Sunday 18 October, 2009
Europeans often ask me about female foeticide in India, but I’ve always considered it Western exaggeration drawn from an incidental case or two.
Tuesday 03 November, 2009
Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has asked the CPI (Maoists) to “halt” armed operations and to come to talks.
Tuesday 03 November, 2009
President Obama has been awarded the Nobel Prize not for what he has achieved but for what it is hoped he will achieve.
Tuesday 03 November, 2009
She is helping American undergrads analyse English poetry, critique literary essays and write book reviews. They find it hilarious that they are learning the language from a tutor half a world away, in India.
Tuesday 03 November, 2009
What a difference twenty-five years makes. A quarter of a century ago, the television screen (black and white) was frozen in time.
Monday 02 November, 2009
In all the world, the Indian Navy is one of just two navies still growing. The other is the Chinese Navy. It is no accident that the rise of...Monday 02 November, 2009
More and more lately, I find people asking me: What do you think President Obama really believes about this or that issue? I find that odd.Monday 02 November, 2009
The much-hyped meeting between Pakistan President Asif Zardari and chief opponent Nawaz Sharif at a reception for the visiting Turkish...
Sunday 01 November, 2009
A column on Indira Gandhi on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of her assassination must begin by paying sincere homage to her...
Sunday 01 November, 2009
There is a famous observation by Sherlock Holmes in one of his cases about the dog that did not bark. That was the clue to the criminal’s identity.
Sunday 01 November, 2009
Former foreign secretary Shiv Shankar Menon, a seasoned China hand, has been acting as unofficial adviser to the Government on Sino-Indian relations.
Sunday 01 November, 2009
As a dutiful daughter-in-law, Sonia Gandhi always remembers the late Mrs Gandhi on her death anniversary.
Sunday 01 November, 2009
I’ve often visited India, accompanying CEOs of Western clients who want to understand the Indian market climate.Saturday 31 October, 2009
When Indira Gandhi returned to power in 1980 — in the election that marked her political rehabilitation after the Emergency — she won both seats she had contested.
Saturday 31 October, 2009
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...
Friday 30 October, 2009
How the 1965 war ended
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