When state wants to wither away

Friday 8 February '08

Imagine some Left wing group violently targeted some rich suburbs of Delhi...

Why Bapu matters

Wednesday 30 January '08

Is he revered more because of his absence than his presence?

Talking in Passive Voice

Sunday 27 January '08

An Iranian dissident displays refreshing idealism about India but his dialogue with the illuminati shirks the big questions

People’s media?

Wednesday 23 January '08

CPM wears no clothes. But the blunt truth is that there is a quiet crisis of credibility facing the Indian media.

One size can’t fit all

Monday 7 January '08

The UGC proposal to standardise curriculum will destroy creativity.

Why the idea of Modi wins

Monday 24 December '07

He is yet another symptom of our yearning for a politics that is anti-political.

Gujarat’s politics of masks

Tuesday 11 December '07

The first phase of the polls, which ends today, also saw the end of many a ceremony of innocence.

The bans of caste

Tuesday 4 December '07

The controversy over Aaja Nachle has exposed deep fissures in Indian society.

House this for clarity?

Saturday 1 December '07

The Parliament debate on the n-deal was a missed opportunity to probe important issues.

Kolkata chromosome

Friday 23 November '07

The violence has been contained but the danger inherent in Wednesday’s agitation needs to be understood.

CPM vs Everybody Else

Tuesday 13 November '07

Having long blurred the line between party and state, it faces today a crisis of confidence in Nandigram.

Passing of the professoriate

Wednesday 31 October '07

A few days ago Professor Daya Krishna, long-time professor of philosophy at the University of Rajasthan, passed away.

Dr Singh, surviving

Tuesday 23 October '07

Sad that the man we all wanted to do well should display the powerlessness of power

The Prince and the Party

Wednesday 26 September '07

When Jawaharlal Nehru took over the reins of the Congress Party, Sarojini Naidu felt she was envisaging both “the Coronation and the Crucifixion”.

Which way Mayawati?

Thursday 13 September '07

Good leaders sometimes evolve to meet higher expectations placed on them. On her the jury is still out

Mystified by the mob

Monday 3 September '07

The most corrosive crisis a society faces is often not manifested as a dramatic political episode.

Dr Do Little?

Thursday 16 August '07

Our image of Manmohan Singh as a prime minister has always been governed by two contradictory impulses....

Trick or treat

Tuesday 7 August '07

There is an artificial, and dangerous, with us or against us division on the N-deal

Prime Minister Kalam?

Wednesday 25 July '07

His popularity is testament to the possibility of political leaders transcending class barriers

The allure of jihad

Thursday 12 July '07

Till we come to terms with the several crises of our time — of secularism, religious authority and the nation-state — we will not be able to fight the jihadi fantasy, writes Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Past by parchment

Wednesday 4 July '07

India refuses to declassify papers, heirs of public figures don’t let us access their writings

Where were you?

Tuesday 26 June '07

Ask that question of India’s high and mighty, and the real horror of the Emergency will be revealed

All the president’s voters

Friday 15 June '07

Last-minute UPA-Left consensus on Pratibha Patil highlights procedural problems in presidential poll

But Not For the People

Sunday 3 June '07

In what sense is our democracy representative, asks Arun Shourie? Should our selection mechanism for governments change?

The Dausa Effect

Thursday 31 May '07

Violence in Rajasthan highlights larger absurdities of community classification