`The insurgents come prepared to die'
In recent weeks, the Border Security Force has been making news for all the wrong reasons. There was the Bandipore hostage crisis, an Army patrol came under its guns, and the force was perceived to be stretched to such an extent that it had ceased to be reliable.

Fly on the wall
This time, Rahul Gandhi won't be merely waving to the cheering crowds along with his sister Priyanka Vadra. He is preparing for his debut speech for the Congress.

Disputed cuts
The trouble with censorship battles is that every time they break out, personality clashes inevitably render debate on the real issues an impossibility.

  Doing a Congress on the BJP
  Its's a soap, but where's the lather?
  Up in smoke
  Naidu's yes and no