Friday 20 November '09
Former wrestler and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav distancing himself from Kalyan Singh has not impressed the Urdu world.Wednesday 18 November '09
New Jamia Millia Islamia vice-chancellor Dr Najeeb Jung has decided to forgo his salary from the university for the entire duration of his remaining tenure.Monday
16 November '09There was a half-page advertisement celebrating Rahul Gandhi’s success in UP (a specific reference to Firozabad, where Raj Babbar defeated...Thursday
12 November '09In 1913, Dalit icon B R Ambedkar travelled to the US to enroll as a graduate student at the University of Columbia — on a scholarship offered by the Gaekwad of Baroda....Saturday
7 November '09A few obituaries were written on the death of the spy novel once the Cold War ended, but these were quickly retracted, as realisation dawned that neither history nor spies had ceased to exist....Friday
6 November '09The big financial scandal allegedly involving the former Jharkhand Chief Minister, Madhu Koda, has resulted in editorial comments by many papers.Saturday
31 October '09It takes a minute or so to work out why the advertisements issued by the government on Friday to mark the 25th anniversary of Indira Gandhi’s...Sunday
25 October '09Wednesday
21 October '09The papers of once all-powerful bureaucrat, P N Haksar, a key architect of many policies that Indira Gandhi implemented...Saturday
17 October '09Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India William Dalrymple Bloomsbury Pages: 304 Rs 499Wednesday
14 October '09In UP and Bihar the effort is on to create new social coalitionsFriday
9 October '09There has been much apprehension about the proposed Central Madrasa Board (meant to introduce a touch of modernism in these institutions for religious education).Sunday
4 October '09IMAMS, intellectuals and activists working with Muslims will meet here on Sunday to discuss how the khutba, or the small sermon that the Imam delivers after Friday afternoon prayers, can be used to carry social messages.Saturday
3 October '09Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah is returning to the Valley on a new assignment in which he is expected to bring the formidable weight of his experience to a range of issues of governance.Monday
28 September '09Family and politics are becoming too intertwined. But separating them is tricky....Friday
25 September '09Jamaat-e-Islami’s Daawat, in its editorial on September 19, writes: “Highlighting the need for austerity is nothing new.Thursday
17 September '09Marie Antoinette’s exhortation to hungry French peasants to “eat cake” as there was no bread is too trite to be brought up again.Monday
14 September '09The new vice-chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia may have his share of critics who resent bureaucrats taking over academic positions....Friday
11 September '09Few state-level leaders can aspire to enjoy the admiration and adoration expressed by editors of Urdu newspapers for the...Thursday
10 September '09While the untimely loss of Andhra CM YS Rajasekhara Reddy, probably the most successful Congress chief minister of his time....Friday
4 September '09In a political climate where everything was seemingly hurtling towards an ‘SMS your vote’ discourse and snappy ‘in-30-seconds’ politics...Friday
4 September '09Perhaps the most powerful Congress Chief Minister, YSR Reddy didn’t baulk at taking gambles, yet never lost an election. The sometimes controversial leader was clearly a dangerous opponent, but he was also known as someone who could turn foes into friends ....Saturday
1 August '09This is an essential primer on the making of Chiranjeevi the superstar, but to know why his political production failed we have to wait for a sequelSaturday
29 August '09RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat tackled all questions with variations of just one answer: BJP has to sort out its mess, we are here to advise, not interfere.Saturday
29 August '09How the capital was moulded to the imperial design and what it could have been...
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