A win in Maharashtra will help BJP nationally

New Delhi: The Assembly elections in Maharashtra...

CJI Khanna supports minimum stipend for junior lawyers

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Sanjiv...

Bengal tab grant for students lands up in mule accounts

Students in Classes 11 and 12 in...

M.J. Akbar

Model Towns of Democracy

Is there a high quality dramatist hidden in the calendar department of the Election Commission? This general election has been a nine-act drama. Inevitably,...

The importance of being the last seat

The only pan-Indian, 2014 event longer than the general election is the IPL season. Perfectly logical, then, that there should be signs of serious...

The importance of being the last seat

The only pan-Indian, 2014 event longer than the general election is the IPL season. Perfectly logical, then, that there should be signs of serious...

The importance of being the last seat

The only pan-Indian, 2014 event longer than the general election is the IPL season. Perfectly logical, then, that there should be signs of serious...

Why there is no Amethi model

Have you ever wondered, amidst the manufactured debate about the Gujarat model of development, why there is never any talk of an "Amethi model"?...

Why there is no Amethi model

Have you ever wondered, amidst the manufactured debate about the Gujarat model of development, why there is never any talk of an "Amethi model"?...

Why there is no Amethi model

Have you ever wondered, amidst the manufactured debate about the Gujarat model of development, why there is never any talk of an "Amethi model"?...

Politics of hallucination is losing out

Every so often small facts light up a large truth. One such nugget appeared in last Monday's Indian Express. This newspaper tracks, within many...

Politics of hallucination is losing out

Every so often small facts light up a large truth. One such nugget appeared in last Monday's Indian Express. This newspaper tracks, within many...

Politics of hallucination is losing out

Every so often small facts light up a large truth. One such nugget appeared in last Monday's Indian Express. This newspaper tracks, within many...

A vote for jobs

Where did it all begin to go wrong for the UPA government? The precise point, if there is ever such a thing in the...

A vote for jobs

Where did it all begin to go wrong for the UPA government? The precise point, if there is ever such a thing in the...

A vote for jobs

Where did it all begin to go wrong for the UPA government? The precise point, if there is ever such a thing in the...

Young and unforgiving

A young media professional, his face creased by the worried thought that he might soon be turning 30, was quite certain about the precise...

Young and unforgiving

A young media professional, his face creased by the worried thought that he might soon be turning 30, was quite certain about the precise...

Young and unforgiving

A young media professional, his face creased by the worried thought that he might soon be turning 30, was quite certain about the precise...

Einstein, Biswajit and Indian elections

If Albert Einstein could not pass his college entrance examination at the first attempt, then there is surely hope for us lesser mortals.Biswajit Deb...

Einstein, Biswajit and Indian elections

If Albert Einstein could not pass his college entrance examination at the first attempt, then there is surely hope for us lesser mortals.Biswajit Deb...

Einstein, Biswajit and Indian elections

If Albert Einstein could not pass his college entrance examination at the first attempt, then there is surely hope for us lesser mortals.Biswajit Deb...

Satire is better than a scream

The committees which cobbled together the BJP's advertising campaign got one fundamental proposition right: anger is a formidable weapon, but rage is counterproductive. There...

Satire is better than a scream

The committees which cobbled together the BJP's advertising campaign got one fundamental proposition right: anger is a formidable weapon, but rage is counterproductive. There...

Satire is better than a scream

The committees which cobbled together the BJP's advertising campaign got one fundamental proposition right: anger is a formidable weapon, but rage is counterproductive. There...

Anger, amnesia and the journalist in-between

The last Indian politician to send journalists to jail, most notably Kuldip Nayar of Ramnath Goenka's Indian Express, was Mrs Indira Gandhi. Her...

Anger, amnesia and the journalist in-between

The last Indian politician to send journalists to jail, most notably Kuldip Nayar of Ramnath Goenka's Indian Express, was Mrs Indira Gandhi. Her...

