
Coomi Kapoor
The Indian Express Group

Wednesday 25 March '09
Congress might die a thousand seat-sharing cutsTuesday 24 March '09
Coomi Kapoor | Blog Bytes Showing the speech once or twice is understandable, but telecasting it more than 20 times a day is not.Sunday
22 March '09At her dinner for Third Front leaders, Mayawati took her guests on a tour of her estate at Delhi’s Gurdwara Rakab Ganj road....Monday
16 March '09Coomi Kapoor | Blog Bytes Until now, political parties generally ignored the young and first-time voter. In the upcoming Parliamentary elections, the focus is on garnering the youth vote.Sunday
15 March '09When Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik learnt that BJP leader L.K. Advani had sent newspaper editor and nominated Rajya Sabha MP Chandan Mitra....Wednesday
11 March '09Why they’re unstable — perhaps more now than everSunday
8 March '09Our Marxists have never hidden their contempt for pop culture and American commercial cinema and TV. But when the CPI(M) discovered that two of its own were getting awards from such reviled bourgeois institutionsThursday
5 March '09Coomi Kapoor | Blog Bytes 2009 could be a reprise of 1996, the year when a dark horse emerged as Prime Minister. With neither the UPA nor the NDA expected to manage a majority on their own, the balance of power will rest with Third Front.Sunday
1 March '09For over a month now, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi has been in hospital because of a severe ‘spinal disc degeneration’.Thursday
26 February '09As the 14th Lok Sabha draws to a close, think of the House that could have beenTuesday
24 February '09Coomi Kapoor | Blog Bytes If an individual has the freedom to dress as he or she pleases, surely the host has the right to pick and chose whom he wants to permit within his premises?Sunday
22 February '09Former BCCI chairperson and NCP President Sharad Pawar spoke to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on behalf of IPL chairperson Lalit Modi.Tuesday
17 February '09Coomi Kapoor | Blog Bytes A re-union in Lonavala last week with school friends, some of whom I had not met for 45 years, brought back memories of my school days.Sunday
15 February '09HRD Minister Arjun Singh may be the sharpest critic in the Cabinet of anyone espousing a remotely Hindutva line...Monday
9 February '09Coomi Kapoor | Blog Bytes "Where do you live?" is a common query after an introduction. Sometimes it is a simply a way of figuring out a person's social standing. Stereotypes spring to mind depending on your address.Sunday
8 February '09External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee was taken aback when a woman from Chandigarh in a slinky black dress...Saturday
7 February '09Have we ever before had so many aspirants for the top job?Tuesday
3 February '09Coomi Kapoor | BLOG BYTES Who is the better known Gandhi today? The Father of the Nation or descendants of the Congress first family whose members have ruled India for most of the last half century?Sunday
1 February '09The distribution of the Prime Minister’s duties during his absence has been such that it ensured nobody feels overly self-important....Tuesday
27 January '09Coomi Kapoor | BLOG BYTESIn this day and age, do we need an annual Republic Day parade to flex our military muscles?Sunday
25 January '09British journalists who accompanied Rahul Gandhi and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband to Amethi were taken aback at the Gandhi scion...Thursday
22 January '09Coomi Kapoor | BLOG BYTESTV personality Karan Thapar, known for his hard-hitting interviews, did a role-reversal at the end of the year. He asked one of the guests on his show, Arun Jaitley, to interview him.Wednesday
21 January '09Political parties should keep in mind the average age of the electorateSunday
18 January '09The list of foreign dignitaries who attended Narendra Modi’s Vibrant Gujarat function was as impressive as the turnout of Indian industry.Sunday
11 January '09Mayawati has ditched the three Samajwadi Party MPs—Atiq Ahmed, Afzal Ansari and Raj Narain Bhadulia—who defied their party whip to vote along with the BSP