Farewell Editor
The last time I did an India at 9 debate on CNN IBN on June 2, 2014, Vinod Mehta was on the panel. As the debate was ending, Vinod...
The marathon runner will win
Dear Rahul, An open letter is perhaps the best way to communicate. The reason I write is to add my two paise bit to the controversy over your decision...
PK Kaul Memorial Lecture
Let me first say that it is indeed an honour to be delivering the PK Kaul memorial lecture. Mr Kaul was one of the country’s most respected civil...
It’s too early to consider Kejriwal as magnet for anti-BJP forces
Call it "tyranny of distance” or simply the nature of the Delhi-centric 24x7 “national” media, but a day after Arvind Kejriwal’s famous win, the BJP swept the local body...
The Real Final?
Where were you when Javed Miandad hit Chetan Sharma for a six of the last ball in Sharjah in 1986 to take Pakistan to a famous win? I know...
When Kejriwal defeated the media
In the 2015 Delhi elections, Arvind Kejriwal didn't just demolish his opposition; he also defeated the media. That might seem a strange thing to say since the general impression...
Baap Re AAP
There is nothing quite like an Indian election: it is, to borrow from The Times of India's slogan, 'the dance of democracy'. Yesterday, was yet another remarkable moment in...
Farewell Diptoshda
Journalism can leave you with tattered minds and bloated egoes: so were the wise words imparted to me by the late RK Laxman early on in my career. He...
Delhi polls a ‘class war’ between ‘mufflerman’ and supreme leader
Just before the December 2013 Delhi elections, our housekeeper, who has been the mainstay of our home for over a decade, came with a special request. “Sir, I want...
The Uncommon Genius
For the first six years and a bit of my professional life, the common man was an intrinsic part of my life. Every morning, a little after 9 am,...