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Would Sonia call Nehru anti-Muslim?

Know this, and be concerned, very concerned, about its long-term implications for India

‘Cricket is a game of uncertainties. Sometimes it catches you unawares and then all of a sudden, you see a post-mortem of what happened’

India is on a disastrous tour of Australia, losing the Test series 0-3. But BCCI chief N Srinivasan tells The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta on NDTV’s Walk the Talk that he is confident

Learning in crisis

It is true that in a world of ageing populations, it helps that we have so many young people.

The Rahul Gandhi Gamble

During the first general election of 1952, a candidate of the Rama Rajya Parishad who was standing against Pandit Nehru asked him....

In Mahatma’s name

Hazare’s poor health is not the only reason for concern for the activists

What’s Making News?

And who’s making news?

Bihar, not bimaru

But to catch up, political economy needs to move decisively away from caste, to governance

Welcome judicial activism

A shameful blot on our criminal justice system is the phenomenon of undertrials rotting in jails for periods longer than the maximum punishment imposable upon conviction.....

Thai PM for Chennai-Dawei corridor

Dawei is directly across on the other side of the Bay of Bengal

UID as User’s ID

Use biometrics for anyone who wishes to connect to a govt subsidy scheme

Who’s afraid of Aadhar?

Is it the obdurate state striking back? Is it a turf war? It looks like both

Hospitals and discretion

Budget 2011-12 proposed a service tax on private hospitals that have 25 beds and central air-conditioning.

What happens in Jaipur…

Sadness, outrage, glee, dismissal: news TV played out every emotion over the Salman Rushdie episode

Organisations that rely on grants become drones, not bees: Bhogle

When I suggested a 12-team format, many asked what would have happen to talented cricketers from, say, Kerala.

Apocalypse is Nigh

Like the professional pessimists of the 1930s, Jeffrey Sachs prescribes central planning to tide over the crisis

Need action: PC writes to Chavan on Naxal attacks

However, no concrete action has been forthcoming from State Home Minister R R Patil, who is also the “guardian minister” for Gadchiroli.

Of accounts and accountability

In India, the CAG is only an ex-post auditor, not an investigating agency. It needs to be strengthened further.

Getting justice for fellow Congmen not vendetta politics: Amarinder

Promising justice to fellow Congressmen booked in false cases by the ruling SAD-BJP regime, Punjab Congress President Capt Amarinder Singh today said this did not amount to vendetta politics.

Tarn Taran buries old ghosts: progress, not panth, is the poll plank

First time, a Hindu candidate in Tarn Taran but voters couldn’t care less

Exploring a City

A biography of the old, complex, controversial land, Ahmedabad.

Prime but don’t pump

To get out of this crisis, government needs to ensure markets are strengthened

Let the politics begin

The opening session of Pakistan’s newly elected National Assembly has raised hopes and revived fears about the country’s...