'There is a perception deficit between Indians and Australians...but the last decade was the most productive we''ve had''

Sunday 9 December '12

Peter Varghese, Australian High Commissioner to India, speaks about improving bilateral ties, his new assignment and why he is bemused at the popularity of Masterchef Australia.

Closure? Not really

Thursday 22 November '12

Kasab''s execution only ends one chapter of the 26/11 saga

Life in Black and Yellow

Sunday 11 November '12

Mumbai''s Premier Padmini taxis are on their way out. What does it mean to a city in flux?

Yours Incommunicado, UPA-II

Friday 21 September '12

Communication has not exactly been a strength of UPA-II. Prime minister Manmohan Singh has, in fact, extolled the virtues of silence.

Our media, their media

Friday 7 September '12

A foreign journalist and his publication are caught in the crosshairs of the UPA government and not for the first time

The 'Kannadiga born in Mizoram'' feels Bangalore trouble was an exception

Monday 27 August '12

Former supercop H T Sangliana says Karnataka police failed to react to complaints that led to flight to N-E

'I have termed Mumbai polls UPA vs NDA''

Wednesday 15 February '12

In this Idea Exchange moderated by Y P Rajesh (Resident Editor, Mumbai), Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan says the civic polls could signal Sena''s decline ahead of 2014

More attacks by Pak trained militants likely: US think-tank

Monday 13 February '12

A study by a top US think-tank has concluded that the security and diplomatic crisis triggered by the November 26, 2008 terror attack on Mumbai by Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists

Bean Here Bean There

Sunday 12 February '12

The announcement about the arrival of Starbucks in India later this year has been greeted with a sense that the country of tea drinkers is finally set to wake up and smell the coffee.

The Rs 7.8-lakh reality cheque

Thursday 29 December '11

What explains Team Anna''s flop show in Mumbai?

Back In BeatRockstar

Friday 7 October '11

Venturing to listen to an A R Rahman soundtrack in recent years has held the same dread as watching Sachin Tendulkar walk in to bat.

For buying video players at 6 times market rate, AI director charged – and cleared

Wednesday 18 May '11

On March 25 this year, Air India''s Chairman and Managing Director Arvind Jadhav issued a chargesheet to V Srikrishnan, Executive Director, Headquarters.

Recalling Karkare

Wednesday 15 December '10

The ATS chief was unsettled, but what''s Digvijaya Singh''s game?

The state of the state''s readiness

Saturday 27 November '10

Maharashtra did well in its initial response to 26/11. But, over the last year, the state squandered those gains.

Maharashtra in free fall

Sunday 14 November '10

Once one of the better governed and more developed states in the country, Maharashtra''s politicians have, over the years, led the state down an alley of corruption and misgovernance. As the Adarsh sc...

His 'Incredible'' India campaign: Used the 'i'' word 19 times

Tuesday 9 November '10

Tourism Ministry perhaps got its best poster boy: the adjective kept popping up in six of Obama''s seven public events

Amid students, the President''s Obama hour

Monday 8 November '10

The first couple also sought to endear themselves to the youth of India.

Careful on Pak: India has biggest stake in its success

Monday 8 November '10

US President Barack Obama made a fresh push for reconciliation and peace between New Delhi and Islamabad

US controls on hi-tech exports to be relaxed

Sunday 7 November '10

20 deals worth $10 bn signed; outsourcing fear is old stereotype: Obama

Hyderabad, Ajmer blasts: Why probe took wrong turn

Monday 26 July '10

The "military methods" used by attackers who bombed the Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad and Ajmer Sharif dargah in 2007 initially misled investigators in the two states as well as the Centre....

Big issues, petty politics

Wednesday 14 July '10

There''s so much more to Marathi identity than Shivaji. There should be so much more to Maharashtra politics, too....

Controversy's Messenger

Sunday 27 June '10

Controversy and Islamic televangelist Dr Zakir Naik are no strangers.

The Kasab trial the tragedy, the farce

Monday 10 May '10

Mumbai knows a spectacle when it sees one. Which is why it is no surprise that the financial capital is also the entertainment capital of this part of the world.

Party hila denge

Saturday 24 April '10

The Congress has been pushing the NCP around. But IPL-gate reveals they can only be pushed so far....

Putting 26/11 behind, the new Oberoi is ready for check-in

Thursday 22 April '10

Tragedies can also be opportunities. Which is apparently what PRS Oberoi, Chairman and CEO of The Oberoi Group, thought after the group''s flagship hotel in Mumbai was wrecked during 26/11....