Opinion & Edits

Nitish Kumar will go down in posterity as a self-serving and power-seeking leader

Pakistan's recall of its Chess Olympiad team is a self-goal

Death penalty for rape: Both Ashok Gehlot and his critics miss the point

State-level OBC groups must be included in central list

A positive Hindu-Vatican dialogue

Stupendous two days. I’ll never forget these two days lived in love and trust and engaged in Hindu-Christian dialogue.” This is how Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran….

Why doesn’t the US hold a dialogue with Osama?

Am I the only one shocked by an American official daring to suggest ‘dialogue’ with Pakistan in the wake of the release of Hafiz Mohammad Saeed….

Life beyond a hundred days

The newfound enthusiasm for the American fashion of a hundred-day programme shows an urgency by Manmohan 2.0….

Outsider with insider info

L K Advani’s aide Sudheendra Kulkarni’s article hitting out at the RSS and suggesting the BJP tone down its Hindutva stance….

The Party of Little Men

The form in which the BJP is coming to terms with its defeat explains why it deserved to lose. Many of the explanations have rightly focused on a number of factors.

That dangerous feeling

It is fascinating how all the conversation around the new government’s agenda,even the 100-day plans being drawn up…

Running out of time

As delegates from 182 countries meet in Bonn to discuss climate change,grassroots efforts are backing them up. Roz Savage….

Well spoken,now act

Barack Obama’s speech at Cairo University could mark a paradigm shift in US foreign policy. Obama made it clear that he would continue…..

Fixing women in their place?

From the point of view of a woman in public life,last week’s opening of the fifteenth Lok Sabha was uplifting.

Outside Delhi,without English

A multilingual democracy such as ours is a wonderful thing,of course. But it can be a bit restrictive at times.

The old ways of terror

A little-known terror outfit has claimed responsibility for ramming an explosive-laden truck into the hotel blast…

When the rupee crumbled

Stealth and secrecy surrounded Indira Gandhi’s decision to devalue the currency

Estranged from their own land

The exodus of internally displaced persons in Pakistan is one of the largest the world has seen

What the burning train means

Unless our administration becomes more participatory,violence may be the only resort of the voiceless

Options to consider

To provide for additional seats in Parliament and state assemblies,and for double-member constituencies….

The untamed Tiger

Peace in Sri Lanka couldn’t happen while Prabhakaran lived

Views from the hilltop

How under-appreciated Ruskin Bond is as a historian of our times

When the media doesn’t play ball

When I think of interactions between the media and sportsmen,the first one that always comes to mind is a hilarious cross-fire…

Roads and schools

The editorial in the latest issue of Organiser,titled “The focus now is on education and road…

Sour Cream

Terminal 1D at Delhi airport is superb as far as they make them.

Confessions of a ‘gender traitor’

I consider the proposed bill for 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament as ill conceived,elitist and retrograde.

By the book

While it’s true the police force didn’t approach the crisis strategically we also need to appreciate the fact….

Carrying a lamp for Leander

Leander’s long career has outlasted big changes in Indian tennis

One-third quota,double vision

There seems to be an impasse on the women’s bill. It can easily be tackled