Opinion & Edits

China, unlike India, has adapted western ideas to suit its needs

If Modi is one aspect of the Indian tragedy, Rahul Gandhi is the other

Corruption index falls short of nudging govts to undertake reforms

Australia’s battle with Facebook, Google has wider implications

The Prime Minister’s ersatz bravado

For a conscientious politician,honour is a greater adornment than power. He values honour more than the office he holds…..

Vote for governance

This week I meant to bring you tales of horror from India that is Bharat. Tales that urban hacks like me garner only when there is a general election…..

Quicker,shorter,better

One more IPL. The WWF of cricket,except that it’s not fixed (hopefully). The equivalent of a soccer game reduced to five penalty kicks for each side….

His own script

Manmohan Singh addressed four press meets within a week,after the Congress election strategists decided that the prime ministerial candidate had to be more visible….

Politicians the problem,people the solution

The bell has sounded and the voters are voting. Now at last we can breathe a sigh of relief and think about wider issues. It is quite clear that politics….

The glorious certainties

Four things you can be sure of in an election that is too uncertain to call

The labourer’s manifesto

Most political parties woo labourers as voters but seldom think of them as a target for technological development and empowerment.

In case of attack

In his characteristically reticent manner,Prime Minister Manmohan Singh admitted on Friday that India had “not been very successful in warding off terrorist attacks…

Order…..order

Legal education in India is at a crossroads. The emergence of a new type of law graduate…

Groundhog evening & the Frequent Five

After weeks of election talk TV,last evening could have been fun.

Peace or desolation

The much-hyped Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009,better known as the “Swat Deal” and erroneously generalised as ‘Shariah…

Dead end

Of the many things wrong with our electoral politics is the sacrifice of economic priorities for votes.

Pakistan & friends

As donors meet in Tokyo,don’t expect too many stern conditions on Islamabad

Thai tug o’war

Protesting in Thailand has become a seasonal affair. Demands remain unclear,the outcome shadowed,the damage immense.

All the prime minister’s men

For Jawaharlal Nehru the road to the first general elections,on which he was very keen…

West side story

The latest peace deal signed by Pakistani President Asif Zardari with Taliban,ceding control of the Swat valley…

Manifestos galore

Delhi-based Hindustan Express,in its editorial entitled ‘waadey hein,waadon ka kya’ (these are promises,what of promises?) on April 10 says…

Of shock and schlock

Provocation can score important cultural points. But the Akshay-Twinkle act was a damp squib by any measure

A seat of her own

Around the world,women are much less likely to participate in politics than men.

EC goes easy on Lalu

The editorial in the latest issue of Organiser,titled “Why is EC silent on Lalu and his ilk?

Laws of origin

• What an individual does is invariably tied to the environment that has nurtured him or her. Our actions are a function of how we connect to the world. Kasab’s mother may throw light on how and when things went wrong and her son was transformed into a terrorist,although one cannot be too sure about […]

Liquidity self-traps

India’s growth story in the last 15 years has ridden on the back of the middle income group and the affluent.

If Mayawati were PM

BSP’s founding strategy could limit her potential. But can she still surprise?

An Unconscionable Act

The news reports of the Supreme Court appointed SIT’s charges against a leading activist,Teesta Setalvad are truly disturbing.