Amma and Didi: Cult of the ‘Supremos’
On the face of it, Jayalalithaa and Mamata Banerjee are as different from each other as idli sambar is from macher jhol. The Tamil Nadu chief minister is the...
Terror and politics
“Where you stand is determined by where you sit,” remarked Congress MP Shashi Tharoor recently, in a reference to the changing positions of political parties when in and out...
IPL is the soft target for water crisis
“Everybody loves a good drought” was award-winning journalist P Sainath’s rather intriguingly titled book a few years ago on rural poverty. In the last few weeks, even prime time...
How you can help Marathwada
A number of people have been asking me how they can help the farmers of Marathwada. Here is how: Dilasa Janvikas Pratisthan Bank: State Bank of India, Station Road,...
Ground Report: Is the water crisis in Marathwada due to politics?
How you can help Marathwada A number of people have been asking me how they can help the farmers of Marathwada. Here is how: Dilasa Janvikas Pratisthan Bank: State...
Towards a ‘Congress Mukt’ Bharat ?
We want a Congress Mukt Bharat,” thundered Narendra Modi in the 2014 general election campaign, a slogan echoed repeatedly BJP president, Amit Shah. The declared goal was not just...
Art of Living and Political Loyalty
It was a picture that radiated temporal Lutyens-land power: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar flanked by half a dozen Union Cabinet ministers, including the finance minister, the BJP president, the...