Congress is all set to implodeWhen Jawaharlal Nehru was prime minister, he frequently faced a complaint that he was not doing enough to help opposition parties grow.
June 28, 2008
The policy of divide and misruleWe 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.
June 15, 2008
The Centre just cannot holdThe Fourth anniversary of UPA government has been celebrated and why not.
June 1, 2008
Time to give women their dueBut still the point is worth discussing. But what does that say about the lives and opportunities of women in Britain as against India?
May 11, 2008
Busting economic superstitionsThe primary superstition is that prices are high because traders make them high. They are hoarding and speculating
April 26, 2008
The tortuous way of the torchWhat 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.
April 13, 2008
Of India’s triumph and tragedyTata’s purchase of Jaguar and Land Rover marks a special occasion in the history of Indian business.
March 30, 2008
India may go the Europe wayHarold 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”.
March 16, 2008
Rightly, bereft of any brainsThe ABVP mob which attacked Delhi University’s History Department made one thing clear. The BJP and the larger Parivar have an intellectual inferiority complex.
March 2, 2008
Requiem for a Marathi manoosAmbadas Haribhau Dharkar is a small footnote in history. A Marathi manoos with a good job in HAL and a nice house.
February 17, 2008
India’s feudal democracyWe have had a lot of scandals in the House of Commons of late. One MP has had to account for donations received when fighting as a candidate for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party.
February 2, 2008
Who is an Indian and who isn’t?I was at a posh ‘do’ in Delhi full of intellectuals. I was shocked to be told by someone who was ‘one of us’ that Mayawati will never make it as prime minister.
January 20, 2008
How the Congress lost the plotModi’s triumph was not only predictable but I predicted it in back in November. The Congress has been absent from Gujarat for decades and relied on BJP splits to win.
January 6, 2008
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