M.J. Akbar, Author at The Sunday Guardian Live

Good Morning, 2015

We believe in God not because of, but in spite of His magnificent creation, man. There is nothing much left to learn from the...

Good Morning, 2015

We believe in God not because of, but in spite of His magnificent creation, man. There is nothing much left to learn from the...

India wins the Kashmir elections

As political parties wait, with either bated breath or resigned despair, for poll results on 23 December, one thing is already clear: India has...

India wins the Kashmir elections

As political parties wait, with either bated breath or resigned despair, for poll results on 23 December, one thing is already clear: India has...

India wins the Kashmir elections

As political parties wait, with either bated breath or resigned despair, for poll results on 23 December, one thing is already clear: India has...

A straight answer to an elliptical curve

Legislation is not always the best way to resolve a social problem with a contentious history of a thousand years, but governments are not...

A straight answer to an elliptical curve

Legislation is not always the best way to resolve a social problem with a contentious history of a thousand years, but governments are not...

A straight answer to an elliptical curve

Legislation is not always the best way to resolve a social problem with a contentious history of a thousand years, but governments are not...

Rise of the Merit Nation

I have just found an excellent role model for anyone interested in survival without self-inflicted wounds: the gentleman who drove me from Bangalore airport...

Rise of the Merit Nation

I have just found an excellent role model for anyone interested in survival without self-inflicted wounds: the gentleman who drove me from Bangalore airport...

Rise of the Merit Nation

I have just found an excellent role model for anyone interested in survival without self-inflicted wounds: the gentleman who drove me from Bangalore airport...

The fourth great war, for modernity

Wars begin with a preamble, mostly confused, and end with a postscript, often bitter. The link between Versailles in 1919 and 1939 is standard...

The fourth great war, for modernity

Wars begin with a preamble, mostly confused, and end with a postscript, often bitter. The link between Versailles in 1919 and 1939 is standard...

The fourth great war, for modernity

Wars begin with a preamble, mostly confused, and end with a postscript, often bitter. The link between Versailles in 1919 and 1939 is standard...

Save God from Godmen

The power of religion lies surely in its ability to provide answers. But every so often a godman pops up, as one has done...

Save God from Godmen

The power of religion lies surely in its ability to provide answers. But every so often a godman pops up, as one has done...

Save God from Godmen

The power of religion lies surely in its ability to provide answers. But every so often a godman pops up, as one has done...

A state of confusion, cynicism and war

The stage was contrived but the empathy was spontaneous when Burma's iconic leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Barack Obama addressed the media at...

A state of confusion, cynicism and war

The stage was contrived but the empathy was spontaneous when Burma's iconic leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Barack Obama addressed the media at...

A state of confusion, cynicism and war

The stage was contrived but the empathy was spontaneous when Burma's iconic leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Barack Obama addressed the media at...

A petty feudal at Jama Masjid

When ignorance marries bluster you get a functioning blunderbuss. Every scattershot gun should come with a safety catch, but human behaviour so often becomes...

A petty feudal at Jama Masjid

When ignorance marries bluster you get a functioning blunderbuss. Every scattershot gun should come with a safety catch, but human behaviour so often becomes...

A petty feudal at Jama Masjid

When ignorance marries bluster you get a functioning blunderbuss. Every scattershot gun should come with a safety catch, but human behaviour so often becomes...

Bad politics loses to good governance

Government is not only about changing the world. It is also about changing the local railway station. In fact, the first may be impossible...

Bad politics loses to good governance

Government is not only about changing the world. It is also about changing the local railway station. In fact, the first may be impossible...

Bad politics loses to good governance

Government is not only about changing the world. It is also about changing the local railway station. In fact, the first may be impossible...

Arun Jaitley has nothing to hide

Religion, which has much to say on the subject, generally recommends that the best way to suffer is in silence. Silence, alas, is not...

Arun Jaitley has nothing to hide

Religion, which has much to say on the subject, generally recommends that the best way to suffer is in silence. Silence, alas, is not...

Arun Jaitley has nothing to hide

Religion, which has much to say on the subject, generally recommends that the best way to suffer is in silence. Silence, alas, is not...

Price of governance is eternal vigilance

Absolutely the silliest thing that a columnist can do is predict Indian election results a few hours before facts begin to flicker across your...

Price of governance is eternal vigilance

Absolutely the silliest thing that a columnist can do is predict Indian election results a few hours before facts begin to flicker across your...

Price of governance is eternal vigilance

Absolutely the silliest thing that a columnist can do is predict Indian election results a few hours before facts begin to flicker across your...

World wants welfare, not warfare

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has sent a powerful message by awarding the peace prize for this year to the Gandhian in Delhi, Kailash Satyarthi,...

World wants welfare, not warfare

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has sent a powerful message by awarding the peace prize for this year to the Gandhian in Delhi, Kailash Satyarthi,...

World wants welfare, not warfare

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has sent a powerful message by awarding the peace prize for this year to the Gandhian in Delhi, Kailash Satyarthi,...

It’s a clear road ahead

Narendra Modi became Prime Minister at a delicate and dangerous moment for India. The fragility was internal; the threat was external.India was enmeshed in...

It’s a clear road ahead

Narendra Modi became Prime Minister at a delicate and dangerous moment for India. The fragility was internal; the threat was external.India was enmeshed in...

It’s a clear road ahead

Narendra Modi became Prime Minister at a delicate and dangerous moment for India. The fragility was internal; the threat was external.India was enmeshed in...

There’s no comfort in distance

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will speak to the people in New York and talk to the government in Washington during his five-day visit to...

There’s no comfort in distance

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will speak to the people in New York and talk to the government in Washington during his five-day visit to...

There’s no comfort in distance

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will speak to the people in New York and talk to the government in Washington during his five-day visit to...

A toast to strategic health

Once is never enough in the carefully crafted, meticulously guarded language of diplomacy. It is repetition which sets the pace. In his formal address...

A toast to strategic health

Once is never enough in the carefully crafted, meticulously guarded language of diplomacy. It is repetition which sets the pace. In his formal address...

A toast to strategic health

Once is never enough in the carefully crafted, meticulously guarded language of diplomacy. It is repetition which sets the pace. In his formal address...

The Union Jack, and perhaps Jill

For an Indian who has always believed that the partition of India was a deep, self-inflicted wound carved by a British knife, the thought...

The Union Jack, and perhaps Jill

For an Indian who has always believed that the partition of India was a deep, self-inflicted wound carved by a British knife, the thought...

The Union Jack, and perhaps Jill

For an Indian who has always believed that the partition of India was a deep, self-inflicted wound carved by a British knife, the thought...

September will sparkle in history of Indian diplomacy

There are many ways of travelling from India to America. One of them is via Japan. That indeed is the quickest way to the...

September will sparkle in history of Indian diplomacy

There are many ways of travelling from India to America. One of them is via Japan. That indeed is the quickest way to the...

September will sparkle in history of Indian diplomacy

There are many ways of travelling from India to America. One of them is via Japan. That indeed is the quickest way to the...

AICC secretaries asked to spend 20 days in assigned states

Megu at Leela Palace launches an enticing and delightful new Japanese menu

No trial of aircrafts from November 15 at Noida International Airport

M.J. Akbar

Follow us

Explore

Arts

Opinion

Living

Others

Follow us