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May 09, 2008
Dr Singh is nothing but a mukhauta!
'Does anyone believe for a moment that T R Baalu cares two hoots for a man without a mandate who happens to be living in Race Course Road by sheer accident?'

May 02, 2008
Why did Priyanka Vadra meet Nalini?
It is a bit strange that Rajiv Gandhi's daughter received permission to do precisely what her great-grandfather had denied to the Mahatma's son.

April 17, 2008
The green revolution turns dusty brown
The scale of the mismanagement is so great that both the Indian farmer and the Indian consumer are suffering.

April 09, 2008
Our minister for youth affairs is 71!
'A man who faces 72 candles on the birthday cake two months from today! Can you think of anything sillier?'

April 07, 2008
Why Karnataka holds the key
A poor performance here will spell alarm for every current or potential Congress ally, and, could have an effect on the Lok Sabha poll.

March 24, 2008
Why is India doing China's dirty job?
I have absolutely no problem with India's conducting business with the generals in Myanmar because that is how India's interests were best served. But how does India benefit from cracking Tibetan skulls outside the Chinese embassy, and how does it benefit from pandering to extremists by exiling Taslima Nasreen?

March 04, 2008
UPA and Election Commission on collision course
There may be three acts to this particular drama. First, there is a question on the timing of the assembly elections in Karnataka. The second is a difference of opinion about Sonia Gandhi accepting a Belgian honour. The third concerns the eligibility of a particular member of the Election Commission to continue in that post.

February 26, 2008
Politics and the power of hope
What Pakistani voters and Barack Obama demonstrate is the power of hope, of hope that the democratic process offers the chance of enacting genuine change.

August 28, 2007
The BJP could save the day
'Prime Minister, there will be no agreement with the Americans unless you get the BJP on your side in the name of the greater national interest.'

August 21, 2007
The Left's 'death of a 1,000 cuts'
`The Left Front will block every measure of economic reform so dear to the prime minister's heart.'

August 14, 2007
Happy Diamond Jubilee, fellow Indians!
The genius of the Indian people has demonstrated the capacity to trip up doomsayers, even those trained in the study of history.

August 02, 2007
Nobody is above the law, Mr Sanjay Dutt
'Did you hear anybody express any sympathy for Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, who has been receiving threats for the better part of the past decade?'

July 05, 2007
Endgame for Musharraf?
'Pakistan's rulers may blandly deny that their country is 'Al Qaeda Central' as some American reports put it. But it would be utterly futile to try to refute the fact that they have reared Muslim fundamentalism in their bosom.'

June 01, 2007
Give us a President who can inspire rather than divide!
'If this were a popular poll rather than an indirect election, I am sure the current President would be re-elected handily.'

May 22, 2007
The chief minister who is making a difference
V S Achuthanandan has taken on Kerala's land sharks.

May 11, 2007
The victory of caste arithmetic
'I pray Mayawati becomes a leader not just of the Brahmins and the Dalits but of all Uttar Pradesh. Our largest state deserves no less.'

May 04, 2007
And India stretches out its bowl
Is the country's hard-earned food security in danger of vanishing as the Manmohan Singh government fiddles with quotas and nuclear deals rather than concentrate on daal-roti?

April 25, 2007
The joke is always on the public
When the Congress, BJP, or the Left begins to talk of 'morality' you can be sure the ultimate joke will be the befuddled Indian public.

April 17, 2007
UP election: Who cares?
'In over four decades in journalism I cannot recall a greater exercise in futility than the ongoing Vidhan Sabha election in Uttar Pradesh.'

March 28, 2007
Asking the State to grab land has to stop!
'Let the barons of industry negotiate directly with the owners of the land.'

March 16, 2007
Can regional satraps dictate national policy?
The battle in Parliament over the maritime university shows how regional parties put local interests over national policy.

March 12, 2007
Kerala not in same league as rest of South India
'Over a decade of modernisation has been eaten by the locusts because a bunch of politicians thought obstruction was a short-cut to the headlines.'

February 26, 2007
It's time judges declared their assets
'We in India are incredibly lucky in our judiciary. Taken as a body it is undoubtedly free of taints. But let us not pretend that every single member of this elite corps is free of controversy.'

February 09, 2007
Is this the last of economic reforms for a while?
If the anti-Congress trend continues from 2004, Congressmen will lay the blame at the PM's economic reforms.

February 06, 2007
Govt must treat Rashtrapati Bhavan with respect
Insulting people by not taking the Padma awards seriously is not one of those exercises that will help the Manmohan Singh ministry make friends.

December 26, 2006
Why the US won't leave Iraq
'As long as oil continues to be a factor, as long as Iraqi Shias and Sunnis continue to butcher each other, as long as the expenses of war can be sustained by the American economy, there is no hope of an American withdrawal from Iraq.'

November 29, 2006
The debate over Muslim separatism in the US
What is worrying the Americans, the Britons, and others across the globe, is that the Muslim immigrants of today are showing absolutely no signs of even wanting to integrate.

November 17, 2006
Nuke treaty may still be dead
Let us understand that restrictions on civilian nuclear technology will not be automatically lifted even after the US Senate gives the green signal to the nuke deal.

October 27, 2006
Why A K Antony needs our prayers
'India's armed forces have lost their technological edge. There is also a grave shortage of personnel.'

October 25, 2006
Bush vs Chavez & the lesson for India
There is no dearth of nations where anti-Americanism translate into solid political gains. But realistic governments know it is unwise to tweak the most powerful nation on this planet without sufficient cause.

October 05, 2006
Will we drop this obsession with the UN?
Spare me the talk of the 'prestige' of having our man as secretary general! How much prestige has Ghana accrued since Kofi Annan assumed the office?

September 22, 2006
The debate over 'Reason' vs 'Faith' leaves me cold
'I find it very hard to believe that Pope Benedict failed to foresee the storm of protest that his words unleashed.'

September 15, 2006
Jharkhand's political problems are far from over
'Any ministry replacing that of Arjun Munda will be just as brittle as its predecessor. After all, it too stands or falls on the shoulders of those defectors, doesn't it?'

September 08, 2006
Fiscal time-bombs are ticking away in every state
'If Kerala, with all its history of social sector spending, now faces a debt trap, what is the fate of other states?'

September 01, 2006
Only the gods can save India
Tomorrow's leaders shall arise from the student unions of today. Can you, honestly, contemplate this future without shuddering?.

August 23, 2006
How strong is this allergy to Bush?
80 years ago the Khilafat Agitation ended by driving a wedge between India's two largest communities. I fear events outside India are again casting a shadow on Indian politics.

August 18, 2006
Will Dr Singh's govt see the light?
The Office of Profit Bill is one of three pieces of controversial legislation, each seemingly created to serve a small section rather than society at large.

August 14, 2006
Of Cricket, Coconuts, and Communists!
Governance suffers when chief ministers spend so much time and energy on relatively petty issues.

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