I remember Lalu Yadav at the peak of his political career. Those were the days when coalition dominated Indian politics and politicians like him were the kingmakers. In 2004, when his ...
On the morning of 11th May 2011 when the results were to be announced, Kolkata was anticipating a change in the leadership for they had unanimously voted for one. That change ...
#HawalaAtMidnight burst onto the social media just before the 2015 Delhi elections. If referred to ₹2 crore of untraceable money coming into Aam Aadmi Party's accounts at midnight. It referred to ...
In his blockbuster novel - Chanakya's Chant, Ashwin Sanghi quotes “Politicians and diapers should be changed frequently”. However, it took 15 years. But it seemed that the 13.3 million electoral population ...
Two days back, US President Donald Trump fired the Director of FBI, James Comey starting a political storm of sorts in Washington. James Comey is the same man who released Hillary ...
“Half the Targaryens went mad, didn't they?” —Cersei Lannister, on a reference to the inbreeding among the Targaryens. An artwork is an honest reflection of our world and this quote from ...
“The gun can solve no problems. Issues can be guided by the three principles of insaniyat , jamhooriyat and kashmiriyat ,” was former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s message to Kashmiris ...
Lt. Ummer Fayaz Parry was killed twice – once when he was riddled with bullets, his lifeless body discarded like a rag and the second time when some unconfirmed reports from ...
The world is now more open to India than it probably was two to three decades ago. It all started with the bold step of liberalization, initiated by noted economist and ...
Long before Ankur discussed how Bollywood is essentially an Urdu medium for films, one Khalid Amir Khan was wondering whether Hindi had become the national language – in Pakistan. Such is ...
Last summer Kashmir came to a standstill over the killing of a young terrorist called Burhan Wani, this May terrorists killed a young soldier but no one dared to protest. Both ...
A big reason why Indian villages have remained backward and poor so far has been the glaring lack of infrastructure. There were no roads, there was no electricity, no hospitals, no ...
