Bindra believes he deserves a break in the dormant 2009 season after his gold medal peak at the Olympics in 2008. And who is to question him?

For some years now there has been an open debate within the strategic community on the benefits and costs of acquiring carriers.

The courts have in recent months interestingly drawn that thin line between freedom and license. They have supported an artist who was being vandalised.

Last week,the conversation with former Davis Cupper Jaidip at the DLTA Complex occasionally veered off.

Roger Federer,the one with elegant moves and the unflappable demeanour,was breaking down in tears.

The news reports of the Supreme Court appointed SIT’s charges against a leading activist,Teesta Setalvad are truly disturbing.

Between the months of April and June,Malaysia hosts the Sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament.

The RSS vision of an Akhand Bharat has an unlikely supporter,the Grand Mufti of Syria.

There are no new releases at the multiplex because of the stalemate with the producers and distributors forum.

What's the fun in scoring three goals in 15 minutes and spending the rest of the 75 assured of victory?

Bibek Debroy<br> In December 2000,General Assembly asked Secretary General to prepare a roadmap for implementing this declaration.

YOGINDER K. ALAGH | CHARAWAK<br/ > The Taliban attacking Chakwal is understandable. A village with a history of co-existence would provoke the worst in fanatics of all kinds.

Coomi Kapoor | Blog Bytes<br><p> A recent article in the New York Times by Somini Sengupta points out that despite galloping economic growth in India,we have one of the worst malnutrition rates in the world.

C. Raja Mohan | Raja-Mandala<br>

Pratap Bhanu Mehta | Swaraj Aur Samvidhan<br> Perceptions of the G20 Summit are not independent of broader ideological and theoretical commitments of commentators and their sense of causes and effects of this crisis.

Bibek Debroy<br> On public policy,there are three clear lessons. First,create fiscal space when going is good. We are in a mess because we didn't do that between 2003-04 and 2007-08.

Harneet Singh | Fully Filmi<br> With its fair skin and blue eyes,a Barbie has come to be regarded as a personification of all things pretty that being a girl is made out to be.

Yoginder k. Alagh | Charawak<br> There are three reasons why there can be nuanced differences in what you say at home and abroad.

Bibek Debroy<br> The UTVI channel has used the RTI Act to collect data on income tax returns filed by political parties. The figures are sometimes for 2007-08,sometimes for 2008-09.

C. Raja Mohan | Raja-Mandala<br /> In tune with India’s traditional emphasis on the middle path,the Congress leadership that stared down the nuclear opportunism of the CPM and BJP at home is now looking the non-proliferation ayatollahs,who are back in power in Washington,in the eye.

Yoginder k. Alagh|Charawak<br> Most real problems can in fact,be solved. Well,almost every problem. This man who has come for your vote can be a large part of the solution.

Coomi Kapoor | Blog Bytes<br> Showing the speech once or twice is understandable,but telecasting it more than 20 times a day is not.

Bibek Debroy<br> Using income,one way of defining middle class is in terms of how much of income is left over for discretionary expenditure,after paying for food and shelter.

Pratap Bhanu Mehta | Swaraj Aur Samvidhan<br> In the end one cannot avoid concluding that moving the IPL out reveals so much about Indian democracy.

HARNEET SINGH | FULLY FILMI <br> So Aamir Khan thinks that Shah Rukh Khan is bitter because some of his recent films have not done well at the box office.