What is it that one admires and, actually, expects from a government? Ultimately, it’s the ability to take tough but necessary decisions even when they are lik...
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Since our politics is so depressing and I, for one, am desperate for a change, let’s have a bit of fun. I get swamped by a daily deluge of emails and I’ve cu...
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More than its numbers in Parliament, what confers credibility on a government is the belief it will act, forthrightly and decisively, and stand by its decisions....
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How should we understand the CAG report on coal allocation? It’s not a simple, straight-forward matter. It has multiple elements, each of which raises several ...
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If I ever had doubts about the power and reach of modern communication technology the flight of tens of thousands of residents of the north-east from the cities of south India has, effectively if n...
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Now that the Olympics are over and we’ve had a week to ponder perhaps its easier to answer the question: was India’s performance disappointing or satisfactor...
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How many of you listen to the radio? Very few, I expect. I’m not sure what the FM figures are but the station names suggest the programming is for teenagers. A...
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On tuesday the Vice-Presidential election will take place. Hamid Ansari is already assured of a comfortable and convincing victory. When it happens the focus of ...
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There’s no doubt Pranab Mukherjee has a short fuse. It’s probably the one quality most remembered about him. And when it blows his anger is something to behold. But what’s equally true, ...
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Salman Bashir, the new Pakistani High Commissioner and his country’s former Foreign Secretary, said something last sunday that made me sit up and think. “I would say there has been a sea-change...
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