Cricket is about merit not dynasty
This is a problem in all our political parties. Akhilesh Yadav is a dynast. Stalin is a dynast… Even Abhishek Bachchan is a dynast… so are the Ambanis… Don’t...
Kerala needs a Narayan Guru, not a Yogi
Last Tuesday, the government of India seemed to temporarily shift its base to the BJP headquarters at Delhi’s Ashoka Road. A string of high profile Union ministers queued up...
Economy in Trouble but BJP still in pole position
One of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s great skills is the ability to change the media narrative with the power of political messaging and astute event management. So, earlier this...
Divided Media cannot provide justice to Gauri Lankesh
The year 1993 was Mumbai’s annus horribilis: The post-Babri demolition riots were followed by the ghastly terror blasts. What is perhaps less known is that that very year, a...
Team Modi: ten big takeaways
Every cabinet reshuffle gives us a sense of the state of play in a government and its chief executive. So what did we learn from the Modi government’s reshuffle...
Who will speak up for Hemant Karkare?
Asking inconvenient questions is what professional journalists are meant to do, so let me ask it upfront: Was Hemant Karkare, the Maharashtra police officer who was “martyred” during the...
Where really is ‘new’ India?
One of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s great skills as a political communicator has been his ability to constantly summon up catchy buzzwords. If 2014 was the year of ‘acche...
When Politics is ‘War’
As a 24×7 news journalist, late nights are an occupational hazard. After almost three decades as a newsman, you think you’ve seen it all. And yet, when a Rajya...
Corruption and Communalism: No False Binary please!
“We are coming together to defend secularism by defeating Narendra Modi, Amit Shah and the RSS,” proclaimed Lalu Prasad with typical bombast in September 2015 just ahead of the...
Decoding Gujarat’s ‘resort’ politics
If Bihar’s business is politics, then Gujarat’s business is business. The sharpest Gujarati minds have usually gone into ‘dhandha’: the stock market ups and downs worry the average Gujarati...