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Dilip D'Souza:Two cheers for instability
Admiral J G Nadkarni:The saffron undervest
Saisuresh Sivaswamy:Pawar and the art of turning defeat into victory
Shalabh Kumar:Why not a composite test?
Varsha Bhosle:Democracy by calculator
Pritish Nandy:Altering the Mandate
Amberish K Diwanji:Let the BJP form the next government
T V R Shenoy:Pawar and Jayalalitha likely to be two of the most crucial influences in Delhi
Varsha Bhosle:Oh, for an ink remover...
Saisuresh Sivaswamy:Over to the President
Shalabh Kumar:The 50 % Democracy
Arun Nehru:Is there anything like a Hung Parliament?
Varsha Bhosle:The Man Who Knew Too Much
T V R Shenoy:The stage is set for a classic battle between two pillars of democracy
Rajeev Srinivasan:A Case for Action
Rajeev Srinivasan:A Case for Pragmatism
Ashwin Mahesh: Run, Vajpayee, run!
Rajiv Shukla: A Presidential dilemma
Varsha Bhosle: Conspiracy Theory
Pritish Nandy: Mahatma versus Gandhi
Shalabh Kumar:Governance in the new millennium
T V R Shenoy:The DMK, far from being abashed, is taking credit for keeping L K Advani safe!
Saisuresh Sivaswamy:The BJP would do well to sit it out in the Opposition
Amberish K Diwanji:Death and the Dynasty
Dilip D'Souza:I want my normalcy!
Janardan Thakur:The race could well be between dark horses
Varsha Bhosle:Killer Instinct
Pritish Nandy:Communalism versus corruption
Arun Nehru:A swing of 30 seats would spare us somersaults
Saisuresh Sivaswamy:Understanding the Sonia enigma
T V R Shenoy:If there is any thread linking the allies in the south, it is pure, unadulterated hypocrisy!
Ashwin Mahesh:For a start, the EC must reject Gujral's nomination from Jalandhar
Dilip D'Souza:The politics of poverty
Dr Ashok Mitra:Fool's paradise
Dr N Bhaskara Rao:The more undecided the voters are, the more the role and effect of pre-poll surveys
Pritish Nandy:The Men Who Will Be PM
Janardan Thakur:The BJP's awesome twosome
Arun Nehru:I cannot see the BJP and allies touching 270 seats
Rajiv Shukla:Criminals and candidates
Fuzail Jafferey:Sonia's lies and regret won't fool Muslims
T V R Shenoy: You really can't blame the CPI and the PM for refusing to go along with a bunch of losers
Shalabh Kumar:Secularism and the middle-class
Dr N Bhaskara Rao:Performance will help DMK, RJD, TDP
Sashi Kumar:How can the BJP's 18-party coalition provide stability?
Pritish Nandy:Rogues & Scoundrels
Janardan Thakur:The Great Electoral Ballyhoo!
Saisuresh Sivaswamy:Tomorrow, there is nothing to stop Sonia from apologising in Bengal over the creation of Bangladesh!
Arun Nehru:
T V R Shenoy:Why did Sonia back off from contesting the Amethi seat?
Varsha Bhosle:In rod we trust
Ashwin Mahesh:Abolish the NRI!
Ashwin Mahesh:Naanum manishan thane?
Dilip D'Souza:Please Change, But Spare Us The Moans
Dr N Bhaskara Rao:A five-year government is what's sought by voters
Saisuresh Sivaswamy:Future Shock!
Arun Nehru:Confusion worse confounded
T V R Shenoy:Divided before the poll, united afterwards, the United Front in a nutshell
Varsha Bhosle:All in the name of secularism... Hahahahaha...
Dilip D'Souza:Those simple little mosquitoes
Amberish K Diwanji:Sonia Gandhi exposes middle-class Indian hypocrisy
Shalabh Kumar:The Indian voter is on test
Pritish Nandy:The BJP and Congress are selling a dead dream
Saisuresh Sivaswamy:The dynasty is knocking on the doors
T V R Shenoy:The only people insisting on having the SPG trail after them are the Nehru-Gandhi and Vadra families
Rajiv Shukla:If the Congress doesn't project Sonia or Dr Singh as its top candidate, it will clear the way for Vajpayee's second coming
Dr N Bhaskara Rao:To survey or not to survey
Saisuresh Sivaswamy: The Congressisation of the BJP
T V R Shenoy: It's easier becoming the PM than a Lok Sabha MP
Rajiv Shukla: The Forgotten Issue
T V R Shenoy: Sonia Gandhi's decision came as a bitter birthday gift to the Communists
Saisuresh Sivaswamy: Sonia's decision is not an unmitigated blessing for the Congress
Pritish Nandy: The BJP and its new-found ugly allies
T V R Shenoy: Sonia... Yet so far
Saisuresh Sivaswamy: Power sans responsibility
Rajiv Shukla: A Hung House
T V R Shenoy: 'In the name of battling so-called communal forces, Kesri is only too eager to embrace criminal forces'
Saisuresh Sivaswamy: What the Congress is doing in dotage is grasping for life-support, and disregarding the elixir of youth
Rajeev Srinivasan: Winter of Discontent: Fumbling India's Future
Saisuresh Sivaswamy: The Untouchable
Dr N Bhaskara Rao:The fate of the Congress appears to be sealed'
Varsha Bhosle: Beware the Ides of March...
T V R Shenoy: If the UF and the Congress can't decide on a leader, can we expect them to provide a decisive government?
Pritish Nandy:Both the BJP and Congress stink!
Saisuresh Sivaswamy: Requiem for the Lok Sabha
Pritish Nandy: Yet another Slugfest
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