New York Calling : Part-2
So Narendra Modi has finally landed in America to much hype and excitement more than a decade after his last visit. And my mind rewinds to the year 2000...
New York Calling
Every time I take a long international flight, my admiration for seafarers increases. Think of the long months and years that the Columbus and Vasco D Gamas spent discovering...
To The Point: Decoding the Maharashtra Maze
Here are expert panelists discussing the effect of all the alliance parties separating this assembly election season. What does it mean for Maharashtra politics? How will the electorate decide...
Maha-battle
A Mahabharata is being played out in Maharashtra even before Election Day. For the BJP Shiv Sena alliance, it's all about kaun banega mukhya mantri. The saffron alliance...
BJP at the crossroads: What the party can learn from bypolls results
Indian voters have a knack of surprising political pundits. Just a few weeks ago, Narendra Modi and Amit Shah could do no wrong; now, after a series of byelection...
Scotch On The Rocks
It appears that the nay-sayers have won the Scotland referendum: Scotland will remain a part of Great Britain after a long and contentious debate. There is no place...
Ahmedabad Calling Beijing
My grandmother always says, once an Amdavadi, always an Amdavadi! I was born in Ahmedabad, a city which for me will always be associated with wonderful childhood memories.
BJP’s diminishing returns of communal polarisation
Tuesday’s bypoll results have raised more questions for the BJP about what they have done wrong? Was it letting Adityanath and Maharaj run away with their mouths? Or was...
Walking on Water
The BJP is beset with a familiar Indian trait of never missing an opportunity to miss an opportunity. Till Narendra Modi came along and used every available opportunity to...
Bypolls: BJP on the backfoot in UP, Gujarat, Rajasthan
The BJP is on the backfoot in Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat as it risks losing eight seats to the Samajwadi Party and two to Congress, respectively, in the Vidhan...