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Ashok Mitra on the FM's lapsed prerogative... More

TVR Shenoy on Vajpayee's Lahore visit... More

Varsha Bhosle on the mixed bag of tricks... More

Vir Sanghvi on Sonia, Vajpayee and the voters... More

Dilip D'Souza on Vajpayee's Lahore bus ride... More

Pritish Nandy on the shadow government... More

Saisuresh Sivaswamy on the thin red line... More

Arvind Lavakare on the Budget and Vajpayee... More

Amberish K Diwanji on why Hindus are very intolerant... More

Kuldip Nayar on Badal and Akali fundamentalism... More

R C Murthy on the Budget and the PMO... More

Dilip Thakore on why the govt doesn't give a damn... More

A Ganesh Nadar on 'fun in liberalisation raj'... More

T V R Shenoy on Sonia, Bihar and BJP... More

Ashwin Mahesh on reshaping India... More

Varsha Bhosle on the Staines murder and its aftermath... More

Virendra Kapoor on Sonia and Hindutva... More

Pritish Nandy on the missionaries of hope... More

Dilip D'Souza on religion and murders... More

Saisuresh Sivaswamy on a year of living on the edge... More

Arvind Lavakare on the drubbing of India's image... More

Vir Sanghvi on Sonia's waiting game... More

Ashok K Mehta on the Bhagwat case... More

Rajeev Srinivasan on the curse of cricket... More

Ramiz Raja on something to Crowe about... More

Capital Buzz. Gossip from the Delhi Durbar... More

Dilip Thakore on Sinha's last chance... More

Michael Holding on the cup that chills... More

T V R Shenoy on Kumble's 11 wickets... More

Pritish Nandy on the end of manufacturing... More

Sanjay Manjrekar on the missing big picture... More

Harsha Bhogle on Captain Courageous... More

Varsha Bhosle responds to her critics... More

Ashok Mitra on the BJP and the Congress... More

Dilip D'Souza on Phaltan being the pits... More

Saisuresh Sivaswamy on a bumpy bus ride... More

Adm J G Nadkarni (retd) on a lean, mean army... More

Arvind Lavakare on the unwilling media... More

Mahesh Nair on the suckered consumer... More

Prem Panicker on the moving finger... More

Vir Sanghvi on an unforgivable crime... More

Dilip Thakore on India's price consciousness... More

Capital Buzz. Gossip from the Delhi Durbar... More

T V R Shenoy on Dara Singh and the Stains killings... More

Ashwin Mahesh on the quest for middle ground in economics... More

Amberish K Diwanji on the VHP & conversions... More

Varsha Bhosle on the Price of Absolution... More

Pritish Nandy on how fourth-rate politicians are leading India to the brink... More

