There’s no point searching for proof that Rajiv Gandhi was involved in Warren Anderson’s ‘escape’ from India on December 7th 1984. Whether it exists or not, it’s un...
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‘What’s the worst sort of government?’, I’m often asked. This week, I think, I have a clear answer. It’s a government that knows it has a problem, has identified the...
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Have you noticed how the mind can create a parallel reality? An individual or an organization may be in crisis but news of the denouement can bring memories of happier times flooding back. Or, a...
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Do you ever ask yourself why, after 63 years of independence, we, as a country, have not fared better? No doubt life today is an improvement on what it was in 1947 – although I have uncles...
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Sometimes success makes you forgetful of the significance of your achievement whilst failure, particularly if it’s recent, looms large on the horizon. I fear that could be the case as we c...
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I wonder how many of you followed the outcome of the British elections? I found it rivetting. Not just because of the thoughtful and thought-provoking way the BBC covered the unfolding political...
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Who said Indians don’t have a sense of wit? Trawl the net and you’ll discover how inventive and clever we can be. But what has really surprised me is how good we are at devising pu...
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Sometimes perceptions matter more than reality. I’m afraid that certainly seems to be true of the IPL. Of course, no one would actually say the truth isn’t dire but we simply don&rsq...
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Perhaps you’re aware that Shashi Tharoor is upset with me and are wondering what it’s all about? Normally I would not satisfy such curiosity but on this occasion I will. The incident...
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Less than a year after the elections, is the government adrift? I won’t say its coming unstuck but its hard to deny that its run into a sea of troubles and the hand at the wheel seems unce...
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