Coomi Kapoor
The fall of Margaret Alva coincides with the remarkable rise of Digvijay Singh.
Raj Thackeray’s goons may have made the most noise, but crass regionalism has raised its ugly head of late in many parts of the country.
Despite the militants’ call to boycott the assembly polls, many in Kashmir are queuing up for tickets from recognised political parties.
The appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner is traditionally made on the basis of seniority...
Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss may have decreed a smoking ban in public places but one place his writ doesn’t run is Parliament House.
A circular from the Secretary, asks government officials to cut down their travel expenses.
An engrossing account of Zubin Mehta’s journey from Bombay to the concert halls of Europe, the autobiography is tantalisingly brief about his personal
As evidence of Gujarat’s welcoming attitude towards economic development, Modi points out proudly that 52 per cent of all land for SEZs in India is lo
When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met US President George Bush at the White House for dinner...
The honeymoon between the Samajwadi Party and the Congress has ended and fresh differences keep surfacing between the two allies.
It is a reflection of the deep divisions in Indian society that, increasingly, we perceive the truth from our own political...
Nepal’s Maoist Prime Minister Prachanda appears to be closer to Janata Dal (U) President Sharad Yadav than to his fellow Communists in India.
Something is clearly very wrong with our government’s strategy for tackling child malnutrition.
The two largest parties should do whatever is required for stability
After the 2004 Karnataka assembly elections, the Congress walked into Deve Gowda’s parlour, professedly to keep the BJP at bay.
The one point of agreement about the Union budget amongst MPs in Parliament is that it is the UPA government’s last one before the general election.
The Gujarat CM may well win a second term, but will his party gain in the process?
CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat’s controversial comments last week about the US government wanting....
Among the many puzzles of China, what strikes a visitor from India is, where are all the people in the world’s most populous country?
Few indian politicians would dare to take on god. and most north Indian politicians consider the DMK’s rationalist stance on the existence of Ram...
The Chinese government has left no stone unturned to ensure that the Olympic games in August next year will be a grand success.
The blame for the BJP’s present humiliation lies with the party’s faction-ridden leadership
Politics of tokenism comes naturally to the Congress. Pratibha Patil’s candidature is a perfect fit
Gujarat seems an unlikely model for emulation in the social sector. While the state prides itself on its economic development, in health and education
Why do young Congress MPs quote Rahul Gandhi? That’s the question Dayanidhi Maran should have asked himself...
