One-day cricket’s AstroTurf moment
The 2015 World Cup was fast and furious. But was it really cricket as we knew the sport, and will Team India be able to compete in a new...
Losing semi-final is not ‘national shame’, farmer suicide is
On the night before India’s World Cup semi-finals with Australia, I innocently tweeted: ‘Heart with India, head with Australia.’ Within minutes, followers on my twitter account were enraged: Not...
AAP politics: The khichdi has begun to smell
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce, but what happens when the farce is played out time and again? Many years ago, I asked the veteran socialist...
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...
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...
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...
Kejriwal vs Bedi contest has opened a fascinating window in Indian politics
The year 2011 was the year of Anna Hazare, as a septuagenarian activist was literally lifted out of near-retirement to be projected as a modern-day Gandhi. Four years later,...
Right man, right place, right time
India's most powerful prime minister in decades,Narendra Modi has become the focal point of a young nation's aspiration for a better tomorrow
Good Governance Day sends wrong message on Xmas
For me, the year’s end invariably means Christmas, bringing its unique sense of renewal and joie de vivre. Turkey, plum cake and mulled wine on December 25 have been...
Space for change in Kashmir, but BJP may miss the chance
The year 2014 has been the year of the lotus. The indefatigable Narendra Modi-Amit Shah combine has taken the BJP to a spectacular victory at the Centre, won Maharashtra...