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

A future killed with kindness

Is it any wonder that India has become a huge laboratory for NGOs? After all, even the Union Cabinet reports not to the PM but...

A future killed with kindness

Is it any wonder that India has become a huge laboratory for NGOs? After all, even the Union Cabinet reports not to the PM but...

For Election Commission, India’s voters are juvenile

Each election of an MP or an MLA in India begins with a lie, which is the solemn pledge that the country's ridiculously low legal...

For Election Commission, India’s voters are juvenile

Each election of an MP or an MLA in India begins with a lie, which is the solemn pledge that the country's ridiculously low legal...

For Election Commission, India’s voters are juvenile

Each election of an MP or an MLA in India begins with a lie, which is the solemn pledge that the country's ridiculously low legal...

MADE replaces MAD

Although both had enough nuclear weapons in stock to destroy the other several times over, there was never a direct conflict between the US...

MADE replaces MAD

Although both had enough nuclear weapons in stock to destroy the other several times over, there was never a direct conflict between the US...

MADE replaces MAD

Although both had enough nuclear weapons in stock to destroy the other several times over, there was never a direct conflict between the US...

For 2Gs, Assembly polls decisive

While Congress president Sonia Gandhi would like to see a return of the 1947-77 situation, where her party had a majority on its own...

For 2Gs, Assembly polls decisive

While Congress president Sonia Gandhi would like to see a return of the 1947-77 situation, where her party had a majority on its own...

For 2Gs, Assembly polls decisive

While Congress president Sonia Gandhi would like to see a return of the 1947-77 situation, where her party had a majority on its own...

Will Hillary again trip Zardari?

That successive US administrations tango with the Pakistan military is no secret. The men in khaki appear to exercise the same fascination over otherwise...

Will Hillary again trip Zardari?

That successive US administrations tango with the Pakistan military is no secret. The men in khaki appear to exercise the same fascination over otherwise...

Will Hillary again trip Zardari?

That successive US administrations tango with the Pakistan military is no secret. The men in khaki appear to exercise the same fascination over otherwise...

Give the middle class a break

Although this is disputed by those nostalgic for the days when there were only Ambassador cars sputtering on the streets, a few admit that the...

Give the middle class a break

Although this is disputed by those nostalgic for the days when there were only Ambassador cars sputtering on the streets, a few admit that the...

Give the middle class a break

Although this is disputed by those nostalgic for the days when there were only Ambassador cars sputtering on the streets, a few admit that the...

‘India should not be like Italy’

Anyone watching the nightly Q&A sessions on cable television knows that every office-holder of the Congress party adores Sonia Gandhi and seeks only to please...

‘India should not be like Italy’

Anyone watching the nightly Q&A sessions on cable television knows that every office-holder of the Congress party adores Sonia Gandhi and seeks only to please...

‘India should not be like Italy’

Anyone watching the nightly Q&A sessions on cable television knows that every office-holder of the Congress party adores Sonia Gandhi and seeks only to please...

Team Anna or Team Jawahar?

Lee Kuan Yew was grateful to Jawaharlal Nehru, for the Indian leader made the mistakes that Singapore's Minister Mentor ensured his city-state avoided. The...

Team Anna or Team Jawahar?

Lee Kuan Yew was grateful to Jawaharlal Nehru, for the Indian leader made the mistakes that Singapore's Minister Mentor ensured his city-state avoided. The...

Team Anna or Team Jawahar?

Lee Kuan Yew was grateful to Jawaharlal Nehru, for the Indian leader made the mistakes that Singapore's Minister Mentor ensured his city-state avoided. The...

From soft to ectoplasmic state

In April 2001, nearly two dozen BSF jawans were first tortured and then killed by units of the Bangladesh Rifles. Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee...

From soft to ectoplasmic state

In April 2001, nearly two dozen BSF jawans were first tortured and then killed by units of the Bangladesh Rifles. Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee...

From soft to ectoplasmic state

In April 2001, nearly two dozen BSF jawans were first tortured and then killed by units of the Bangladesh Rifles. Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee...

