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.

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

People in Gujarat have become so accustomed to bans,particularly on films dealing with communal violence that they assume such products have been banned even when they have in fact not been banned.

Despite our obsession with Pakistan,official and political India have not yet reacted to Islamabad's latest political move.

IT IS a sad reflection on the mentality of the Indian bureaucracy that it believes that paperwork are of a greater concern than a child's life.

Minister Kapil Sibal hit the nail on the head by categorically laying down that the real challenge for India is to produce world class knowledge at home.

There has been systematic embezzlement at local level with official connivance in the implementation of central welfare schemes for the poor.

When one thinks of the quintessential Hindi film heroine it is invariably someone of statuesque proportions and a certain melancholic beauty.

The crude manner in which Jaswant Singh was expelled reflects the tightening grip of the RSS over the BJP.

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

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

Finally,the India-ASEAN free trade agreement will get off the ground in Bangkok,after six years of haggling.

There are three lessons to learn from the 1987-'89 drought policy in addition to the policies already announced.

The West Bengal Governor,Gopal Gandhi,has powerfully stated a widely perceived truth.

Top Hollywood earners make more than $100 million dollars annually. But how does its Bollywood brethren fair?

Crimes by the young in our major metros are becoming increasingly common.

India’s Asian well-wishers hope that in acting quickly on the Korean deal,the UPA government is signalling a strong commitment to East Asian regionalism.

Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh appear to make a perfect team.

The McCain story is quite well known. I sometimes exchange cards with their Sahibs or with the Batas in CIGI meetings.

Why would you participate in a show that threatens to reveal your secrets,embarrass you,hurt people close to you?

As the Lok Sabha ‘debates the drafting skills of Shivshankar Menon and PM Manmohan Singh this week,here is a story on joint statements from Jawaharlal Nehru's days.

Reporting on human rights violations is an important part of journalism,but sometimes there is a lack of discrimination in the causes that we champion.

In international relations,perhaps even more than in domestic politics,perceptions drive issues more than reality.

The reaction to the demands for security when withdrawn on professional considerations and to the frisking of Kalam Saheb has been of disdain on VIP privileges.

The debate over the Sharm el-Sheikh joint statement continues. But independent of those issues,there is another one,flagged in Meghnad Desai's recent column.