M.J. Akbar

Author's Latest

The collapse of a lie

Nothing, goes the maxim, clears the head faster than the sight of a noose. This is true for ordinary mortals like you and me....

The collapse of a lie

Nothing, goes the maxim, clears the head faster than the sight of a noose. This is true for ordinary mortals like you and me....

The many battles for Deoband

One of the great follies of the contemporary world is the conversion of the priest, of any faith, into a cartoon character. And so...

The many battles for Deoband

One of the great follies of the contemporary world is the conversion of the priest, of any faith, into a cartoon character. And so...

The many battles for Deoband

One of the great follies of the contemporary world is the conversion of the priest, of any faith, into a cartoon character. And so...

The many battles for Deoband

One of the great follies of the contemporary world is the conversion of the priest, of any faith, into a cartoon character. And so...

The many battles for Deoband

One of the great follies of the contemporary world is the conversion of the priest, of any faith, into a cartoon character. And so...

The many battles for Deoband

One of the great follies of the contemporary world is the conversion of the priest, of any faith, into a cartoon character. And so...

Needed: A hawk who can sing

Salman Bashir, Pakistan's foreign secretary, became fleetingly famous in Delhi when, after the last round of talks with his counterpart Nirupama Rao, he curled...

Needed: A hawk who can sing

Salman Bashir, Pakistan's foreign secretary, became fleetingly famous in Delhi when, after the last round of talks with his counterpart Nirupama Rao, he curled...

Needed: A hawk who can sing

Salman Bashir, Pakistan's foreign secretary, became fleetingly famous in Delhi when, after the last round of talks with his counterpart Nirupama Rao, he curled...

A shift in the discourse

The British Raj was the high noon of bureaucracy. The British sepoy armies might have won the day from Plassey to Seringapatnam and Alwaye,...

A shift in the discourse

The British Raj was the high noon of bureaucracy. The British sepoy armies might have won the day from Plassey to Seringapatnam and Alwaye,...

A shift in the discourse

The British Raj was the high noon of bureaucracy. The British sepoy armies might have won the day from Plassey to Seringapatnam and Alwaye,...

When a lawyer becomes judge

At some point, when the wound begins to hurt, the narrative in a scam story arcs towards the bizarre. You can be almost sure...

When a lawyer becomes judge

At some point, when the wound begins to hurt, the narrative in a scam story arcs towards the bizarre. You can be almost sure...

When a lawyer becomes judge

At some point, when the wound begins to hurt, the narrative in a scam story arcs towards the bizarre. You can be almost sure...

No year is an island

No year is an island. A sequence of events will always demand its consequence, without respect for something as transitory as a calendar. Neither...

No year is an island

No year is an island. A sequence of events will always demand its consequence, without respect for something as transitory as a calendar. Neither...

No year is an island

No year is an island. A sequence of events will always demand its consequence, without respect for something as transitory as a calendar. Neither...

A strange two-tier democracy

India has become a strange democracy where Binayak Sen gets life in jail and dacoits get a life in luxury. It takes years of...

A strange two-tier democracy

India has become a strange democracy where Binayak Sen gets life in jail and dacoits get a life in luxury. It takes years of...

A strange two-tier democracy

India has become a strange democracy where Binayak Sen gets life in jail and dacoits get a life in luxury. It takes years of...

Who has the last word?

Do we remember what we have heard or what we wanted to hear? Famous last words are tricky. Even strangers can get infected with...

Who has the last word?

Do we remember what we have heard or what we wanted to hear? Famous last words are tricky. Even strangers can get infected with...

Who has the last word?

Do we remember what we have heard or what we wanted to hear? Famous last words are tricky. Even strangers can get infected with...

The profit and loss of noise

It is entirely appropriate that the man in charge of India's volume control, Pranab Mukherjee, should have uttered what is unarguably the comment of...

The profit and loss of noise

It is entirely appropriate that the man in charge of India's volume control, Pranab Mukherjee, should have uttered what is unarguably the comment of...

The profit and loss of noise

It is entirely appropriate that the man in charge of India's volume control, Pranab Mukherjee, should have uttered what is unarguably the comment of...

Under the weather in Milan

Snow is a sheet on the ground, talcum on the trees, a patched overcoat on the Alps and an electric blue at Zurich airport....

Under the weather in Milan

Snow is a sheet on the ground, talcum on the trees, a patched overcoat on the Alps and an electric blue at Zurich airport....

Under the weather in Milan

Snow is a sheet on the ground, talcum on the trees, a patched overcoat on the Alps and an electric blue at Zurich airport....

The Mao Zedong of Gujarat

The unnamed young students of Ahmedabad who had a question or two for Rahul Gandhi this week were pertinent, not pert. They also provided...

The Mao Zedong of Gujarat

The unnamed young students of Ahmedabad who had a question or two for Rahul Gandhi this week were pertinent, not pert. They also provided...

The Mao Zedong of Gujarat

The unnamed young students of Ahmedabad who had a question or two for Rahul Gandhi this week were pertinent, not pert. They also provided...

His voice’s master

Thought for the week: if accent-fraud were a criminal offence, how many serving members of the ruling establishment would be guilty? To speak English...

His voice’s master

Thought for the week: if accent-fraud were a criminal offence, how many serving members of the ruling establishment would be guilty? To speak English...

His voice’s master

Thought for the week: if accent-fraud were a criminal offence, how many serving members of the ruling establishment would be guilty? To speak English...

Boggledygook

A less complacent lot might have seen the approaching firestorm from some distance. Someone somewhere was bound to turn up with a matchstick. The...

Boggledygook

A less complacent lot might have seen the approaching firestorm from some distance. Someone somewhere was bound to turn up with a matchstick. The...

Boggledygook

A less complacent lot might have seen the approaching firestorm from some distance. Someone somewhere was bound to turn up with a matchstick. The...

Partners in trade, not strategy

How many words will India get in Barack Obama’s autobiography, Faith, Hope and Miscarriage, due in 2013? Going by the law of proportions, it should...

Partners in trade, not strategy

How many words will India get in Barack Obama’s autobiography, Faith, Hope and Miscarriage, due in 2013? Going by the law of proportions, it should...

Partners in trade, not strategy

How many words will India get in Barack Obama’s autobiography, Faith, Hope and Miscarriage, due in 2013? Going by the law of proportions, it should...

The strength of cool

A seller of sweetmeats can either celebrate Diwali or sell his mithai. He cannot do both. The goddess of wealth will enter his door...

The strength of cool

A seller of sweetmeats can either celebrate Diwali or sell his mithai. He cannot do both. The goddess of wealth will enter his door...

The strength of cool

A seller of sweetmeats can either celebrate Diwali or sell his mithai. He cannot do both. The goddess of wealth will enter his door...

Between scam India and slum India

It is entirely appropriate that a nation whose motto is Satyameva Jayate should discover a metaphor for ravenous loot in a Mumbai building society...

Between scam India and slum India

It is entirely appropriate that a nation whose motto is Satyameva Jayate should discover a metaphor for ravenous loot in a Mumbai building society...

Between scam India and slum India

It is entirely appropriate that a nation whose motto is Satyameva Jayate should discover a metaphor for ravenous loot in a Mumbai building society...

1...161718 Page 17 of 18

- A word from our sponsors -

spot_img

Follow us

HomeAuthorsPosts by M.J. Akbar