The writer is Contributing Editor, The Indian Express

February 01, 2001 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Jan 31: Even before the earthquake struck Gujarat, the Union Agriculture Ministry had circulated the draft of a National Calami...
Thu, Feb 01, 2001
January 31, 2001 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Jan 30: The concept of a ``national calamity'' is a mythical notion which won't make a difference to the situation in Gujarat o...
Wed, Jan 31, 2001
January 22, 2001 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JAN 21: The issue of debarring people of foreign origin from holding constitutional positions, which had been put on the backbu...
Mon, Jan 22, 2001
January 22, 2001 00:00 IST
Limited franchise was once a 19th century idea. In the 21st century, it is strange that we should even be discussing the concept as a poss...
Mon, Jan 22, 2001
January 20, 2001 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JAN 19: The issue of debarring people of foreign origin from holding Constitutional positions, which had been put on the backbu...
Sat, Jan 20, 2001
January 18, 2001 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JAN 17: Former RAW chief A S Dulhat will oversee Kashmir affairs in the Prime Minister's Office. Dulhat, appointed Officer on S...
Thu, Jan 18, 2001
January 17, 2001 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JANUARY 16: Former RAW chief A.S. Dulhat will oversee Kashmir Affairs in the Prime Minister's Office. Dulhat, appointed Officer...
Wed, Jan 17, 2001
January 08, 2001 00:00 IST
Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s "musings" are clearly an exercise to refurbish his liberal image, which had been dente...
Mon, Jan 08, 2001
January 05, 2001 00:00 IST
The Congress has once again decided to pack its working committee with nominated members. And strangely, party president Sonia Gandhi&acir...
Fri, Jan 05, 2001
December 25, 2000 00:00 IST
The BJP is losing ground. Its popular appeal is dented in Gujarat and it is fighting with its back to the wall in UP. The PM's recent stan...
Mon, Dec 25, 2000
December 21, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 20: With the arrest of Ottavio Quattrochi, the old issues -- Bofors and Ayodhya -- which led to the defeat of the Cong...
Thu, Dec 21, 2000
December 20, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 19: The Prime Minister is likely to re-induct Harin Pathak in his ministry to get around the tricky problem of the res...
Wed, Dec 20, 2000
December 16, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, December 14: The real beneficiary of the Ayodhya turmoil in Parliament is the man who was the Opposition's prime target: Home M...
Sat, Dec 16, 2000
December 13, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 12: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee does not intend in any way to go back on his recent remarks on Ayodhya which h...
Wed, Dec 13, 2000
December 11, 2000 00:00 IST
There are wheels within wheels in the J.K. Jain affair. What is of concern here is not his property dispute with the Scindias, nor his bat...
Mon, Dec 11, 2000
December 04, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, DEC 3: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee personally intervened today to defuse the crisis which has been escalating in the Go...
Mon, Dec 04, 2000
November 29, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, NOV 28: Guess who is the biggest client of the Indian Railways? The latest bumper cheque to Rail Bhavan has come from none othe...
Wed, Nov 29, 2000
November 27, 2000 00:00 IST
Rajkumar may turn out to be the Rubaiyya Sayeed of the South, even as millions sighed with relief when Veerappan released the Karnataka ma...
Mon, Nov 27, 2000
November 27, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 26: Serious attempts are on to reopen the peace process in Jammu and Kashmir which could lead to negotiations between ...
Mon, Nov 27, 2000
November 25, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, NOV 24: Sonia Gandhi's plans to woo back Congressmen who have left the party in the last five years proved a nonstarter with Ta...
Sat, Nov 25, 2000
November 24, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 23: Track II diplomacy on Jammu and Kashmir has gained momentum with the Government's unilateral ceasefire during Ramz...
Fri, Nov 24, 2000
November 13, 2000 00:00 IST
Call it the inner circle, the kitchen cabinet, the favoured few or the coterie, every ruler has to have a set of people he can consult and...
Mon, Nov 13, 2000
November 11, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, NOV 10: The Government has zeroed in on foreign secretary Lalit Mansingh as India's next ambassador to Washington, and is belie...
Sat, Nov 11, 2000
November 04, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 3: In one masterstroke, Chattisgarh's new Chief Minister Ajit Jogi has earned himself a four-month reprieve: he has po...
Sat, Nov 04, 2000
November 02, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, NOV 1: Former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and Home Minister L.K. Advani met two days ago and decided to let bygones be by...
Thu, Nov 02, 2000




