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 ....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 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...Friday
28 August '09The 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.Monday
24 August '09Shelley’s Ozymandias speaks of the pointlessness of kings using stones and granite to try and immortalise themselves.Thursday
20 August '09More than praising Jinnah, it’s Jaswant Singh’s criticism of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel that’s touched many a raw —and politically strained — BJP nerve....Wednesday
5 August '09PROF Mridula Mukherjee is all set to continue as director of the prestigious Nehru Memorial Museum and Library....Tuesday
4 August '09For, six years ago, the govt and legislature were trying to restrict information about their assets and it was the SC that pushed for transparency and struck down that bid.Thursday
30 July '09The Congress-BSP spat was the first thud in UP’s post-election lull, it promises to get noisier...Tuesday
21 July '09In the ‘60s, a certain lawyer, one Manmohan Singh in Chandigarh, was advised by a judge to “use his sub-caste as his surname...Friday
17 July '09Most Urdu papers have expressed great anxiety at what they view as religious and ethnic violence against Chinese Uighur Muslims at Urumqi with the alleged complicity of the Chinese government...Wednesday
15 July '09As assembly polls come up, a reminder how small parties inflict damage on bigger onesFriday
10 July '09Jamaat-e-Islami’s Daawat, in its front page commentary on the Liberhan Commission report on the demolition of Babri Masjid, says “acting on the commission’s report will be a very big challenge.”Friday
19 June '09The meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has not kindled much hope.Sunday
14 June '09A study of the 2004 general elections helps anticipate the big questions about the 2009 verdictFriday
12 June '09The race for the top job at the Jamia Millia Islamia university enters the last lap with the search committee having shortlisted five names....Friday
12 June '09Swathed in a flowing black robe, 69-year-old Dr Zahra Mostafavi beams with pride when she discusses her late father....Sunday
7 June '09In an otherwise obscure by-election in Bijnor, a reserved constituency in western Uttar Pradesh...Saturday
6 June '09If UPA 1.0 was about several ministers who wrote books — e.g. Kamal Nath’s India’s Century and Kapil Sibal’s collection of poems written....Monday
1 June '09The Congress revival in Uttar Pradesh is far from a done dealSaturday
30 May '09While the number of Muslims (27) elected in this Lok Sabha are among the lowest so far in any House — more made it to Parliament in 1991 and 1996...Friday
22 May '09Congratulations to the common people of this country who, instead of being hostage to some political parties...Saturday
16 May '09If the single largest party has a headstart over the second largest, it will be clear from the afternoon as to who would attract the largest number of allies.Sunday
10 May '09How cultural exotica can be injurious to India
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