M.D. Nalapat, Author at The Sunday Guardian Live

Sibal has a theory: More laws, the better

Timid souls may point to the co-existence in India of myriad laws with minimal implementation, and at the growing spiral of bribes and fixing...

Sibal has a theory: More laws, the better

Timid souls may point to the co-existence in India of myriad laws with minimal implementation, and at the growing spiral of bribes and fixing...

Sibal has a theory: More laws, the better

Timid souls may point to the co-existence in India of myriad laws with minimal implementation, and at the growing spiral of bribes and fixing...

Pakistan army veto hurts India-China interests

Monday will see the arrival of Li Keqiang, China's new Prime Minister, to India. Thanks to the ill-timed and indefensible entry of some People's...

Pakistan army veto hurts India-China interests

Monday will see the arrival of Li Keqiang, China's new Prime Minister, to India. Thanks to the ill-timed and indefensible entry of some People's...

Pakistan army veto hurts India-China interests

Monday will see the arrival of Li Keqiang, China's new Prime Minister, to India. Thanks to the ill-timed and indefensible entry of some People's...

CBI not a caged parrot but a hound dog of Authority

Ashwani Kumar has been known in Delhi more for his stylish hairstyle than for anything related to his politics. Along with Anand Sharma and...

CBI not a caged parrot but a hound dog of Authority

Ashwani Kumar has been known in Delhi more for his stylish hairstyle than for anything related to his politics. Along with Anand Sharma and...

CBI not a caged parrot but a hound dog of Authority

Ashwani Kumar has been known in Delhi more for his stylish hairstyle than for anything related to his politics. Along with Anand Sharma and...

1984 was a bad time to be an Indian

The day Prime Minister Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was killed, the Mathrubhumi newspaper (which this columnist edited at the time) carried an unflattering cartoon of her on...

1984 was a bad time to be an Indian

The day Prime Minister Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was killed, the Mathrubhumi newspaper (which this columnist edited at the time) carried an unflattering cartoon of her on...

1984 was a bad time to be an Indian

The day Prime Minister Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was killed, the Mathrubhumi newspaper (which this columnist edited at the time) carried an unflattering cartoon of her on...

Cheat funds not the only crooks India should worry about

The topic of the week has moved on from brutal assaults against minors to chit funds, specifically to one in Kolkata that seems to...

Cheat funds not the only crooks India should worry about

The topic of the week has moved on from brutal assaults against minors to chit funds, specifically to one in Kolkata that seems to...

Cheat funds not the only crooks India should worry about

The topic of the week has moved on from brutal assaults against minors to chit funds, specifically to one in Kolkata that seems to...

Stop being saintly celibates, don’t make porn ban priority

Anyone resident in India for longer than 40 seconds understands that this is a country beset by numerous problems. While the British certainly left...

Stop being saintly celibates, don’t make porn ban priority

Anyone resident in India for longer than 40 seconds understands that this is a country beset by numerous problems. While the British certainly left...

Stop being saintly celibates, don’t make porn ban priority

Anyone resident in India for longer than 40 seconds understands that this is a country beset by numerous problems. While the British certainly left...

An India-Europe free trade agreement must benefit both

Someone forgot to tell Manmohan Singh that the European Union is in crisis, with its banking system effectively bankrupt, and being prevented from visible...

An India-Europe free trade agreement must benefit both

Someone forgot to tell Manmohan Singh that the European Union is in crisis, with its banking system effectively bankrupt, and being prevented from visible...

An India-Europe free trade agreement must benefit both

Someone forgot to tell Manmohan Singh that the European Union is in crisis, with its banking system effectively bankrupt, and being prevented from visible...

Time for our spooks to grow up and smell the Chinese coffee

The weather in Nanjing, once the capital of the KMT government in China and since 1949 a provincial city in the People's Republic, is...

Time for our spooks to grow up and smell the Chinese coffee

The weather in Nanjing, once the capital of the KMT government in China and since 1949 a provincial city in the People's Republic, is...

Time for our spooks to grow up and smell the Chinese coffee

The weather in Nanjing, once the capital of the KMT government in China and since 1949 a provincial city in the People's Republic, is...

