The writer is a senior journalist

February 15,2022 04:00:20 AM
Arati R. Jerath writes: While Samajwadi Party is trying to break out of the Mandal-Kamandal paradigm, it remains to be seen whether it can stay the course in the face of the highly charged and polarising campaign of the BJP.
Tue, Feb 15, 2022
February 27,2021 04:00:44 AM
With Article 370 nullified and the Ram mandir done, he needs new talking points to burnish his nationalist credentials. International conspiracies to break up India, defame Indian tea and denigrate yoga is Modi’s Hindutva.
Sat, Feb 27, 2021
October 07,2020 04:02:48 AM
This is hardly surprising when the man in charge is himself a tainted figure and doesn’t believe in the due process of law or respect for human dignity.
Wed, Oct 07, 2020
July 26,2016 00:03:03 AM
Jayalalithaa and Mamata defend Mayawati, recast politics on gender lines.
Tue, Jul 26, 2016
April 01,2004 00:00:00 AM
Hold your breath! The Congress is toying with the idea of a Priyanka yatra to take the wind out of the BJP’s sails. There’s a roug...
Thu, Apr 01, 2004
March 25,2004 00:00:00 AM
The Indo-Pak bonhomie during the first one-day match in Lahore bowled over the two VIP guests from New Delhi — Principal Secretary Braj...
Thu, Mar 25, 2004
March 18,2004 00:00:00 AM
The Gandhi siblings may not be creating ripples here as yet but they certainly made waves in Karachi when they went to watch the first India...
Thu, Mar 18, 2004
March 11,2004 00:00:00 AM
Lok Sabha MP Renuka Chowdhury has, quite literally, become the Congress party’s calendar girl in Andhra Pradesh. As part of her publici...
Thu, Mar 11, 2004
March 04,2004 00:00:00 AM
It's funny but the usual Congress chorus for Priyanka and Rahul to contest elections is missing this time. It rose briefly when brother and ...
Thu, Mar 04, 2004
February 26,2004 00:00:00 AM
Foreign policy experts are rubbing their hands in anticipation of finally getting a peek into the famous Strobe Talbott-Jaswant Singh securi...
Thu, Feb 26, 2004
February 19,2004 00:00:00 AM
They may be ageing and has-beens, but the BJP’s carefully orchestrated starry influx has sent panic waves through the Congress. A targe...
Thu, Feb 19, 2004
February 12,2004 00:00:00 AM
Journalists who attended Sonia Gandhi’s first media luncheon at 10 Janpath last weekend have only themselves to blame if they went hung...
Thu, Feb 12, 2004
February 06,2004 00:00:00 AM
Oh, the perils of dealing with Mayawati! The Congress is discovering the ‘‘joys’’ of handling the BSP’s temperament...
Fri, Feb 06, 2004
January 29,2004 00:00:00 AM
Politics is such uncertain business today that even senior leaders have taken to conducting secret pre-poll surveys in prospective constitue...
Thu, Jan 29, 2004
January 22,2004 00:00:00 AM
Now that she’s shed her reserve and decided to go the whole hog, Sonia Gandhi is springing surprises every day. She disarmed Sharad Paw...
Thu, Jan 22, 2004
January 15,2004 00:00:00 AM
Having successfully braved a road show through western UP, Sonia Gandhi is believed to be mapping out a new campaign strategy for herself in...
Thu, Jan 15, 2004
January 08,2004 00:00:00 AM
With the government intent on holding Lok Sabha elections before the summer sets in, it’s become crucial who the next chief election co...
Thu, Jan 08, 2004
January 02,2004 00:00:00 AM
It’s called the Department of Culture, but culture is the one thing the department’s babudom sadly lacks. What else explains the s...
Fri, Jan 02, 2004
December 25,2003 00:00:00 AM
AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa may be ‘‘Amma’’ for the rest of us, but not for the DMK’s A. Raja, former minister of s...
Thu, Dec 25, 2003
December 18,2003 00:00:00 AM
Visitors to 10 Janpath on Sonia Gandhi’s birthday were surprised to see Priyanka in active attendance. Usually she keeps herself well h...
Thu, Dec 18, 2003
December 12,2003 00:00:00 AM
Remember what was said about Mussolini and his Fascists when they lost the state power that made them invincible? They were like street urch...
Fri, Dec 12, 2003
December 04,2003 00:00:00 AM
The seat of power is shifting from South Block to Race Course Road. After years of debate, RCR is finally being customised as an exclusive h...
Thu, Dec 04, 2003
November 27,2003 00:00:00 AM
Sonia Gandhi seems to have found an unexpected supporter in former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh. He recently told the press in ...
Thu, Nov 27, 2003
November 20,2003 00:00:00 AM
After making waves in Pakistan during the SAFMA parliamentarians meet in August, Laloo Prasad Yadav is raring for a repeat performance in Ba...
Thu, Nov 20, 2003
November 13,2003 00:00:00 AM
Will Finance Minister Jaswant Singh break new ground and appoint the first woman finance secretary? Bureaucratic circles are waiting for the...
Thu, Nov 13, 2003





