Kiran Bedi joins BJP (Part 1)
Former IPS officer, Kiran Bedi, has decided to join BJP’s camp in Delhi ahead of the upcoming elections. Her inclusion in the party is an indication of the BJP’s...
Kiran Bedi joins BJP (Part 2)
Former IPS officer, Kiran Bedi, has decided to join BJP’s camp in Delhi ahead of the upcoming elections. Her inclusion in the party is an indication of the BJP’s...
Capital Showdown
So, the bugle has been sounded: after exactly a year Delhi is set to get an elected government. In a country where a week can be a long time...
Taslima Nasrin on Charlie Hebdo attack
Following the recent attack on Charlie Hebdo’s office in Paris, we speak with Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin about the importance of freedom of expression, Islamic extremism, and much more.
The Courage of a cartoonist
And then they came for the cartoonists. The Indian Express headline this morning is quite brilliantly apt, more so because it reveals the cowardice of the hooded men with...
The Sunanda Mystery
Shashi Tharoor went to my school in Mumbai; an old school tie can be a special bond. I do not choose to defend Mr Tharoor or give him a...
A ‘Conscience’ Editor
Every year, BG Verghese would unfailingly call me up, seeking names of women journalists who I felt should get the Chameli Devi Jain award for excellence in journalism: ‘give...
Thank you MSD !
First, a disclosure: I am an unabashed MS Dhoni fan. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that when I first met him, he warmly shook my...