IE Columnists

Government’s inaction down the line is only matched by the silence at its top

They have been allotted seats next to each other in the Rajya Sabha but there is a world of difference between the two women recently nominated to Parliament.

A fortnightly column on the high politics of the Af-Pak region, the fulcrum of global power play in India’s neighbourhood

A part of me feels I never left my twenties, especially emotionally and in terms of energy levels.

Cricket needs to be careful of those that write film style dialogues and those that over-dramatise it.

Slamming the brakes on budget proposals may stave off crisis, restore confidence

‘Panditji’ was an ardent admirer of the Buddha. As it happened, May 27, 1964 was Buddha Jayanti

For Shirin Darasha, school was a democratic republic of talent

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

BJP is, for all practical purposes, a collection of six or seven state parties

Young and self-assured Chinese don’t see India as a threat, or even a challenge

Can the idli-vada-dosa chain take on the MNC?

A sting operation hit IPL, while Parliament was rocked by Rekha’s Rajya Sabha debut

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.....

While participating in a TV debate last fortnight on the forthcoming Rashtrapati election, I was shocked to hear one of the participants

Don’t blame the world for what’s happening here — despite Greece, Europe’s industry contracted less than ours

When I have asked why a road or a rural drinking water project has been so delayed, I have been treated to tirades

Events across the world show public disenchantment with the outcome of free markets, open borders and political leadership