Dilip D'Souza on the hatred that slaughters children... More

Bibek Debroy on the great Indian power heist... More

Saisuresh Sivaswamy on the sacking of Manohar Joshi More

R C Murthy on budgets and globalisation More

Arvind Lavakare on the English media's hostility towards Hindus More

Virendra Kapoor on the Stains murders and their aftermath More

Vir Sanghvi on the PM's stand on the Test series More

Jay Dubashi on why the common man gave up on budgets long ago More

Kuldip Nayar on the BJP's tolerance of RSS intolerance... More

Rajiv Shukla on Gujral's largesse, states' nemesis... More

Capital Buzz. Gossip from the Delhi Durbar. More

Vaihayasi Pande Daniel on why she's ashamed to be a Hindu... More

T V R Shenoy on the conversions debate... More

Rajeev Srinivasan on the Stains murder... More

Ashok Mitra on social inequality... More

Varsha Bhosle on the mysteries of digital life... More

Shalabh Kumar on why Advani is no Sardar... More

Arvind Lavakare on Thackeray and patriotism... More

Rajeev Srinivasan on the Sabarimala tragedy... More

Saisuresh Sivaswamy on why Vajpayee should be sacked... More

Vir Sanghvi on the BJP and anti-Christian attacks... More

Major General Ashok Mehta on the Bhagwat affair... More

Bibek Debroy on why India might face a BoP crisis... More

Kuldip Nayar on Assam and foreigners... More

V Gangadhar on the most memorable Ids... More

Capital Buzz. Gossip from the Delhi Durbar... More

Dilip D'Souza on the Sena and patriotism... More

T V R Shenoy on the BJP, Sena and cricket... More

Admiral J G Nadkarni on salvaging the navy... More

Varsha Bhosle on conversions... More

Pritish Nandy on India, Pakistan and cricket... More

Saisuresh Sivaswamy on the lonely Hindu... More

Arvind Lavakare on the Gandhian from Dangs... More

Vir Sanghvi on Hindus and 'forcible' conversions... More

Kuldip Nayar on politics, religion and Vajpayee... More

Ganesh Nadar on the BJP and fundamentalists... More

Capital Buzz. Gossip from the Delhi Durbar... More

V Gangadhar on travelling by the Indian Railways... More

T V R Shenoy on the BJP and the Sangh Parivar... More

Ashwin Mahesh on the promise of a different life... More

Varsha Bhosle on the beacon of human rights... More

Ashok Mitra on liberalisation and the moral fibre... More

Pritish Nandy on failing hopes, rising crime... More

Dilip D'Souza on the tap that tells a tale... More

Jay Dubashi on why NRIs like Amartya Sen hardly know India... More

Saisuresh Sivaswamy joins the conversion debate... More

Arvind Lavakare on missionaries and conversion... More

Bibek Debroy on reforms, education and health... More

General Ashok K Mehta on the Bhagwat controversy... More

Vir Sanghvi on Vajpayee's essential decency... More

Capital Buzz. Gossip from the Delhi Durbar... More

Dilip Thakore on a land of million rackets... More

T V R Shenoy on Admiral Bhagwat's conduct... More

Rajeev Srinivasan on free trade and SAARC... More

Varsha Bhosle on a recipe for Talibanisation... More

Amberish K Diwanji on the VHP & conversions... More

Dilip D'Souza on the VHP's lies... More

Pritish Nandy on the BJP flop... More

Saisuresh Sivaswamy on the saffron dogs of war... More

Admiral J G Nadkarni (retd) on l'affaire Bhagwat... More

Arvind Lavakare on Christian protests... More

Varsha Bhosle responds to readers, Part II... More

Vir Sanghvi on the Fuehrer of Bombay... More

Rajiv Shukla on Swadeshi being no panacea... More

A Ganesh Nadar on political funding for Naidu... More

Capital Buzz. Gossip from the Delhi Durbar... More

Dilip Thakore on learning lessons... More

T V R Shenoy on the defence mess... More

Dilip D'Souza on the Guinness assault... More

Bibek Debroy on India and WTO... More

J G Nadkarni on a naval controversy... More

Jay Dubashi on the dying economy... More

Pritish Nandy the year that was... More

Arvind Lavakare on Fire & development... More

Varsha Bhosle on Bill and Sonia... More

Dilip D'Souza on the Sena's lies... More

Ashok Mitra on the flop reforms... More

Vir Sanghvi on the midnight massacre of the A-I, IA boards... More

T V R Shenoy on the Romesh Sharma case... More

Arvind Lavakare on Kashmir and the US... More

