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

When in doubt,amend

The final round in the fight over the Constitution’s ‘basic structure’

Greasing palms

Corruption robs you of cash as well as dignity….

Falling apart

By expelling a senior leader like Jaswant Singh,on the pretext of his writing something about someone that the BJP had an ideological problem….

Bitter sweet

Sugar reform is half-done,so there’s none in stores…

Set the record right

A brief history of India’s Left and its stints in power….

Will you watch this film?

These days it’s all about innovative publicity strategies. It’s all about getting the eyeballs.

Chinese Whispers

Admiral Mehta’s parting cannon ball on India’s security appropriately eclipsed the episode on a Chinese scholar talking of dismembering India.

Not enough

The CJI’s suggestion that high court judges increase their workload from 210 days to 220 days is welcome; but it’s still too little,too late….

The G3 of 3G

Endless delays in 3G allocation are a real problem….

Party to differences

This is not about Jinnah. It is about the state of the BJP…

Politics by other means

Kargil had been reduced to a political pointscoring matter. Finally,we seem ready to give the armed forces their due…

The old in the new

By subverting popular idioms,a new wave of filmmakers are redefining Hindi cinema…

God of big things

Tendulkar’s few rumblings are heeded. What about Sehwag’s rebellion?

Strong-arm diplomacy

A news item,titled “Mohan Bhagwat terms Sharm el-Sheikh a diplomatic faux pas”,in the latest issue of the Organiser….

We’re not racing anywhere,Pakistan

The INS Arihant nuclear-powered submarine,yet to get its missiles,has been a long time a-coming,as the old Eartha Kitt song goes. But it’s been worth the wait.

The GREAT GAME Folio

The great game was largely about promoting,and preventing,the integration of inner Asia with the Eurasian rim lands.

View from the LEFT

CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat engaged in a fraternal argument with Nobel laureate Amartya Sen in the latest issue of party mouthpiece People’s Democracy…

Change you can’t quite believe

This is the season when Americans of Indian origin wing back home for their summer break. Previously,that annual pilgrimage…

It’s the system

It is true that the wonderful “liberal principles” don’t quite apply to non-US citizens at immigration check….

Two for the price of one

Dump the current women’s bill,and solve two problems at once….

Three kinds of drought

Will Monsoon 2009 bring clarity to ways of empowering the farmer?

Close the deal

Ignoring strategic factors in procurement decisions can’t continue….

Stepping aside

The powerlessness of standing in an immigration queue….

Kiran Bedi,Judge Dread

Kiran Bedi,in her signature short back and sides,her intelligent spectacles and a finger which wags almost at will when confronted by criminals…