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As he promised a definitive departure from the many controversial domestic and foreign policies of the unpopular Bush Administration...

With Oscar nominations being announced later today,just two days after President Barack Obama’s entry into the White House...

Harneet Singh | FULLY FILMIIt's a defining moment of Slumdog Millionaire. A six-year-old slum kid locked in a makeshift toilet jumps into a pile of shit just so he can run and get an autograph

Yoginder K. Alagh | CHARWAKThere is palpable change in India. The new generation performs and demands better performance. It does well in sports and in the economy.

Coomi Kapoor | BLOG BYTESTV personality Karan Thapar,known for his hard-hitting interviews,did a role-reversal at the end of the year. He asked one of the guests on his show,Arun Jaitley,to interview him.

C. Raja Mohan | RAJA-MANDALAThe title of this blog,Raja-Mandala,is drawn from the ancient Indian description of the laws that govern the conduct of relations within a circle of states.

It isn’t the first time that the world needs hope,and it isn’t the first time that the movies have responded to difficult times. The Great Depression was in the same year that gave birth to

The growth of a state should be judged by facts and figures and not by statements from political quarters. No doubt Gujarat is ahead on overall growth vis-à-vis other states.

The lead editorial in the latest issue of CPI (M) mouthpiece People’s Democracy uses the Satyam fraud to argue that capitalism thrives on deceit....

The post-Mumbai response has thankfully avoided stereotyping Muslims

Dubya’s legacy is dependent on Obama’s future plans

What Obama’s coronation means for Dr. King’s legacy

For a country like India,surrounded by hostile neighbours,it’s not a matter of choice but a necessity to possess a powerful and credible line of defence...

Little did Samuel Huntington know,when he published a book called Who we are: The Challenges to America’s National Identity in 2004,that later that year,a young black man called Barack Obama would dazzle the nation at

George Bush is ready for his close up on CNN,and Indian news is hot and bothered about ‘Slumdog Millionaire’

Do young people understand the enormity of Obama’s inauguration?

India’s public institutions all failed Binayak Sen. Why? 

This refers to ‘Army Chief confirms: Pak moved troops to India front’.

The list of foreign dignitaries who attended Narendra Modi’s Vibrant Gujarat function was as impressive as the turnout of Indian industry.

Free democracies look forward—with ardent hope and expectation—to Barack Obama’s Presidency.

Life would be so much nicer if the whole world just agreed with India on everything.

Before writing this week’s column I looked up blogs on columns past and noticed that since the attack on Mumbai...

Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Discovery of India’ is following such bizarrely unconventional ways that it is impossible not to subject it to public scrutiny.

It is assumed that children going to private schools come from rich families.

UK foreign secretary David Miliband blogs on his visit here