Inder Malhotra
On the 119th birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru it seems appropriate to recall a dramatic moment in his many-splendoured but also much criticised l
Reorganising states along linguistic lines was always a fraught, emotional matter.
Since the issue of civilian control over the military has once again come to the fore, an account of the successive events in the evolution...
In January 1966, after Lal Bahadur Shastri’s sudden death in Tashkent, Congress party bosses, collectively nicknamed...
Krishna Bose’s personal and political life
New Delhi has to come out of a history of softness on China
H.Y. Sharada Prasad, who died on Tuesday after prolonged illness patiently borne, was a thorough professional...
Amdist the great excitement about the July 22 confidence vote, escalating polemics between the Congress...
The politics of the nuclear deal has everyone saying everything at the same time
There is perceptible relief in the country that talks between the Gurjjars, aggressively agitating for Scheduled Tribe status...
Is a crisis of leadership in the national parties inhibiting new challengers in the states?
Most bizarrely, Arjun Singh’s mis-statements may in no way endanger his present position
For long years, an odd copy of National Herald had been a rare sight anywhere. But this once highly influential daily...
It is astonishing that Beijing has denounced the Dalai Lama in such intemperate language
Congress must take a tricky call. When to call the general election and how?
India is suddenly a land teeming with unrecognised leaders of stature.
Even by the standards of dynasty, the Bhutto succession is undemocratic and weird.
Why blame Congress and Left? Coalitions are still a work in progress at the Centre
Are Manmohan’s first 3 years as PM that different from Indira’s? But are PMO and party talking now?
In House vs Court debate, MPs make a facile assumption. Why not ask them to win at least half the popular vote?
While the judiciary must become more transparent, the legislature needs to be more accountable
In assessing judicial overreach remember what ‘committed judiciary’ did to our democracy
Marxist-DMK clash in House was not about ideology but crude, rival chauvinisms
MI5 papers call Krishna Menon ‘sinister’. We know, we felt the consequences
Monday saw Karnataka in shut-down mode. The state’s reaction to the final award on the sharing of the Cauvery waters with Tamil Nadu...