Forget freedom of expression, we are Indian after all

Some days ago, a television show mentioned that of the top five supercomputers in the world, two were Japanese, one American and the remaining...

Forget freedom of expression, we are Indian after all

Some days ago, a television show mentioned that of the top five supercomputers in the world, two were Japanese, one American and the remaining...

Forget freedom of expression, we are Indian after all

Some days ago, a television show mentioned that of the top five supercomputers in the world, two were Japanese, one American and the remaining...

Trust the people, Madam

In the closing months of 1980, Rajiv Ratna Birjees Gandhi got pitchforked into politics because of the death of younger brother Sanjay. The elder...

Trust the people, Madam

In the closing months of 1980, Rajiv Ratna Birjees Gandhi got pitchforked into politics because of the death of younger brother Sanjay. The elder...

Trust the people, Madam

In the closing months of 1980, Rajiv Ratna Birjees Gandhi got pitchforked into politics because of the death of younger brother Sanjay. The elder...

Can Rahul do a Narasimha Rao?

Sharing power with "outsiders" is not a trait associated with the Nehru family, and Rahul Gandhi has been focusing on strategies whereby his party...

Can Rahul do a Narasimha Rao?

Sharing power with "outsiders" is not a trait associated with the Nehru family, and Rahul Gandhi has been focusing on strategies whereby his party...

Can Rahul do a Narasimha Rao?

Sharing power with "outsiders" is not a trait associated with the Nehru family, and Rahul Gandhi has been focusing on strategies whereby his party...

Sawant must get Rs 10,000 cr

What, a mere Rs 100 cr for the indescribable torture and humiliation felt by Justice P.B. Sawant as viewers beheld the sage visage of...

Sawant must get Rs 10,000 cr

What, a mere Rs 100 cr for the indescribable torture and humiliation felt by Justice P.B. Sawant as viewers beheld the sage visage of...

Sawant must get Rs 10,000 cr

What, a mere Rs 100 cr for the indescribable torture and humiliation felt by Justice P.B. Sawant as viewers beheld the sage visage of...

India’s rubber civil frame

The Indian Civil Service was commonly regarded at the time as a triple misnomer, being neither Indian nor civil nor even remotely a service....

India’s rubber civil frame

The Indian Civil Service was commonly regarded at the time as a triple misnomer, being neither Indian nor civil nor even remotely a service....

India’s rubber civil frame

The Indian Civil Service was commonly regarded at the time as a triple misnomer, being neither Indian nor civil nor even remotely a service....

No specialists, please, we’re Home and Defence

Disaffection within the "native" segment of the armed forces based in India during British rule led to Whitehall finally deciding to quit India, five...

No specialists, please, we’re Home and Defence

Disaffection within the "native" segment of the armed forces based in India during British rule led to Whitehall finally deciding to quit India, five...

No specialists, please, we’re Home and Defence

Disaffection within the "native" segment of the armed forces based in India during British rule led to Whitehall finally deciding to quit India, five...

A saint in our midst

The cover of Rani Singh's "Sonia Gandhi" shows the leader, smiling in a red sari, actually touching a grey mass of humanity, humble in...

A saint in our midst

The cover of Rani Singh's "Sonia Gandhi" shows the leader, smiling in a red sari, actually touching a grey mass of humanity, humble in...

A saint in our midst

The cover of Rani Singh's "Sonia Gandhi" shows the leader, smiling in a red sari, actually touching a grey mass of humanity, humble in...

Tell the PLA to get off

The Mao-era People's of Republic of China (PRC) is very different from the country as it had been during the Deng era. The Great...

Tell the PLA to get off

The Mao-era People's of Republic of China (PRC) is very different from the country as it had been during the Deng era. The Great...

Tell the PLA to get off

The Mao-era People's of Republic of China (PRC) is very different from the country as it had been during the Deng era. The Great...

Court frames sexual harassment charges against ex-WFI chief

USCIRF report on religious freedom in India ill-conceived

Lalu corners Congress by seeking reservation for Muslims

M.D. Nalapat

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