Goan With The Wind
This week, my focus is on the deeply depressing politics in the smallest state in the battle for 2022: Goa, one of my many home states, a state that...
Remembering Kamal Khan
‘Kamal was news tv before the circus took over’ It’s been a pretty miserable Makar Sankranti. Early this morning a call from my old NDTV friend Manish Kumar was...
BJP’s OBC Challenge
Adityanath’s 80:20 formulation comes at a time when the BJP is battling to retain its crucial non-Yadav OBC voters who comprise nearly 35 per cent of the electorate. The...
The 80:20 election and what it means for India
Yogi Adityanath has never hidden his saffron robes in politics. Which is why it wasn’t a surprise when the Uttar Pradesh chief minister called the elections in India’s most...
SATYA GOVERNOR MALIK
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Today, the curious story of a constitutional functionary who with his controversial utterances has done what no one else in the government system has dared to...
Prayer for India in 2022
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As a difficult and turbulent year draws to a close, here is a prayer for a ‘better’ India in 2022.
An India where our political leadership will walk...
A Not So Merry Xmas
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It’s xmas weekend and so first off, a merry xmas and happy new year to all. And yet, this is in some way, a not so merry...
VIRAT VS BCCI
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Kaun Banega Captain in Indian cricket is often almost as dramatic a story as Kaun banega Pradhan mantra.. which is why I thought that this is...
PK Factor
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As per this theory, Mamata Banerjee has struck a ‘deal’ with the Modi government to ensure that her nephew Abhishek Banerjee is let off by...
Congress Zinda Hai!
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I revive a question that’s been asked repeatedly in the last seven years: is the Congress dead or alive? On a tv programme, soon after...