Opinion & Edits

The conviction of Yasin Malik

The inaction of elected officials on gun control continues to take lives

The Indian consumer will have to spend more for a little longer

Why we must ask who killed Meena Khalkho

Hindutva’s founding myths

As far the concept of Hindutva is concerned,there was never any clarity or unanimity among the leaders of the BJP.

The Wiki way of the world

Wikipedia,the world’s largest encyclopedia reached a new milestone after eight years of online existence — it has three million articles…

On Indian Identities

This identity question never really leaves a thoughtful Indian.

Saudi Arabia’s political clout in Pakistan

One of Musharraf’s advisers has declared that ‘just one phone call from Saudi Arabia will stop all the non-sense’ about sending the General to prison.

For the record

Since my original note concerning Jaswant Singh’s book appeared in The Indian Express….

Factories and villages

Don’t try and stop migration. Develop rural India instead….

Decentralised destiny

Tweaking VC appointments will not work without making universities truly independent….

Personal law,social myths

Why some Muslim clergy are on a collision course with the courts….

Towards a re-united Indian subcontinent

The last day of August saw me travel to Solapur,a city in southern Maharashtra,to deliver a talk on ‘Mohammed Ali Jinnah and India’s Partition’….

The politics of accidental death

The sad and sudden death of YSR Reddy is not the first which will have a huge political impact….

Open to criticism

In these times of interactive journalism I make it a point to read the blogs this column evokes….

Counting their chickens

After the NCP’s poor performance in the parliamentary poll,the Congress wants to squeeze its ally in the Assembly poll for Maharashtra….

Old news

A seasoned observer of international affairs would not be surprised over Pakistan’s misuse of weaponry….

The Valley,unveiled

Kashmir isn’t rocked by polarising moral debates

End of an era

The BJP’s succession battle points to a larger dilemma

Courting trouble

Maoists’ attack on the judiciary has upset its former sympathisers….

Ghost of a general past

A register of reports and views from the Pakistan press….

Sometimes,take a break

24×7 News TV when there’s no news….

EVMs: The question of manipulation

Why should the Indian electorate trust its valuable vote to an EVM which provides no audit trail and no receipt?

The Jinnah in the bottle

In a political climate where everything was seemingly hurtling towards an ‘SMS your vote’ discourse and snappy ‘in-30-seconds’ politics…

Fighting 2° Celsius

Would we like it if our forefathers had set slow fire to the world,a fire that crested into visibility during our lifetime,and left it to us to deal with the problem?

Underestimating India

The origins of many a war in history remain disputed to this day. The 1965 War between India and Pakistan,however,has the unique…

Remembering YSR

The unfortunate death of Y.S.R. Reddy has shocked the nation. India has just lost a seasoned politician and a dynamic personality….

Harmony roads

China’s Party can’t see that thriving civil society lends it legitimacy….