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Meghnad Desai

Congress is all set to implode

When Jawaharlal Nehru was prime minister, he frequently faced a complaint that he was not doing enough to help opposition parties grow.
Section: Analysis  | Saturday, June 28, 2008 21:49 IST

The policy of divide and misrule

We believe the imperialists followed the Divide and Rule policy. We told them we were a united people. They told us there was no such thing as India, a single nation.
Section: Analysis  | Sunday, June 15, 2008 3:05 IST

The Centre just cannot hold

The Fourth anniversary of UPA government has been celebrated and why not.
Section: Analysis  | Sunday, June 1, 2008 10:17 IST

Time to give women their due

But still the point is worth discussing. But what does that say about the lives and opportunities of women in Britain as against India?
Section: Analysis  | Sunday, May 11, 2008 3:00 IST

Busting economic superstitions

The primary superstition is that prices are high because traders make them high. They are hoarding and speculating
Section: Analysis  | Saturday, April 26, 2008 23:35 IST

The tortuous way of the torch

What Chinese leadership thought would be a celebration of China’s arrival on the global scene as a respected and legitimate world power has turned into a PR nightmare.
Section: Analysis  | Sunday, April 13, 2008 0:38 IST

Of India’s triumph and tragedy

Tata’s purchase of Jaguar and Land Rover marks a special occasion in the history of Indian business.
Section: Analysis  | Sunday, March 30, 2008 4:00 IST

India may go the Europe way

Harold Wilson, the most successful Labour leader of all times (he won four elections while even Tony Blair only won three) said, “A week is a long time in politics”.
Section: Analysis  | Sunday, March 16, 2008 18:01 IST

Rightly, bereft of any brains

The ABVP mob which attacked Delhi University’s History Department made one thing clear. The BJP and the larger Parivar have an intellectual inferiority complex.
Section: Analysis  | Sunday, March 2, 2008 3:50 IST

Requiem for a Marathi manoos

Ambadas Haribhau Dharkar is a small footnote in history. A Marathi manoos with a good job in HAL and a nice house.
Section: Analysis  | Sunday, February 17, 2008 3:16 IST
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