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| May 09, 2008 | |
Dr Singh is nothing but a mukhauta!
'Does anyone believe for a moment that T R Baalu cares two hoots for a man without a mandate who happens to be living in Race Course Road by sheer accident?'
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| May 02, 2008 | |
Why did Priyanka Vadra meet Nalini?
It is a bit strange that Rajiv Gandhi's daughter received permission to do precisely what her great-grandfather had denied to the Mahatma's son.
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| April 07, 2008 | |
Why Karnataka holds the key
A poor performance here will spell alarm for every current or potential Congress ally, and, could have an effect on the Lok Sabha poll.
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| March 24, 2008 | |
Why is India doing China's dirty job?
I have absolutely no problem with India's conducting business with the generals in Myanmar because that is how India's interests were best served. But how does India benefit from cracking Tibetan skulls outside the Chinese embassy, and how does it benefit from pandering to extremists by exiling Taslima Nasreen?
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| March 04, 2008 | |
UPA and Election Commission on collision course
There may be three acts to this particular drama. First, there is a question on the timing of the assembly elections in Karnataka. The second is a difference of opinion about Sonia Gandhi accepting a Belgian honour. The third concerns the eligibility of a particular member of the Election Commission to continue in that post.
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| February 26, 2008 | |
Politics and the power of hope
What Pakistani voters and Barack Obama demonstrate is the power of hope, of hope that the democratic process offers the chance of enacting genuine change.
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| August 28, 2007 | |
The BJP could save the day
'Prime Minister, there will be no agreement with the Americans unless you get the BJP on your side in the name of the greater national interest.'
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| August 02, 2007 | |
Nobody is above the law, Mr Sanjay Dutt
'Did you hear anybody express any sympathy for Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, who has been receiving threats for the better part of the past decade?'
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| July 05, 2007 | |
Endgame for Musharraf?
'Pakistan's rulers may blandly deny that their country is 'Al Qaeda Central' as some American reports put it. But it would be utterly futile to try to refute the fact that they have reared Muslim fundamentalism in their bosom.'
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| May 11, 2007 | |
The victory of caste arithmetic
'I pray Mayawati becomes a leader not just of the Brahmins and the Dalits but of all Uttar Pradesh. Our largest state deserves no less.'
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| May 04, 2007 | |
And India stretches out its bowl
Is the country's hard-earned food security in danger of vanishing as the Manmohan Singh government fiddles with quotas and nuclear deals rather than concentrate on daal-roti?
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| April 25, 2007 | |
The joke is always on the public
When the Congress, BJP, or the Left begins to talk of 'morality' you can be sure the ultimate joke will be the befuddled Indian public.
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| April 17, 2007 | |
UP election: Who cares?
'In over four decades in journalism I cannot recall a greater exercise in futility than the ongoing Vidhan Sabha election in Uttar Pradesh.'
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| February 26, 2007 | |
It's time judges declared their assets
'We in India are incredibly lucky in our judiciary. Taken as a body it is undoubtedly free of taints. But let us not pretend that every single member of this elite corps is free of controversy.'
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| December 26, 2006 | |
Why the US won't leave Iraq
'As long as oil continues to be a factor, as long as Iraqi Shias and Sunnis continue to butcher each other, as long as the expenses of war can be sustained by the American economy, there is no hope of an American withdrawal from Iraq.'
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| November 29, 2006 | |
The debate over Muslim separatism in the US
What is worrying the Americans, the Britons, and others across the globe, is that the Muslim immigrants of today are showing absolutely no signs of even wanting to integrate.
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| November 17, 2006 | |
Nuke treaty may still be dead
Let us understand that restrictions on civilian nuclear technology will not be automatically lifted even after the US Senate gives the green signal to the nuke deal.
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| October 25, 2006 | |
Bush vs Chavez & the lesson for India
There is no dearth of nations where anti-Americanism translate into solid political gains. But realistic governments know it is unwise to tweak the most powerful nation on this planet without sufficient cause.
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| October 05, 2006 | |
Will we drop this obsession with the UN?
Spare me the talk of the 'prestige' of having our man as secretary general! How much prestige has Ghana accrued since Kofi Annan assumed the office?
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| September 01, 2006 | |
Only the gods can save India
Tomorrow's leaders shall arise from the student unions of today. Can you, honestly, contemplate this future without shuddering?.
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| August 23, 2006 | |
How strong is this allergy to Bush?
80 years ago the Khilafat Agitation ended by driving a wedge between India's two largest communities. I fear events outside India are again casting a shadow on Indian politics.
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| August 18, 2006 | |
Will Dr Singh's govt see the light?
The Office of Profit Bill is one of three pieces of controversial legislation, each seemingly created to serve a small section rather than society at large.
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