High influx of pro-Khalistan candidates seen in Lok Sabha elections

CHANDIGARH: The ongoing general elections in Punjab have...

Delhi Court denies to extend interim bail of Supertech chairman

NEW DELHI: Delhi’s Patiala House Court has...

BJP is Rising in Telangana

CHENNAI: The BJP’s rise in Telangana can...

M.D. Nalapat

Have money and stay free

So deeply has the colonial experience penetrated into the psyche of the people of India that the definition of "independence" is the right to...

Have money and stay free

So deeply has the colonial experience penetrated into the psyche of the people of India that the definition of "independence" is the right to...

Have money and stay free

So deeply has the colonial experience penetrated into the psyche of the people of India that the definition of "independence" is the right to...

If, and when, the mighty fall

A perception of invincibility is what allows rulers to continue to exercise their sway. For a considerable period of time, the British Raj was...

If, and when, the mighty fall

A perception of invincibility is what allows rulers to continue to exercise their sway. For a considerable period of time, the British Raj was...

If, and when, the mighty fall

A perception of invincibility is what allows rulers to continue to exercise their sway. For a considerable period of time, the British Raj was...

Pranab stands up for the facts

Watching Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee refuse to deny the ministry's note when questioned in Washington DC about making public Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram's...

Pranab stands up for the facts

Watching Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee refuse to deny the ministry's note when questioned in Washington DC about making public Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram's...

Pranab stands up for the facts

Watching Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee refuse to deny the ministry's note when questioned in Washington DC about making public Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram's...

The RBI has gone mad

There are numerous corners of Indian officialdom that still believe that the country is in the pre-1947 stage, when civilised people ruled India, and...

The RBI has gone mad

There are numerous corners of Indian officialdom that still believe that the country is in the pre-1947 stage, when civilised people ruled India, and...

The RBI has gone mad

There are numerous corners of Indian officialdom that still believe that the country is in the pre-1947 stage, when civilised people ruled India, and...

To kill or not to kill

Poor Rajiv Gandhi. Not only have individuals associated with groups that backed the LTTE been accommodated in senior governmental positions since 2004, but now...

To kill or not to kill

Poor Rajiv Gandhi. Not only have individuals associated with groups that backed the LTTE been accommodated in senior governmental positions since 2004, but now...

To kill or not to kill

Poor Rajiv Gandhi. Not only have individuals associated with groups that backed the LTTE been accommodated in senior governmental positions since 2004, but now...

Remember Lord Keynes, Mr Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh may have studied economics, but he has clearly not heard of John Maynard Keynes, who claimed that "in the long run we...

Remember Lord Keynes, Mr Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh may have studied economics, but he has clearly not heard of John Maynard Keynes, who claimed that "in the long run we...

Remember Lord Keynes, Mr Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh may have studied economics, but he has clearly not heard of John Maynard Keynes, who claimed that "in the long run we...

Politicians must free Indians

Some years ago, this columnist chanced to visit the corridors of Mumbai's pricey Breach Candy Hospital when the incomparable Raj Kapoor was in his...

Politicians must free Indians

Some years ago, this columnist chanced to visit the corridors of Mumbai's pricey Breach Candy Hospital when the incomparable Raj Kapoor was in his...

Politicians must free Indians

Some years ago, this columnist chanced to visit the corridors of Mumbai's pricey Breach Candy Hospital when the incomparable Raj Kapoor was in his...

A tyranny of the elected?

Both Swami Ramdev and Anna Hazare share Mahatma Gandhi's desire that India returns to innocence, to a period when there was no linguistic pollution via...

A tyranny of the elected?

Both Swami Ramdev and Anna Hazare share Mahatma Gandhi's desire that India returns to innocence, to a period when there was no linguistic pollution via...

A tyranny of the elected?

Both Swami Ramdev and Anna Hazare share Mahatma Gandhi's desire that India returns to innocence, to a period when there was no linguistic pollution via...

Who is right about Rahul?

Like most national capitals, Delhi too abounds in those influentials who fib for a living. In the presumed secrecy of their homes or in...

Who is right about Rahul?

