A look at our netas’ 2016 resolutions
It’s that time of the year: The bells are ringing and carols are being sung. Since this is my last column of 2015, maybe it’s time to look ahead...
Azad: Hero or Zero?
My cricket memories of Kirti Azad are of him clean bowling Ian Botham with a ball that never left the ground during India’s semi final triumph in the historic...
Poison in the Air
There is something toxic in the Delhi air. And no, its not just the deadly air pollution that is worrying. The smoggy air which our netas breathe is worse:...
Disruption agenda may send Winter Session towards deep freeze
The notion of ‘badla’, or revenge, has always had a special place in the Indian imagination: Remember all those Hindi films that centred around the idea of vengeance or...
TN Floods and the Tyranny of Distance
"You people don't care about us in South India, we don't exist for you," says a young man, angrily accosting me as we attempt a whistle-stop visit of Chennai's...
A day we must never forget
6th December 1992 is a day I will not forget: it was a Sunday and I had gone to office at the Times of India in Mumbai for a...
Dil Maange More
We are so used to parliament not functioning, that when it does debate, we suddenly wake up to the latent skills of our MPs (yes, there is much....
‘Intolerance’ and Khans
In his autobiography, the original Hindi film superstar Dilip Kumar writes of how he got his screen name. It was the Bombay Talkies owner Devika Rani who told him,...
‘Intolerance’ and Khans
In his autobiography, the original Hindi film superstar Dilip Kumar writes of how he got his screen name. It was the Bombay Talkies owner Devika Rani who told him,...
The Great Indian Election: Do elections change a country?
The former British prime minister Harold Wilson once said a week is along time in politics. He was probably wrong.: In India, a weekend is enough as I have...