts changeSubscriber Only
August 06, 2017 01:34 IST
After the BJP/NDA went out of power, the JD(U) stuck to its friendship with the BJP, and won the 2005 and 2010 elections. That coalition delivered the most clean and successful regime in Bihar since 1947.
Sun, Aug 06, 2017
Out of my Mind: The house Nehru builtSubscriber Only
July 30, 2017 01:18 IST
The old order has collapsed. A new dispensation is in power. Raising the threat of communalism no longer has the bite Congress expects it to have. It is corruption which is the big worry of the new generation. It was this shift that propelled Nitish Kumar back to his old friends in the BJP/NDA.
Sun, Jul 30, 2017
Out of my mind: The art of oppositionSubscriber Only
July 23, 2017 00:35 IST
The problem today is that none of the parties in the Opposition has enough numbers to command authority. The Congress leads but more due to inertia than any real strength in the grassroots. Its performance in UP has failed to shake its complacency.
Sun, Jul 23, 2017
Out of my mind: The opportunity in KashmirSubscriber Only
July 16, 2017 00:38 IST
The Kashmir tragedy has been so routinised and so predictable that nothing ever surprises any longer.
Sun, Jul 16, 2017
Out of my mind: Will it be war?Subscriber Only
July 09, 2017 02:41 IST
What happened then in the Fifties, and up to 1962 is well known. Despite the bravery of the Indian soldier who fought, though badly equipped, India was humiliated.
Sun, Jul 09, 2017
Out of my mind: The last frontierSubscriber Only
July 02, 2017 01:05 IST
Make no mistake, if Babasaheb Ambedkar is being honoured by all parties, if Dalit candidates are sought after, it is because the Dalit vote bank is a formidable one. With 18 per cent of the population, Dalits are one of the largest minorities.
Sun, Jul 02, 2017
CatastropheSubscriber Only
June 25, 2017 02:43 IST
British Prime Minister Theresa May called an election she did not need in order to enhance her majority. The Labour party saw a chance to endure a massive defeat and replace Jeremy Corbyn. (Party leaders get blamed and resign for losing elections unlike Rahul Gandhi).
Sun, Jun 25, 2017
Out of my mind: DisasterSubscriber Only
June 18, 2017 02:31 IST
The problem lies with the disastrous economic strategy chosen during the first thirty years of planning. India chose the path of making machines on the Soviet model.
Sun, Jun 18, 2017
Out of my mind: An earthquakeSubscriber Only
June 11, 2017 02:47 IST
When Theresa May called the election on April 18, all experts predicted a landslide majority.
Sun, Jun 11, 2017
Out of my mind: The never-ending disputeSubscriber Only
June 04, 2017 01:26 IST
Ram Janmabhoomi epic begins not in 1992 but at the same time as Independence. Jawaharlal Nehru may have been secular but his cabinet was not. Hence the sneaking in of the idols late at night despite locks at the site.
Sun, Jun 04, 2017
Out of my mind: Living with Donald TrumpSubscriber Only
May 28, 2017 02:27 IST
Last week we saw Trump in his first visit abroad take up a firm stance against terrorism.
Sun, May 28, 2017
Out of my mind: The quagmireSubscriber Only
May 21, 2017 01:09 IST
India and Pakistan have been in a Cold War situation for the 70 years since Independence.
Sun, May 21, 2017
Out of my Mind: Three yearsSubscriber Only
May 14, 2017 01:37 IST
We had to wait till 2014 till a new single party majority emerged with a coalition to bolster it.
Sun, May 14, 2017
Out of my Mind: An outrage in the CapitalSubscriber Only
May 07, 2017 00:17 IST
The threat of loss of import revenue trumped any love of freedom of the press or of women’s rights to free speech.
Sun, May 07, 2017Journalism of Courage
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