Like most national capitals, Delhi too abounds in those influentials who fib for a living. In the presumed secrecy of their homes or in...

Who is right about Rahul?

Like most national capitals, Delhi too abounds in those influentials who fib for a living. In the presumed secrecy of their homes or in...

If only Advani were a Sonia

Despite its occasional posturing — usually only after sustained prodding from the permanent residents of the RSS HQ at Nagpur — the BJP leadership admires...

If only Advani were a Sonia

Despite its occasional posturing — usually only after sustained prodding from the permanent residents of the RSS HQ at Nagpur — the BJP leadership admires...

If only Advani were a Sonia

Despite its occasional posturing — usually only after sustained prodding from the permanent residents of the RSS HQ at Nagpur — the BJP leadership admires...

Fai’s guests may not have known, but we did

At last, we know the truth, courtesy of the Delhi police. This superb force, which has about the same standards as their counterparts in...

Fai’s guests may not have known, but we did

At last, we know the truth, courtesy of the Delhi police. This superb force, which has about the same standards as their counterparts in...

Fai’s guests may not have known, but we did

At last, we know the truth, courtesy of the Delhi police. This superb force, which has about the same standards as their counterparts in...

The perils of Montek-Aiyar economic policies

Consider the policy prescriptions of those fixtures of Lutyens' Delhi, Montek Singh Ahluwalia or Swaminathan Aiyar. India's equivalent of the Washington Beltway has long...

The perils of Montek-Aiyar economic policies

Consider the policy prescriptions of those fixtures of Lutyens' Delhi, Montek Singh Ahluwalia or Swaminathan Aiyar. India's equivalent of the Washington Beltway has long...

The perils of Montek-Aiyar economic policies

Consider the policy prescriptions of those fixtures of Lutyens' Delhi, Montek Singh Ahluwalia or Swaminathan Aiyar. India's equivalent of the Washington Beltway has long...

The end of immunity for the privileged is approaching

In times past, royal families used to intermarry, thereby creating new alliances. These days, the preferred marital amalgam contains elements of business, politics and...

The end of immunity for the privileged is approaching

In times past, royal families used to intermarry, thereby creating new alliances. These days, the preferred marital amalgam contains elements of business, politics and...

The end of immunity for the privileged is approaching

In times past, royal families used to intermarry, thereby creating new alliances. These days, the preferred marital amalgam contains elements of business, politics and...

Retro RBI is not only living abroad, but in 70s

Surjit Bhalla is that rare economist who does not forget that he is in India while giving prescriptions, as witnessed in his op-ed in...

Retro RBI is not only living abroad, but in 70s

Surjit Bhalla is that rare economist who does not forget that he is in India while giving prescriptions, as witnessed in his op-ed in...

Retro RBI is not only living abroad, but in 70s

Surjit Bhalla is that rare economist who does not forget that he is in India while giving prescriptions, as witnessed in his op-ed in...

Double double-cross on nuclear deal

When George W. Bush and Manmohan Singh announced that they would jointly work to ensure that India get freed of the innumerable restraints that...

Double double-cross on nuclear deal

When George W. Bush and Manmohan Singh announced that they would jointly work to ensure that India get freed of the innumerable restraints that...

Double double-cross on nuclear deal

When George W. Bush and Manmohan Singh announced that they would jointly work to ensure that India get freed of the innumerable restraints that...

Still slaves, even after ‘Independence’

Amartya Sen, Sunil Khilnani and the other notables close to Dus Number may not notice this, but India is hardly a democracy for the...

Still slaves, even after ‘Independence’

Amartya Sen, Sunil Khilnani and the other notables close to Dus Number may not notice this, but India is hardly a democracy for the...

Still slaves, even after ‘Independence’

Amartya Sen, Sunil Khilnani and the other notables close to Dus Number may not notice this, but India is hardly a democracy for the...

The IMF needs to outgrow Europe

After the obligatory disapproving coughs, Dr Manmohan Singh is likely to accept the replacement of one French managing director of the IMF with another....

The IMF needs to outgrow Europe

After the obligatory disapproving coughs, Dr Manmohan Singh is likely to accept the replacement of one French managing director of the IMF with another....

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