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The Fall, Brick by Brick

Saturday 7 November '09

A 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....
L’affaire Madhu Koda

Friday 6 November '09

The big financial scandal allegedly involving the former Jharkhand Chief Minister, Madhu Koda, has resulted in editorial comments by many papers.
The ‘r’ in Indira

Saturday 31 October '09

It 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...
Half a century of ideas

Sunday 25 October '09

Post-1947 govt records may see the RTI effect

Wednesday 21 October '09

The papers of once all-powerful bureaucrat, P N Haksar, a key architect of many policies that Indira Gandhi implemented...
The Halo Men

Saturday 17 October '09

Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India William Dalrymple Bloomsbury Pages: 304 Rs 499
Post-post-Mandal

Wednesday 14 October '09

In UP and Bihar the effort is on to create new social coalitions
The Madrasa Board controversy

Friday 9 October '09

There has been much apprehension about the proposed Central Madrasa Board (meant to introduce a touch of modernism in these institutions for religious education).
Meet to discuss message after Friday prayer

Sunday 4 October '09

IMAMS, 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.
Veteran Wajahat back to J&K on work

Saturday 3 October '09

Chief 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.
The chosen ones

Monday 28 September '09

Family and politics are becoming too intertwined. But separating them is tricky....
Austerity: at what cost?

Friday 25 September '09

Jamaat-e-Islami’s Daawat, in its editorial on September 19, writes: “Highlighting the need for austerity is nothing new.
People unlike us

Thursday 17 September '09

Marie Antoinette’s exhortation to hungry French peasants to “eat cake” as there was no bread is too trite to be brought up again.
I want Jamia to produce 10 IAS officers each year, says V-C Jung

Monday 14 September '09

The new vice-chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia may have his share of critics who resent bureaucrats taking over academic positions....
YSR’s charisma

Friday 11 September '09

Few state-level leaders can aspire to enjoy the admiration and adoration expressed by editors of Urdu newspapers for the...
The Congress-NCP tussle: Doing the math

Thursday 10 September '09

While the untimely loss of Andhra CM YS Rajasekhara Reddy, probably the most successful Congress chief minister of his time....
The Jinnah in the bottle

Friday 4 September '09

In a political climate where everything was seemingly hurtling towards an ‘SMS your vote’ discourse and snappy ‘in-30-seconds’ politics...
‘He defeated defeat itself’

Friday 4 September '09

Perhaps 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 ....
Matinee Ideal

Saturday 1 August '09

This 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 sequel
'BJP worker came to me...tears in his eyes, said do something'

Saturday 29 August '09

RSS 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.
Set in stone

Saturday 29 August '09

How the capital was moulded to the imperial design and what it could have been...
All about Jinnah?

Friday 28 August '09

The sequel to the release of BJP leader Jaswant Singh’s book, Jinnah: India-Partition-Independence, has given rise to sharp reactions in the Urdu Press.
United Poets of India

Monday 24 August '09

Shelley’s Ozymandias speaks of the pointlessness of kings using stones and granite to try and immortalise themselves.
Loh Purush and Chhote Sardar: Two reasons why BJP can’t take Jaswant’s criticism of Patel

Thursday 20 August '09

More than praising Jinnah, it’s Jaswant Singh’s criticism of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel that’s touched many a raw —and politically strained — BJP nerve....
NMML: Mukherjee likely to get 2 more yrs

Wednesday 5 August '09

PROF Mridula Mukherjee is all set to continue as director of the prestigious Nehru Memorial Museum and Library....
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