The author’s points are valid nonetheless. Deb,for example,is right in saying that in his acceptance speech,Resul Pookutty shouldn’t have invoked “my country and my civilisation” as “India....

The world will take note of Dharavi now. Perhaps there’ll be a flow of money to improve the living conditions of Dharavi’s residents.....

This is of grave concern not only to Pakistan,but also to Afghanistan and India. Swat is the first area snatched by the Taliban....

Richard Holbrooke’s view on the Afghan-Pak cauldron is apt,especially from the US perspective. Rudyard Kipling’s “Great Game” just got more complicated with new actors.

I was amazed to read your partisan views about present-day Venezuela and its popular and charismatic leader Hugo Chavez.

It appears as if there is wide-ranging disappointment with the interim budget...

Sensationalism is one way to describe the manner in which certain sections of the media tried to influence public sentiment on the issue of the budget.

Richard Holbrooke’s view on the Afghan-Pak cauldron is apt,especially from the US perspective.

This refers to ‘From Pakistan,says Pakistan’.

Kashmir has seen a decline in tourism; and tourism is one of the primary sources of income there.

n This refers to ‘Al-Qaeda warns India…’. Al-Qaeda’s designs on India are not surprising but what is startling is its willingness to fight alongside the Pakistani army. Silence from the Pakistani side means it endorses Al-Qaeda’s stand against India. What further evidence does the US require in declaring Pakistan a terrorist state? It is high […]

Is this in any way surprising? Along with the Taliban,Al-Qaeda has always been aided by the ISI....

The Karnataka government’s move to initiate “media censorship” through a government appointed ombudsman is clearly an attempt to gag the media....

Benefits will be restricted to the interested parties alone: politicians,bureaucrats,card printers and contractors....

Kalyan Singh’s efforts to forge an alliance with the SP are a blatant example of unscrupulous power-mongering.

In a letter this week (‘Fickle ties’),S.K. Shah from Delhi argued that,given the speed with which alliances are formed and broken,ideology or principles interest few....

Politicians enter into one political alliance at breakfast; switch to another at lunch and cosy up to a third over dinner....

General elections are due in a few months. Therefore,the move by the CEC in recommending Navin Chawla’s removal could not have been more ill-timed.

Given that the country is currently facing complex challenges from communally-oriented terrorists,huge corporate frauds and a worsening political situation in the neighbourhood...

Judges’ reluctance to make their assets public has subjected them to unwarranted and totally avoidable controversy...

The self-appointed moral police are not really the best advertisement for Indian culture.

Barack Obama has announced good policies and has begun his presidency in earnest ‘Spelling out change’.

Is it not a bygone issue as detailed by the Mahajan Commission in the ‘60s? Unfortunately,Maharashtra politicians are re-opening a Pandora’s Box prior to the elections....

We need to demonstrate firmness in dealing with corporate fraud. But there will always be some entrepreneur with all the right connections in the political establishment

This refers to ‘To quiet the west’. Now that the inauguration euphoria has worn out,it remains to be seen what Obama’s policies towards India...