The writer is senior fellow at the Indian Council of Social Science Research, Delhi, researching media issues express@expressindia.com

January 05, 2003 00:00 IST
Okay, for the New Year here’s some good news and some bad news. The good news is that by the end of the year, we will be the most vocal...
Sun, Jan 05, 2003
December 22, 2002 00:00 IST
In this season of peace and goodwill to all men, George Bush—the most powerful man on earth—was busy tying up his Christmas plans ...
Sun, Dec 22, 2002
December 18, 2002 00:00 IST
Katzenjammer is a word not commonly used because of its German provenance, but it sums up rather well the mood at a time when the Gujarat po...
Wed, Dec 18, 2002
December 08, 2002 00:00 IST
Mara bhaiyao ane bheno, the time has come, the moment of reckoning is here. In a few days, the true gaurav of amaru Gujarat, the true gaurav...
Sun, Dec 08, 2002
November 24, 2002 00:00 IST
In Delhi, winter comes into our lives with padded feet, silently, as if it wants to surprise you with a nice cold hug when you are not looki...
Sun, Nov 24, 2002
November 10, 2002 00:00 IST
I have never been so proud of my fellow Delhiites as I was when the Delhi Police said terrorists have surfaced in the innards of Ansal Plaza...
Sun, Nov 10, 2002
October 27, 2002 00:00 IST
As an alert citizen of this country, I — along with many of you presumably — am very concerned about the health of PMji. His healt...
Sun, Oct 27, 2002
October 25, 2002 00:00 IST
For those who wonder how Narendra Modi can sleep at night after having presided over one of India’s worst pogroms, there is this nifty ...
Fri, Oct 25, 2002
October 13, 2002 01:42 IST
I realised just how much meticulous investigation goes into nabbing mafia dons when I happened to strike up a conversation with a CBI offici...
Sun, Oct 13, 2002
September 29, 2002 00:00 IST
Kasturba, beloved companion and gentle critic, did not know how to break the news to Bapu as he caught up with the latest remixed version of...
Sun, Sep 29, 2002
September 15, 2002 00:00 IST
The most powerful man in the world, George W. Bush, president of the USA, the only superpower in the world, had a great week. This is what h...
Sun, Sep 15, 2002
September 01, 2002 00:00 IST
I take pleasure in introducing to all readers ‘Our Chef for the Week’. She is a well-known personality who regularly stirs the nat...
Sun, Sep 01, 2002
August 30, 2002 00:00 IST
Sustainable Development, the theme of the deliberations at the world summit currently on in Johannesburg, is not a new concept. Its provenan...
Fri, Aug 30, 2002
August 18, 2002 00:00 IST
First, a quick introduction to Lootania. You may not find it on any map, but it is a region we are all familiar with. This land (Prime land ...
Sun, Aug 18, 2002
August 04, 2002 00:00 IST
Mamata Banerjee may appear like a locomotive dressed in a sari that is on the verge of getting derailed, but she did raise a question of pri...
Sun, Aug 04, 2002
July 25, 2002 00:00 IST
Narendra Modi's juggernaut moves on. He now wants to ‘‘go back to the people’’ to gain their approval for his distinct b...
Thu, Jul 25, 2002
July 21, 2002 00:00 IST
The Capital is waiting for the Monsoon. I mean seriously waiting for the Monsoon. So much so that its 14 million inhabitants now go around w...
Sun, Jul 21, 2002
July 07, 2002 00:00 IST
In the Capital, power translates instantly into happiness. And happiness translates instantly into mithai. Soft, creamy sandesh, deep brown ...
Sun, Jul 07, 2002
June 23, 2002 00:00 IST
A poetic missile that Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, presidential candidate, may well have fired off at the conclusion of a vexatious ...
Sun, Jun 23, 2002
June 09, 2002 00:00 IST
First, the apologies. For what I am about to write would, I believe, amount to the most outrageous of blasphemies this side of the Spanish I...
Sun, Jun 09, 2002
June 04, 2002 00:00 IST
Kahani ghar ghar ki. This is no television soap but is, nevertheless, the longest running serial that we have ever witnessed — serial a...
Tue, Jun 04, 2002
May 26, 2002 00:00 IST
And, for a Sunday, some burning questions while looking back on a week that was hot, hot, hot — what with the heat wave knocking a grea...
Sun, May 26, 2002
May 21, 2002 00:00 IST
Three words have come to define Indian politics over the last two months: Modi must go. Modi must go because he has presided over, and been ...
Tue, May 21, 2002
May 19, 2002 00:00 IST
His right to express himself is getting PMji into a fine mess. Every now and then, when PMji opens his mouth to say something, he promptly p...
Sun, May 19, 2002
May 12, 2002 00:00 IST
George Fernandes has proved to be the best defence minister the country has ever had. He spent almost every waking minute of last week indef...
Sun, May 12, 2002





