The writer is Contributing Editor, The Indian Express

July 28, 2000 00:00 IST
The timing of the original sin committed by Chhagan Bhujbal, of ordering the prosection of Bal Thackeray, holds the key to the politics th...
Fri, Jul 28, 2000
July 24, 2000 00:00 IST
The idea of trifurcating Jammu and Kashmir as a solution to the Kashmir tangle has insidiously entered the discussion circuits in the capi...
Mon, Jul 24, 2000
July 15, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JULY 14: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee called up Kuldip Nayyar, MP, at 11 at night last week, urging him to talk to Faroo...
Sat, Jul 15, 2000
July 13, 2000 00:00 IST
New Delhi, July 12: If you want a ticket in the Congress party, you have to pay the price. The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPC...
Thu, Jul 13, 2000
July 10, 2000 00:00 IST
For all the reaction it has generated in different parts of the country, Farooq Abdullah's autonomy resolution is understandable at one le...
Mon, Jul 10, 2000
July 09, 2000 00:00 IST
For all the reaction it has generated in different parts of the country, Farooq Abdullah's autonomy resolution is understandable at one le...
Sun, Jul 09, 2000
July 09, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JULY 8: Scarcely has Sonia Gandhi dealt with Ahmed Patel's sudden resignation from the post of party treasurer that she finds a...
Sun, Jul 09, 2000
May 15, 2000 00:00 IST
IT'S the ultimate paradox. Even as the government gets ready for a serious dialogue with the Hurriyat leaders in Kashmir up north, down so...
Mon, May 15, 2000
May 10, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, MAY 9: The BJP brass seems to have decided finally to take the bull by the horns and go in for a change of leadership in Uttar ...
Wed, May 10, 2000
May 08, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, MAY 7: The Government is giving finishing touches to the Freedom of Information Bill, which may be tabled in Parliament in this...
Mon, May 08, 2000
May 01, 2000 00:00 IST
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee had a field day in the Lok Sabha the other day, when he asked Sonia Gandhi to clarify her party's stan...
Mon, May 01, 2000
April 26, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, APRIL 25: The Institute of Gandhian Studies at Varanasi, founded by Jayaprakash Narayan, is in the eye of a storm with a battle...
Wed, Apr 26, 2000
April 20, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, APRIL 19: Concerned about the possible political impact the recent initiative by the four former Prime Ministers could have, ND...
Thu, Apr 20, 2000
April 17, 2000 00:00 IST
There was a time when the mere arrival of Priya Ranjan Das Munshi in Delhi had a newly elected Mamata Bannerji rushing to greet him, cutti...
Mon, Apr 17, 2000
April 15, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, APRIL 14: As Sonia Gandhi mounts a campaign to contain the discontent in the party after the Rajya Sabha elections on the eve o...
Sat, Apr 15, 2000
April 08, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, APRIL 7: After their joint statement on the state of the nation, the four former prime ministers -- V P Singh, Chandra Shekhar,...
Sat, Apr 08, 2000
April 03, 2000 00:00 IST
For four former prime ministers to deliberate on the state of the nation together with a view to seeing what they can do about the growing...
Mon, Apr 03, 2000
April 02, 2000 00:00 IST
Through its contradictory approach to President K.R. Narayanan's banquet speech in honour of Bill Clinton, the Government tried to put a l...
Sun, Apr 02, 2000
March 20, 2000 00:00 IST
Sonia Gandhi exhibited a ruthlessness reminiscent of Indira Gandhi in her selection of members for the Rajya Sabha. Barring Arjun Singh an...
Mon, Mar 20, 2000
March 19, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, MARCH 18: India’s Ambassador to the US, Naresh Chandra, is likely to continue in his post for another year, ...
Sun, Mar 19, 2000
March 16, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, MARCH 15: Chief Minister Rabri Devi will induct three technocrats of ``high calibre'' in her ministry, if she wins the vote of ...
Thu, Mar 16, 2000
March 12, 2000 00:00 IST
``You know we spent Rs 85 lakh on our elections to the Lok Sabha,'' said a former MP who lost this time. ``Elections to the Lok Sabha are ...
Sun, Mar 12, 2000
March 06, 2000 00:00 IST
MARCH 5: The main point of the controversy over the Keshubhai Patel ministryorder allowing government servants to associate with the RSS h...
Mon, Mar 06, 2000
March 03, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, MARCH 2: A move is afoot to persuade the Gujarat Government to withdraw its controversial order allowing Government servants to...
Fri, Mar 03, 2000
February 21, 2000 00:00 IST
On the surface, time stands still in Bihar. Small towns like Motihari,Bettiah, Sitamarhi look as they did 20 years ago. Even Patna remains...
Mon, Feb 21, 2000




