As the BJP-led NDA government tightens the screws on pet hate P. Chidambaram by raiding his son Karti, as Lalu Prasad Yadav finds himself under the scanner, The Telegraph publishes …
Rahul Gandhi‘s interview with Times Now editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami has already led to a torrent of scrutiny and criticism, and there will be more tonight as the wise sages in …
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: Ajji was watching the gas cutters extracting the dead bodies and near-alive ones on TV. Horror was writ on her face. “What a terrible way to die. …
The Union cabinet meets this evening to decide on including a column on “caste” in the 2011 censu, a move seen as a tacit quid pro quo for the support …
Union law minister Veerappa Moily while receiving an award for his five-volume Shri Ramayan Mahanveshanam, yesterday: “It is instances like Sita‘s fire ordeal which firmed our resolve for the women’s …
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: My friend, the Ace Political Expert (APE) who reads political moves like the back of his hand even in his dreams, tried to avoid me when I …
If the Congress and BJP and Mayawati can use the wired world to get the message across to the voter, surely so can Mulayam Singh Yadav, Lalu Prasad Yadav and …
Every single opinion poll so far has refrained from even venturing to suggest that either of the two “national” parties may touch the “magical” 150-mark on their own. But The …
The Congress is in the middle of a blazing row with Lalu Prasad Yadav‘s RJD over seat sharing. The BJP, deserted by the Biju Janata Dal, is in the middle …
From a media perspective, the Satyam Fraud has been remarkable for two things. One, the failure of the business media in catching a whiff of what was cooking in the …
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: The Sound and Light project at the Mysore Palace is in a work-in-no-progress mode with new problems cropping up even as solutions are discovered for the previous …
A wave of communal violence and retribution has gripped the poorest districts of Orissa following the dastardly murder of 84-year-old Vishwa Hindu Parishat (VHP) leader Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati, known for …
M.J. Akbar in Khaleej Times: “In the general elections of 2004 Lalu Prasad Yadav used to tow around a maulvi when in campaign mode… He was a lookalike of Osama …
Towards draw of stumps on day one, Team Manmohan looks like it might score 271 in 20 hours. Or it might not. But sometime in the year 2025, seventeen years …
You could say plenty of negative things about our politicians. That they are corrupt, opportunistic, deceitful, etc. But what you cannot deny is that they have a sense of humour. …
R. Ramaswamy Iyengar in a letter to the editor of Praja Vani: “Some 58 years ago, N. Keshava Iyengar was the mayor of the Bangalore City Corporation. A staunch Congressman …
Three days before the Karnataka results were declared, the BJP had accused the UPA of criminalising governance. And the party loses no opportunity to dredge up Shibhu Soren, Mohammed Taslimuddin …
ALOK PRASANNA writes from Bangalore: OK, so I succumbed to the pressure and voted. All those radio ads, the newspapers specials, the gigantic banners on streets, and peer pressure from …
They said the Railways would go bankrupt in 2015; he is now announcing a profit of Rs 25,000 crore by leaving passenger fares untouched year after year. They said he …
K. Subrahmanya in Deccan Herald: “Under the Third Schedule of the Constitution, a part of the oath of office of secrecy a Union Cabinet rank minister takes while being sworn-in …
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad, you would assume, has plenty of problems on his plate. And we aren’t even talking of the “people-friendly gravy train” he has to roll out this …
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: I went to the General Post Office at Fort, Bombay. “Kai Pahiye?” (what do you want) asked the clerk. “Bhaiyya, I want to send a taxi by …
It is an old story, the differences—real or imagined—between North Indians and South Indians. Just who comprises this great North Indian mass is a matter of dispute, but those below …