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The forecasts for this year’s monsoons may be gloomy, but it will be sensible to assume that the forthcoming monsoon session in the parliament is going to be a heavy downpour ...

A historical primer: The year 1975 saw the imposition of Emergency, a highly unpopular decision of the then Congress Govt. that was criticized by many as being contrarian to democratic principles. ...

Our constitution was written with the highest possible ideals. It provides for equality of citizens before law. It guarantees them liberty, justice and dignity. In theory, these are wondrous words whose magical ...

I respect a lot of people for their entrepreneurial talents. Kamal R Khan and Anna Hazare would be my two most favorite unconventional entrepreneurs. No don’t get me wrong, this is ...

Two major things happened on the 25th of June. One, India marked 40 years of the emergency imposed by the Indira Gandhi government. And two, India launched the Smart City project. ...

As a nation we love a lot of things. We are suckers for mainstream Bollywood masala. We like conspiracies and the various theories around them. We like to discuss how petty ...

Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal announced his presidential bid last week. As he strongly distanced himself from the land of his forefathers, Indians took to Twitter with the hash tag # BobbyJindalIsSoWhite. ...

Indian National Congress ka haath- Gandhi ke saath! For 60 years, Indian National Congress has deftly managed public opinion and managed to cling to power in a cacophonous democracy like India. ...

What exactly are Smart Cities? This is not another one of those pipe dreams that politicians talk about and that never amount to anything concrete. Smart here does not mean imposing ...

He had a constant threat of imprisonment hanging over his head. His colleagues gossiped about his involvement in the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. In a speech to mark the 125th anniversary ...

V P Singh’s entry in Indian Political scenario was very much like Arvind Kejriwal. He was a self-styled anti-corruption crusader. While Arvind Kejriwal grew political fangs later on, V.P Singh’s intentions ...

Imagine having planned to watch a film in the weekend and it is quietly pulled away from the theater, because the state doesn’t want it to be screened. Or imagine listening ...