
Tavleen Singh
The Indian Express Group

Sunday 8 June '08
In olden days, when socialism was sacrosanct and we were so poor that foreign exchange had to be rationed...Sunday 1 June '08
Why were Gurjjar mobs allowed to reach the borders of Delhi? In the end, the buck stops at the prime minister’s doorSunday
25 May '08There were dinner parties and expensive self-congratulatory advertisements in the newspapers this week to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the United Progressive Alliance’s tenure...Sunday
18 May '08It's time we faced a frightening reality. The Government of India has no intention of fighting jihadi terrorism.Sunday
11 May '08Today is the tenth anniversary of India becoming a nuclear weapons power.Sunday
4 May '08Last week I spent many hours listening to India’s richest men and most important politicians talk about poverty.Sunday
27 April '08In view of cheerleaders at cricket matches having become our latest burning political issue, may I suggest that the Kama Sutra...Sunday
20 April '08There are usually two reasons why governments appoint commissions.Sunday
13 April '08This is not a column that discusses cinema, but this week I make an exception because of a film I have just seen...Sunday
6 April '08Well done Mayawati, for making that boorish old fossil Mahendra Singh Tikait apologise for his casteist abuse.Sunday
30 March '08If you have read this column more than twice, you know that I have deep contempt for Indian bureaucrats.Sunday
23 March '08Last week I met a man who to me personified the ugly Indian bureaucrat. I met him at the India Today conclave.Sunday
16 March '08Do you know what? If Rahul Gandhi were a teenager, I think I might understand this mad quest to discover India.Sunday
9 March '08In the week that we learned that four of the ten richest men in the world are Indian and that we have more billionaires than China and Brazil...Sunday
2 March '08The scariest religious institution I have ever been to is the Darul Uloom in Deoband.Sunday
24 February '08It's always a joyous occasion when a dictator falls, but even more joyous when it is a democratic process that ends his reign.Sunday
17 February '08If you read this column regularly, you know that one of my least favourite politicians is our Union minister for human resource development, Arjun Singh.Sunday
10 February '08Do you speak English, own a colour television set and watch the BBC?Sunday
3 February '08It took me two hours to drive from Mumbai’s international airport into the city last week.Sunday
27 January '08Let me begin with a disclaimer. It is my considered opinion that Praful Patel is the best minister of civil aviation we have ever had.Sunday
20 January '08Who would have thought that the best advice Indian politicians have been given in the longest while would come from none other than the Badshah of Bollywood himself.Monday
14 January '08Rarely has anyone in public life lost popularity as rapidly as Musharraf, Pak army too very unpopular.Sunday
13 January '08On a cold and rainy morning last week, I drove from Lahore to Islamabad on the best road on the Indian sub-continent.Thursday
10 January '08As they chant Go Musharraf Go, protesters ask him to wash his uniform, go to America and cry because his show in Pak is overSaturday
5 January '08“Everyone in Pakistan cried that night. I tell you there was not one person in this country that did not cry.