Meghnad Desai

Including Kashmir

The Congress-NCP Kashmir saga is beginning to look like Subhash Ghai’s Saudagar.

Waiting for deliverance from corruption

Every now and then a politician comes up on the horizon who raises hopes that she or he will make a difference.

Is there a Plan B?

Pakistan is the best excuse invented for India’s dysfunctional politics to avoid all challenges.

Statehood for Bombay

I grew up in Bombay, not Mumbai. In the 1950s, it was cosmopolitan and vibrant and a lot of fun.

The end of divisive politics

It is over for the time being. The burning of Taj, the smoke billowing out from just below the beautiful dome will be the iconic image of India’s 26/1

The fire this time

This is the most audacious attack yet on India. From India it demands immaculate sanity

Meltdown politics

The financial meltdown is having a strange effect on politics around the world.

The shifting axis

When Barack Obama became the President-elect of the United States, it was as if Europe had elected its own leader.

America Decides

The manner in which the US has decided upon the two main Presidential candidates...

The Shastri effect

I returned to India in the summer of 1965 after four years abroad. Panditji had passed away and Lal Bahadur Shastri was the PM.

For India, dangerous curves ahead

Exactly a century ago in 1908, there was a crisis on Wall Street.

How not to go soft on terror

India is weak on fighting terror. That much has been obvious, not just during the week or the month, but for 10 years and more.

A time to cheer

During the Falklands War, some of us in the Labour Party were objecting to a few violations of international law.