Hindutva versus Moditva

Wednesday 6 March '13

Why Narendra Modi makes the Sangh uncomfortable

The party and the shadow

Friday 25 January '13

Rajnath Singh is a compromise for both BJP and RSS. Till the BJP finds its new age Vajpayee-Advani partnership, the tussle will continue

The tiger in winter

Monday 19 November '12

Bal Thackeray was a product of his time, and he leaves behind a party in decline

Nephew, uncle and a state

Thursday 27 September '12

Ajit Pawar''s resignation might signal his coming of age in Maharashtra politics. It may also be the beginning of the end of the Sharad Pawar era

'I have never castigated politicians or called them useless''

Sunday 29 April '12

Anna Hazare speaks about why he won''t enter politics, Team Anna''s internal problems, Baba Ramdev and how he plans to take the movement forward.

'In Gujarat, people have put Modi in charge. Here, Prithviraj Chavan lives on New Delhi''s blessings''

Sunday 19 February '12

MNS chief Raj Thackeray speaks about the BMC election, his reasons for leaving the Shiv Sena and his stand on 'outsiders'' in Mumbai

Another election, same story in Mumbai

Saturday 18 February '12

The Congress and Shiv Sena have exhausted their stale methods MNS will now be the party to watch

''There is a massive influx of outsiders into Mumbai. Even as we talk, many people may be getting off at the station''

Sunday 27 November '11

Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray speaks about the party''s stand on 'outsiders'' and its strategies for the 2012 BMC elections

Maharashtra''s accidental chief minister

Saturday 26 November '11

A year after he took over, Prithviraj Chavan has hit at the state''s influential lobbies but failed to move on citizen-friendly reforms

'The Food Act is a massive burden...If so much is spent on subsidies, what is left for development?''

Sunday 23 October '11

Sharad Pawar speaks about the controversies surrounding UPA-II, the "compulsions of coalition partners" and the Food Security Bill.

'Big Bang theory says the universe came into existence some 13-14 billion years ago. We don''t agree''

Sunday 16 October '11

Jayant Narlikar, founder-director and now emeritus professor at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics in Pune, is internationally known for his work in cosmology, in championing m...

Sixty years of neglect

Thursday 6 October '11

CM Chavan asks the PM for help with Mumbai''s infrastructure. Is the Congress finally making a play for a city it has thoroughly alienated?

Land, water, fire

Tuesday 16 August '11

Conflicts over water might well spark unrest elsewhere in Maharashtra too.

Mumbai, Parallel City

Friday 15 July '11

A metropolis its rulers are afraid to call their own

Babu-builder-bhai

Tuesday 14 June '11

The brutal murder of J Dey shows that a governance vacuum is spilling over onto Mumbai''s streets.

The family way

Saturday 13 November '10

The fiery, street-smart Ajit Pawar is the NCP''s answer to Raj Thackeray.

The state of such a long journey

Monday 25 October '10

The recent controversy being played out in Maharashtra''s political theatre of the absurd over the withdrawal of Rohinton Mistry''s book from Mumbai University.