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. ...
Lalu's interview in HT today makes one feel that India is perhaps a lost idea whose time is up. There is probably truth in the fact that India is the only nation ...
Ever since US decided that the Shah of Iran was the right ruler for Iran, US has been wrong about Iran. He was a despot, a torturer and a cruel man ...
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 ...
In school when we used to take the India pledge and proudly say – “India is my country and all Indians are my brothers and sisters. I love my country and ...
In 1947, an English lawyer who had never been to India and probably knew nothing of its history, geography and people, drew a line on a map of the Indian subcontinent ...
Is the anger of the Indian middle class directly proportional to the hypocrisy of the intelligentsia? And every morning as I log on to my micro-blogging site, I see a lot ...
Indians are news junkies. They love reading news, they love sharing their opinions and they love to disapprove the perspectives of others. With more than 75,000 newspapers and well over a1000 ...
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. ...
I have just one question. Mr Prime Minister, what you say must carry weight. You said 'na khaoonga, na khane doonga'. What happened to that? Said Rahul Gandhi version 2.0. Good, ...
I'm going to start this article with a controversial statement: Neutrality, of any kind, is overrated. It does not exist, and anybody claiming to maintain equipoise in all matters of importance, ...
Dear Sir, I hope you are riding high on your new found glory in Indian Television. I also hope you are basking in the glory of the ‘intellectual’ tag that will ...
