The writer was an aide to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
February 05,2012 02:30:07 AM
The incumbent government of the Bahujan Samaj Party will be voted out.
Sun, Feb 05, 2012January 22,2012 02:57:01 AM
Know this,and be concerned,very concerned,about its long-term implications for India
Sun, Jan 22, 2012January 08,2012 02:06:55 AM
Come New Year,and the one event that interests me the most is the annual session of the Indian Science Congress,which begins with an inaugural address by the Prime Minister
Sun, Jan 08, 2012December 25,2011 03:57:47 AM
Alexander Kadakin,Russias envoy to India,has won the hearts of many Indians with his prompt and forthright response to the current controversy
Sun, Dec 25, 2011December 11,2011 02:57:51 AM
I am returning to this column after more than two months.
Sun, Dec 11, 2011November 27,2011 01:03:34 AM
An accused in the cash-for-votes scam,Sudheendra Kulkarni,writes on the 52 days he spent in Tihar Jail
Sun, Nov 27, 2011September 18,2011 02:01:30 AM
New York: People in India have traditionally viewed the United States of America as a synonym for prosperity.
Sun, Sep 18, 2011September 04,2011 01:31:28 AM
If education is not about simply getting a degree that serves as a passport to enter the job market,what is its true purpose?
Sun, Sep 04, 2011August 21,2011 00:45:36 AM
What a sorry figure the Prime Minister and his government cut last week!
Sun, Aug 21, 2011August 07,2011 01:13:33 AM
The horrendous acts of terror in Norway on July 22 have cast a flashlight on the painful but a major social transformation that Europe is going through.
Sun, Aug 07, 2011July 24,2011 00:23:00 AM
This is the year of the birth centenary of Faiz Ahmed Faiz,one of the worlds greatest poets in the 20thcentury.
Sun, Jul 24, 2011July 10,2011 01:20:17 AM
Chavanni died last week. But the Reserve Bank of Indias unemotional announcement couched in official language.
Sun, Jul 10, 2011July 04,2011 03:44:48 AM
Earthquake-tsunami-nuclear disaster helps the young find a new meaning to their lives.
Mon, Jul 04, 2011June 26,2011 03:10:45 AM
Whenever comparisons are made between India and China to show how our northern neighbour has galloped ahead of us in many areas of development.
Sun, Jun 26, 2011June 12,2011 03:34:32 AM
India is diverse,massively diverse.
Sun, Jun 12, 2011May 29,2011 03:24:33 AM
There is no provision for NAC in the Constitution,and certainly not for a body whose chairperson wields more effective power than the Prime Minister himself.
Sun, May 29, 2011May 15,2011 01:33:11 AM
My good friend from Karachi,Asif Noorani,has sent me his latest book Mehdi Hasan The Man & His Music.
Sun, May 15, 2011May 01,2011 01:34:51 AM
These days,I rarely visit my native village,where I attended my first school over four decades ago
Sun, May 01, 2011April 17,2011 01:26:19 AM
When idealistic young men and women wear Gandhi topi and take up a good cause,it is indefensible to remain a bystander.
Sun, Apr 17, 2011April 03,2011 00:36:59 AM
Many of his ardent admirers cannot understand,much less endorse,his highly nonconformist and innovative Brahmacharya experiments
Sun, Apr 03, 2011March 20,2011 03:16:05 AM
Our national motto,Satyameva Jayate,is taken from the Mundaka Upanishadliterally,the head of all Upanishads,since munda in Sanskrit means head.
Sun, Mar 20, 2011March 06,2011 23:54:39 PM
The folk aphorisms in India often capture the essence of our peoples belief-system better than academic tomes.
Sun, Mar 06, 2011February 20,2011 23:44:38 PM
At his core,he also has a strong moral compass.
Sun, Feb 20, 2011February 06,2011 00:21:42 AM
Until a few months ago,Tunisia and Egypt were never reference points for a debate on democratic reforms in India.
Sun, Feb 06, 2011January 23,2011 03:05:45 AM
The old world order is departing. A new one is dramatically coming into view.
Sun, Jan 23, 2011