As Gujarat CM, he had ridiculed the UPA for going soft on the neighbouring country. Now he finds himself in a corner with limited options.
...Full StoryInstitutions have a sanctity that individuals cannot be allowed to tamper with, howsoever irresponsible the individuals are.
...Full StoryBy attacking each other, on the other hand, journalists are helping the political class in polarising them.
...Full StoryWhy were there no page one stories on Amit Shah's Rs 3,875 rent for a sprawling eight-bedroom house in Lutyens' Delhi?
...Full StoryNot only should the event be cancelled, the lawns of Raj Bhawan, Mahalakshmi Race Course and the rich must also face the dry spell.
...Full StoryThe honest taxpayer is left with no assured financial instrument to park his hard-earned salary.
...Full StoryThose who voted for PM - the so-called Vikas Purush of the much touted 'Gujarat model' fame - are waiting for the promised Midas touch.
...Full StoryThe shame India experienced in London is thanks to his inexplicable silence back home.
...Full StoryIt is not India, but the government that is intolerant.
...Full StoryThe Union finance minister blames state governments for letting crimes happen but chooses to stay silent on who the criminals are.
...Full StoryAkhlaq's murder is neither an accident, nor non-political and certainly not a non-communal incident.
...Full StoryDo we have an alternative which has been proved to be a more effective deterrent?
...Full StoryLegitimate concerns have arisen over the bill's contentious provisions that create a visible power imbalance that leaves much room for misuse.
...Full StoryThe media cannot be blamed for not highlighting the plight of the family of Nurullah Mehboob Sharif, who was killed in the accident.
...Full StoryPolitics for Congress vice president is all about breaking away from the binary of power.
...Full StoryOne will have to see if the country chooses the basic issues of food prices and housing raised by the Zionist Union instead.
...Full StoryDespite the 'jaanta nahin hai, main kaun hoon?' culture of the city, Delhi prefers humility in its leaders.
...Full StoryThere was no consensus on the state leadership, lack of a robust campaign, confusion over the message.
...Full StoryTo the common viewer, the demographic determinants and other local variants would neither be clear nor relevant.
...Full StoryWhy are they all saying that the US president showed him the mirror in the Siri Fort auditorium? How did they know Barack Obama had gifted him a mirror?
...Full StoryIt is becoming clear that the government acted in a deliberate hurry in concluding that the Pakistani boat was a part of a terrorist operation.
...Full StoryThe Congress flag was hoisted at 24, Akbar Road this morning to mark the 130th anniversary of the grand old party – the Indian National Congress.
...Full StoryThe Prime Minister's inability to rein in the loud elements of Sangh Parivar increasingly gives the impression that this is not the case of inability but of complicity.
...Full StoryWhy the politics of aspiration has its limits.
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