The writer is a Delhi-based senior journalist

June 26,2005 01:04:33 AM
The Woodstock of e-commerce officially opened here yesterday. Meg Whitman, chief executive of e-Bay, inaugurated her company’s 10th ann...
Sun, Jun 26, 2005
June 22,2005 00:00:00 AM
Standing atop the Mahanavami Dibba, a massive table with a commanding view of Hampi that evokes, from a distance, the aura of a mesa in an A...
Wed, Jun 22, 2005
June 21,2005 02:36:02 AM
Nothing can shake the Shore Temple — or temples, given that some consider the twin temples as separate structures — here, it would...
Tue, Jun 21, 2005
June 19,2005 02:24:37 AM
Of the 21 Indian sites in the UNESCO World Heritage catalogue, one is a candidate for the ‘‘Endangered’’ list. So neglig...
Sun, Jun 19, 2005
June 12,2005 02:10:49 AM
Few cities boast of three UNESCO World Heritage sites. Agra, home to the Taj Mahal, the abandoned capital of Fatehpur Sikri and the Fort tha...
Sun, Jun 12, 2005
June 12,2005 00:00:00 AM
IT is said the single most thrilling sight for a cricket fan is a furious bouncer being hooked to the boundary. The reading analogue is gett...
Sun, Jun 12, 2005
June 07,2005 00:05:16 AM
It is only a matter of time before the BJP sacks L.K. Advani as its president. After his ideological serial suicide in Pakistan, there is, r...
Tue, Jun 07, 2005
June 06,2005 01:36:27 AM
The build-up to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s meeting with President George W. Bush at the White House on July 18 gets more intense t...
Mon, Jun 06, 2005
May 25,2005 00:00:00 AM
Early in the cricket world cup of 1992, England played Pakistan at Adelaide. Batting first, Pakistan was bowled out for 74. At 24 for one af...
Wed, May 25, 2005
May 20,2005 00:00:00 AM
There are two broad ways in which to observe the first anniversary of the United Progressive Alliance government. The first is to focus on p...
Fri, May 20, 2005
May 12,2005 01:27:50 AM
Chikmaglur, 1978; Allahabad, 1987: Every Lok Sabha produces that one blockbuster by-election. Only a year into its life, the 14th House has ...
Thu, May 12, 2005
May 12,2005 00:08:03 AM
Quietly but surely the desi-videshi issue is beginning to be raised in the search for the next Indian cricket coach. And so, the success of ...
Thu, May 12, 2005
April 30,2005 00:08:52 AM
One of the collateral benefits of living in New Delhi is frequent exposure to India’s strategic affairs circuit. Its nodal point is, re...
Sat, Apr 30, 2005
April 14,2005 00:22:42 AM
Brajesh Mishra is dead right. K.S. Sudarshan, the RSS sarsangchalak, is frightfully impressionable. It doesn’t become him to attack a c...
Thu, Apr 14, 2005
April 09,2005 02:33:54 AM
Human Rights Watch (HRW), the international civil liberties monitor so critical of Narendra Modi — its assessments were cited during th...
Sat, Apr 09, 2005
April 08,2005 00:00:00 AM
From the Chinese prime minister to Pakistan’s self-invited general, New Delhi’s diplomatic calendar is busy this fortnight. The fl...
Fri, Apr 08, 2005
March 22,2005 00:00:00 AM
Public discourse in India is so often nothing but an extension of partisan political beliefs. As such, the reaction to the United States...
Tue, Mar 22, 2005
March 06,2005 01:25:09 AM
Statements that the Union Government and the Congress leadership had no information about what the Governor in Ranchi was up to may seem str...
Sun, Mar 06, 2005
March 06,2005 00:00:00 AM
DON’T bother with this book unless you’re an absolute, true-blue politics buff. This is not history from some lofty, detached pers...
Sun, Mar 06, 2005
March 05,2005 02:29:05 AM
The Revolution came to JNU today, riding on a Mercedes-laden Caravan from Caracas. Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez Frias, pin-up boy ...
Sat, Mar 05, 2005
March 02,2005 02:28:54 AM
The contentious role of the Raj Bhavan in case of hung assemblies has become a political issue again. BJP president L K Advani has formally ...
Wed, Mar 02, 2005
March 02,2005 02:06:14 AM
Ram Vilas Paswan’s equidistance between the RJD and NDA is not merely an expression of principle but, sources here suggest, born of gen...
Wed, Mar 02, 2005
February 28,2005 02:22:58 AM
The NDA may not finally form a government in Bihar, but in crossing the 90-seat mark, it has scored a psychological point. In the 2004 Lok S...
Mon, Feb 28, 2005
February 24,2005 01:24:29 AM
With exit polls indicating that the Bihar and Jharkhand Assemblies are likely to be badly hung, focus is moving to possible defectors and po...
Thu, Feb 24, 2005
February 23,2005 00:00:00 AM
Contemporary Bihar has become a graveyard of reputations, not least its own renown as a historical centre of scholarship and prosperity. As ...
Wed, Feb 23, 2005