President Obama, it’s time to reset ties with Delhi

More than a half century after they dismissed his frequent musings on international affairs as preaching, the US and its European allies have taken...

President Obama, it’s time to reset ties with Delhi

More than a half century after they dismissed his frequent musings on international affairs as preaching, the US and its European allies have taken...

President Obama, it’s time to reset ties with Delhi

More than a half century after they dismissed his frequent musings on international affairs as preaching, the US and its European allies have taken...

Why it is difficult to dislike the British

The Tatas have always been proud to be Indian, and they are not afraid of advertising that fact. The Tricolour flutters prominently in front...

Why it is difficult to dislike the British

The Tatas have always been proud to be Indian, and they are not afraid of advertising that fact. The Tricolour flutters prominently in front...

Why it is difficult to dislike the British

The Tatas have always been proud to be Indian, and they are not afraid of advertising that fact. The Tricolour flutters prominently in front...

Chief Justice, extend your grace to all, not just to Italian marines

Chief Justice Altamas Kabir himself presided over the three-judge bench that allowed the two Italian marines accused of murder to return to their country...

Chief Justice, extend your grace to all, not just to Italian marines

Chief Justice Altamas Kabir himself presided over the three-judge bench that allowed the two Italian marines accused of murder to return to their country...

Chief Justice, extend your grace to all, not just to Italian marines

Chief Justice Altamas Kabir himself presided over the three-judge bench that allowed the two Italian marines accused of murder to return to their country...

Budget spares Super Rich

Palaniappan Chidambaram believes officialdom in India to be 100% honest, which is why he has loaded the Income-Tax Department with powers that have made...

Budget spares Super Rich

Palaniappan Chidambaram believes officialdom in India to be 100% honest, which is why he has loaded the Income-Tax Department with powers that have made...

Budget spares Super Rich

Palaniappan Chidambaram believes officialdom in India to be 100% honest, which is why he has loaded the Income-Tax Department with powers that have made...

It’s time for a Pope from outside Europe

The Roman Catholic Church has several achievements to its credit, not the least being the way in which it has populated the globe with...

It’s time for a Pope from outside Europe

The Roman Catholic Church has several achievements to its credit, not the least being the way in which it has populated the globe with...

It’s time for a Pope from outside Europe

The Roman Catholic Church has several achievements to its credit, not the least being the way in which it has populated the globe with...

India must look beyond the 5% world to a 100% universe

Vibhav Upadhyaya has spent two decades — or close to half — of his life seeking to build a partnership between the two countries...

India must look beyond the 5% world to a 100% universe

Vibhav Upadhyaya has spent two decades — or close to half — of his life seeking to build a partnership between the two countries...

India must look beyond the 5% world to a 100% universe

Vibhav Upadhyaya has spent two decades — or close to half — of his life seeking to build a partnership between the two countries...

Economy takes a turn for worse

Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram unveiled a "dream budget" in 1997, which reduced income-tax to a level that made evasion a worse option than...

Hysteria can’t be basis of law

Trust authorities — and the people — of India to trust in law when many policepersons ensure that action gets taken only in sync...

Economy takes a turn for worse

Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram unveiled a "dream budget" in 1997, which reduced income-tax to a level that made evasion a worse option than...

Hysteria can’t be basis of law

Trust authorities — and the people — of India to trust in law when many policepersons ensure that action gets taken only in sync...

Economy takes a turn for worse

Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram unveiled a "dream budget" in 1997, which reduced income-tax to a level that made evasion a worse option than...

Hysteria can’t be basis of law

Trust authorities — and the people — of India to trust in law when many policepersons ensure that action gets taken only in sync...

In India, jail bharo has become the only solution to crime

During the time when Richard Nixon was the President of the United States, began the acceleration of a policy within the US to prescribe...

In India, jail bharo has become the only solution to crime

During the time when Richard Nixon was the President of the United States, began the acceleration of a policy within the US to prescribe...

BCCI paid heed to Pak allies’ warning against travel

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Urban Stone Soup: Stirring the pot, but where’s the meal?

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