The writer was an aide to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
December 13,2009 01:11:30 AM
Underground and secretly maintained Krishna temples in Iran? Yes. And Ill tell you why I am beginning this column on the...
Sun, Dec 13, 2009November 29,2009 02:23:41 AM
The Liberhan Commission has indicted 68 persons in the demolition of the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid structure on December 6,1992....
Sun, Nov 29, 2009November 15,2009 02:46:02 AM
Democracy lovers,wake up. What you and I value highly is being increasingly devalued. What you and I cherish and pride in is endangered....
Sun, Nov 15, 2009November 01,2009 03:33:37 AM
A column on Indira Gandhi on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of her assassination must begin by paying sincere homage to her...
Sun, Nov 01, 2009October 04,2009 01:28:11 AM
When I feel down and depressed,I turn to some book of poetry or philosophy to find solace and strength....
Sun, Oct 04, 2009September 27,2009 02:39:44 AM
The Indian Institutes of Technology ( IITs) are undoubtedly crown jewels in Indias system of higher education. Their contribution to making India largely self-reliant in top-notch manpower needs in diverse areas of engineering in the pre-liberalisation era,and to Indias emergence as a powerhouse in the knowledge economy in the era of liberalisation and globalisation is […]
Sun, Sep 27, 2009September 20,2009 18:55:53 PM
In a game where opinions about players vary wildly,both experts and lay enthusiasts of cricket agree that when Sachin...
Sun, Sep 20, 2009September 13,2009 00:18:18 AM
Nothing succeeds like success,and nothing damns you like failure. Success,especially in politics,hides blemishes,even unforgivable ones....
Sun, Sep 13, 2009September 06,2009 02:44:10 AM
The last day of August saw me travel to Solapur,a city in southern Maharashtra,to deliver a talk on Mohammed Ali Jinnah and Indias Partition....
Sun, Sep 06, 2009August 30,2009 03:40:08 AM
The BJPs self-inflicted wound following the publication of Jaswant Singhs recently released book on Mohammed Ali Jinnah....
Sun, Aug 30, 2009August 23,2009 05:54:22 AM
History is a great teacher. But it can also be a great tranquiliser. People,especially those societies that do not nurture a deep historical memory....
Sun, Aug 23, 2009August 22,2009 05:13:52 AM
Having just completed a near non-stop reading of Jaswant Singhs magnum opus on Mohammed Ali Jinnah for two days,cover to cover and scribbling comments...
Sat, Aug 22, 2009August 09,2009 02:41:52 AM
SCENE 1. Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT) near Kashmiri Gate,Delhi: I have come to meet Sanjeev Sahai,my former colleague in the PMO who is now CEO...
Sun, Aug 09, 2009August 02,2009 04:18:40 AM
I am truly delighted by readers response to this series of articles on how to create better cities,and to the column that engendered the idea of the series.
Sun, Aug 02, 2009July 26,2009 03:28:58 AM
Nirman Bhawan in New Delhi houses the Ministry of Urban Development as well as the Ministry of Health....
Sun, Jul 26, 2009July 19,2009 01:08:44 AM
My column last week (An ideal village,an inspiring leader) about how one idealistic and determined grassroots leader....
Sun, Jul 19, 2009July 12,2009 02:00:05 AM
The road from Parner to Hivre Bazar,in the rural expanse of central Maharashtra,passes through an arid land untouched...
Sun, Jul 12, 2009July 05,2009 04:55:56 AM
Every time I travel in and out of the newly modernised Delhi and Mumbai airports,I am filled with both pride and pain.
Sun, Jul 05, 2009June 28,2009 02:10:29 AM
Dr Manmohan Singhs government deserves kudos for appointing Nandan Nilekani as the head of a super-ambitious national...
Sun, Jun 28, 2009June 21,2009 05:49:51 AM
Atal Bihari Vajpayee,whose ill-health has rendered him inactive for the past few years,was a deeply contemplative political leader.
Sun, Jun 21, 2009June 14,2009 01:50:50 AM
Stupendous two days. Ill never forget these two days lived in love and trust and engaged in Hindu-Christian dialogue. This is how Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran....
Sun, Jun 14, 2009June 07,2009 03:44:49 AM
Barack Obamas speech in Egypt on Thursday is quite simply one of the most important articulations....
Sun, Jun 07, 2009May 31,2009 01:11:38 AM
In the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections,the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance suffered a 0-6 rout in Mumbai...
Sun, May 31, 2009May 24,2009 00:43:39 AM
May 16 has reinforced my two inter-related beliefs about the behaviour of the Indian voter.
Sun, May 24, 2009May 17,2009 01:43:58 AM
In the last lap of the marathon election campaign,two wisdom-filled books,both by Japanese authors....
Sun, May 17, 2009