The writer is Contributing Editor, The Indian Express

December 25, 2004 01:24 IST
The body of former Prime Minister Narasimha Rao was taken to the AICC headquarters this morning for Congressmen to pay their homage to a man...
Sat, Dec 25, 2004
December 24, 2004 01:54 IST
Just days before he was rushed to AIIMS, P V Narasimha Rao expressed one regret to The Indian Express. ‘‘I have not been able to c...
Fri, Dec 24, 2004
December 21, 2004 00:00 IST
The Bihar poll juggernaut is poised to roll again. For the Congress, the elections pose a dilemma. The Grand Old Party does not know quite w...
Tue, Dec 21, 2004
December 07, 2004 00:12 IST
Orchids from Thailand, a different decor for each wedding function, fancy invitation cards, costing a couple of hundreds apiece; garments gl...
Tue, Dec 07, 2004
December 05, 2004 01:26 IST
An irrepressible Laloo Prasad Yadav has declared he will give 10 seats to the Congress in Bihar in the February 2005 Assembly elections. ...
Sun, Dec 05, 2004
November 27, 2004 01:46 IST
Taking a cue from the National Advisory Council headed by Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has decided to set up a similar body t...
Sat, Nov 27, 2004
November 23, 2004 00:35 IST
L K Advani has used the Uma Bharati episode and the Kanchi Shankaracharya’s arrest to give an ideological coherence to the BJP in Oppos...
Tue, Nov 23, 2004
November 17, 2004 01:40 IST
When Atal Behari Vajpayee went to Kashmir for the first time after becoming Prime Minister, he talked about insaniyat being the limit to whi...
Wed, Nov 17, 2004
November 08, 2004 00:00 IST
Prakash Jha's film on Jayaprakash Narayan cannot be called a great or powerful documentary on JP’s life and times, though it is moving ...
Mon, Nov 08, 2004
October 30, 2004 02:25 IST
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has come up with certain measures for a better synergy between the Congress and the UPA government. Her late...
Sat, Oct 30, 2004
October 27, 2004 02:40 IST
In an oblique criticism of the decision that L K Advani would hold two positions, that of the BJP chief and of the Leader of the Opposition,...
Wed, Oct 27, 2004
October 25, 2004 00:00 IST
In his fifth term as BJP president, L.K. Advani faces the biggest challenge of his political career. He was not left with any option but to ...
Mon, Oct 25, 2004
October 24, 2004 01:03 IST
Institutionalising coordination between the Congress and the UPA Government, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has put into place several mechanis...
Sun, Oct 24, 2004
October 20, 2004 02:38 IST
With Maharashtra victory in the bag, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is now planning his first real public interface on October 28 — at a...
Wed, Oct 20, 2004
October 18, 2004 01:33 IST
Overcoming incumbency, drought, hunger deaths, scams, Mayawati’s inroads into Vidarbha in the Lok Sabha polls, and the phenomenal numbe...
Mon, Oct 18, 2004
October 11, 2004 00:00 IST
State elections in recent years have had a bearing on national politics. Maharashtra is no exception. There is little doubt that Maharashtra...
Mon, Oct 11, 2004
October 07, 2004 02:23 IST
In a signal that he is here to stay and he is in charge, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has begun a series of separate breakfast meetings wit...
Thu, Oct 07, 2004
September 07, 2004 02:28 IST
Even as he is supposed to be ‘‘asserting’’, the Prime Minister continues to move completely in step with Congress chief...
Tue, Sep 07, 2004
September 06, 2004 00:00 IST
Dr Manmohan Singh believes in setting up Groups of Ministers to thrash out contentious issues. He has set up a GOM on airport privatisation....
Mon, Sep 06, 2004
September 03, 2004 01:29 IST
A.K. Antony’s resignation and Oommen Chandy’s installation as the new Chief Minister of Kerala are meant to be a warning to Punjab...
Fri, Sep 03, 2004
August 27, 2004 02:27 IST
Expressing deep ‘‘anguish’’ over the bitter political controversy swirling around him, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sai...
Fri, Aug 27, 2004
August 24, 2004 02:20 IST
Accepting an invitation from Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit the state next...
Tue, Aug 24, 2004
August 23, 2004 00:00 IST
When women begin to agitate, it should be time to sit up and take note. When women came out in large numbers during Gandhiji’s salt sat...
Mon, Aug 23, 2004
August 09, 2004 00:00 IST
This is the first time since Independence that the Left parties have occupied the centerstage of Indian politics. The irony is that they are...
Mon, Aug 09, 2004
August 06, 2004 02:22 IST
When he addresses the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on August 15, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will pitch for a ‘‘cari...
Fri, Aug 06, 2004



