Let me be simple and straightforward. If you want to understand the future of the Indo-US Nuclear Deal you need to consider four critical facts. The analysis that follows is distilled from conversa...
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It started as a crisis but its turned into farce. Even Feydeau, the master of the genre, could not have created better. But the sad part is this farce is the truth.

The struggle betwee...
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Are judges special or is justice special? To put it differently, can you criticise a judge without imperilling the sanctity of justice? This is the core concern at the heart of the debate whether f...
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In an age of fast food, instant coffee and knee-jerk emotions, pop philosophy ought not to be surprising. It’s part and parcel of the zeitgeist of our times. We look for gimmicky expositions, swi...
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If I ever needed proof luck was essential for a television interviewer this week I got it in abundance. Two interviewees I have pursued with diligence, but not much success, accepted and granted in...
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How should we interpret the understanding between the UPA Government and the Left Parties on the 123 Agreement? Is it a clear – or even a suggestive – victory for one side? Or is it a deliberat...
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Did you realize our MPs are so sensitive? That they’re such delicate creatures their amour propre can be hurt by the indiscrete comments of our ambassador in far away Washington, a man most of th...
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Did you realize our MPs are so sensitive? That they’re such delicate creatures their amour propre can be hurt by the indiscrete comments of our ambassador in far away Washington, a man most of th...
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60 years after independence, when we snapped our links with the British Raj, spare a thought for the complexities of the language we’ve continued with and steadily, if not proudly, mangled and mi...
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Let me try and answer the most simple of questions this week: How good or bad is the Indo-US nuclear deal? I have a feeling that despite all the high-falutin analysis and loud tom-toming of opinion...
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