Anger, amnesia and the journalist in-between

The last Indian politician to send journalists to jail, most notably Kuldip Nayar of Ramnath Goenka's Indian Express, was Mrs Indira Gandhi. Her...

Do we have the Army we need?

Donald Rumsfeld, who was America's defence secretary during the Iraq war, pointed out that you fight with the army you have rather than the...

Do we have the Army we need?

Donald Rumsfeld, who was America's defence secretary during the Iraq war, pointed out that you fight with the army you have rather than the...

Do we have the Army we need?

Donald Rumsfeld, who was America's defence secretary during the Iraq war, pointed out that you fight with the army you have rather than the...

Washington smells the saffron

The news item flickered warily somewhere in the middle of NBC's morning bulletin on Friday the 28th of February, almost as if the editors...

Washington smells the saffron

The news item flickered warily somewhere in the middle of NBC's morning bulletin on Friday the 28th of February, almost as if the editors...

Washington smells the saffron

The news item flickered warily somewhere in the middle of NBC's morning bulletin on Friday the 28th of February, almost as if the editors...

The burial of linguistic states

There will be a 30th state in the Union of India. The 29th, Telangana, is not the last post in the reorganisation of India's...

The burial of linguistic states

There will be a 30th state in the Union of India. The 29th, Telangana, is not the last post in the reorganisation of India's...

The burial of linguistic states

There will be a 30th state in the Union of India. The 29th, Telangana, is not the last post in the reorganisation of India's...

Dikshit took 15 years to get singed, Kejri 49 days

Arvind Kejriwal could not stand the heat so he got out of the kitchen. As a means of self-preservation, this is reasonable. But what...

Dikshit took 15 years to get singed, Kejri 49 days

Arvind Kejriwal could not stand the heat so he got out of the kitchen. As a means of self-preservation, this is reasonable. But what...

Dikshit took 15 years to get singed, Kejri 49 days

Arvind Kejriwal could not stand the heat so he got out of the kitchen. As a means of self-preservation, this is reasonable. But what...

The political calculus of Bengal

Why, and when, does a politician defect? The simplistic, but not all that simple, answer is money. We have good reason, of course, to...

The political calculus of Bengal

Why, and when, does a politician defect? The simplistic, but not all that simple, answer is money. We have good reason, of course, to...

The political calculus of Bengal

Why, and when, does a politician defect? The simplistic, but not all that simple, answer is money. We have good reason, of course, to...

Living in Sharad Pawar’s shadow

Between a story and the reason for it, there often falls a shadow. The news item, published in a Marathi newspaper, that Sharad Pawar...

Living in Sharad Pawar’s shadow

Between a story and the reason for it, there often falls a shadow. The news item, published in a Marathi newspaper, that Sharad Pawar...

Living in Sharad Pawar’s shadow

Between a story and the reason for it, there often falls a shadow. The news item, published in a Marathi newspaper, that Sharad Pawar...

I, we and all of them who watch

Every electorate may or may not get the government it deserves. Voters can fall for a bluff: if they did not believe a promise...

I, we and all of them who watch

Every electorate may or may not get the government it deserves. Voters can fall for a bluff: if they did not believe a promise...

I, we and all of them who watch

Every electorate may or may not get the government it deserves. Voters can fall for a bluff: if they did not believe a promise...

Government is not a firecracker godown

Any political party that rises from street turmoil must of necessity reflect the varied character of its origins. Everyone wearing a Gandhi cap does...

Government is not a firecracker godown

Any political party that rises from street turmoil must of necessity reflect the varied character of its origins. Everyone wearing a Gandhi cap does...

Government is not a firecracker godown

Any political party that rises from street turmoil must of necessity reflect the varied character of its origins. Everyone wearing a Gandhi cap does...

A world which spun on the axis of the heart

Nostalgia is not very good news for the nostalgic. The elegy of age lies a layer below the surface, trying hard but unable to...

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