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There are certain historic moments—of glory and of humiliation in a nation’s life....Sunday
1 November '09There is a famous observation by Sherlock Holmes in one of his cases about the dog that did not bark. That was the clue to the criminal’s identity.Sunday
25 October '09Eleven months ago we had elections in six states. The result was an even split between the Congress and the BJP....Sunday
11 October '09THE Naxalite movement is at last raising serious alarm. This is a movement that has been around for over 40 years ever since Charu Mazumdar raised the banner in Naxalbari....Sunday
4 October '09The recession has not gone away. The developed world is still bleeding. There has been a turnaround in output, which has stopped falling sharply....Sunday
27 September '09There are many theories on how the British conquered India, but perhaps the one on which there is credible evidence is about the role of a well drilled army....Sunday
20 September '09The new Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has surprised everyone by defeating the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)...Sunday
13 September '09The hundred days have gone and are forgotten. But the government has to have an agenda for five years or 1,826 days....Saturday
12 September '09Gurcharan Das is a multi-talented man. He has been a successful business leader, an author of plays and novels and the book India Unbound....Sunday
6 September '09The sad and sudden death of YSR Reddy is not the first which will have a huge political impact....Sunday
30 August '09I feel sorry for the Marathi manoos. It seems there is only one hero worth celebrating in the entire history of Maharashtra....Sunday
23 August '09Children can be frightened by tales of ghosts. Young nations need simple fairy tales of perfect heroes and dastardly villains....Sunday
16 August '09How do we measure the age of nations? The idea of India as a civilisation, as a distinct presence, is at least four millennia old. But as an independent nation-state...Sunday
9 August '09Why does India think Pakistan will prosecute and convict Hafeez Saeed? What if Pakistan were to turn around and make a similar demand of India...Sunday
2 August '09On Wednesday the Lok Sabha was to discuss the recent rise in prices. After all, whatever the official index may show, everyone who has to go out and shop...Sunday
26 July '09Why are Indian politicians so fearful? Why do they behave like teenagers with acne and angst rather than like leaders of a global power....Sunday
19 July '09Karl Marx called it commodity fetishism—treating people as if they are commodities to be bought and sold....Sunday
12 July '09Many people believe that China will become the largest and most powerful economy in the world by 2050.Sunday
5 July '09As they say, Sarkar ke ghar der hai andher nahin hai. So what Macualay did in 1835 and which 25 years later...Sunday
28 June '09We are back taking a gamble on the monsoon. Sixty-one years after independence, the rains matter....Sunday
21 June '09Twenty years ago a simple unarmed student protest in the central parts of Beijing began in April 1989...Sunday
14 June '09The newfound enthusiasm for the American fashion of a hundred-day programme shows an urgency by Manmohan 2.0....Sunday
7 June '09Friday
5 June '09Brown was to be the meltdown’s saviour. The expenses scandal changed all that
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