Pritish Nandy asks India to stop Yankee-bashing... More

Rajeev Srinivasan on why India should blackmail the US... More

Saisuresh Sivaswamy on the why front... More

Manjula Padmanabhan on the Fire controversy... More

Vir Sanghvi opposes the women's quota bill... More

Rajiv Shukla on Jayalalitha and Sonia... More

Capital Buzz. Gossip from the Delhi Durbar.... More

T V R Shenoy on Mulayam and Muslims... More

Ganesh Nadar on RSS and Vajpayee... More

Varsha Bhosle on Japanese cuisine... More

Amberish K Diwanji on the Vande Mataram controversy... More

Pritish Nandy on our inbuilt hypocrisy... More

Capital Buzz. Gossip from the Delhi Durbar... More

Saisuresh Sivaswamy on Fire controversy... More

Arvind Lavakare on BJP's tragi-comedy of errors... More

Rajeev Srinivasan on India's future California... More

Vir Sanghvi on Vajpayee, Advani and Sardar Patel... More

Ashok Mitra on the Haksar story... More

Ashok Mitra on the Haksar story... More

Dilip Thakore on languages & children's future... More

T V R Shenoy on Mulayam's debacle... More

Jay Dubashi on the insurance reforms... More

Ashwin Mahesh on change and conviction... More

Varsha Bhosle joins the Fire debate... More

Virendra Kapoor on Vajpayee and the RSS... More

Pritish Nandy on Fire and censorship... More

Dilip D'Souza on the plight of the Pardhis... More

Saisuresh Sivaswamy on people's woes, politicians and power... More

Arvind Lavakare on what Vajpayee should do... More

Amberish K Diwanji on why the BJP must undergo major changes... More

Vir Sanghvi on the Emergency and the Congress... More

Darryl D'Monte on why Elephanta is in peril... More

Mani Shankar Aiyar on the assembly election and its aftermath... More

T V R Shenoy on a reprieve for Vajpayee... More

Varsha Bhosle on Sonia and the BJP... More

Saisuresh Sivaswamy on Sonia's savvy decisions... More

Pritish Nandy on the lessons for the loser... More

Rajeev Srinivasan on Ayodhya, faith and secularists... More

Ashok Mitra on the onion crisis... More

Mani Shankar Aiyar on the poll and its aftermath... More

T V R Shenoy on the assembly election... More

Harsha Bhogle draws up a wish list for the World Cup... More

Varsha Bhosle on why she despises secularists... More

Pritish Nandy on playing god... More

Dilip D'Souza on mini-TADA and police torture... More

Saisuresh Sivaswamy on why Vajpayee should not be written off just yet... More

Arvind Lavakare on the Vande Mataram controversy... More

Vir Sanghvi on sleazy Sharma and his political patrons... More

Dilip Thakore on why we should sell off PSUs... More

Mani Shankar Aiyar on America's coercive diplomacy... More

Ashok Mitra on the bear-eat-bull world... More

T V R Shenoy on Italy and India's defence policy... More

Mahesh Nair on politicians, professionals, portfolios... More

Varsha Bhosle on the rewriting of history controversy... More

Dilip D'Souza on the 1984 massacre and Sonia... More

Pritish Nandy on the right to be heard... More

Rajeev Srinivasan on the US and human rights... More

Arvind Lavakare assails the English media... More

Mani Shankar Aiyar on the Palestine accord... More

Harsha Bhogle hails Azza... More

Vir Sanghvi wonders if Vajpayee will survive... More

Admiral J G Nadkarni (retd) hails bureaucrats... More

Harsha Bhogle praises Cronje and team... More

Capital Buzz. Political gossip from the Delhi Durbar... More

V Gangadhar on Rahul Dravid... More

Dilip Thakore on the IT department... More

T V R Shenoy on the Romesh Sharma case... More

Ashwin Mahesh on the Age of Revision... More

Bibek Debroy on how India can export more... More

Varsha Bhosle on religion & the Salman Khan affair... More

Ashok Mitra on unity and diversity... More

Dr Jay Dubashi on the Indian economy's nirvana... More

Dilip D'Souza on nuke weapons and onions... More

Rajeev Srinivasan on swotting the CTBT... More

Saisuresh Sivaswamy asks if Pakistan should play in India... More

Pritish Nandy on how to beat the recession... More

Rajiv Shukla on the Sangh Parivar and Ayodhya... More

Vir Sanghvi on the BJP's small bang, big whimper... More

Mani Shankar Aiyar on the dismal state of the economy... More

Capital Buzz. Gossip from the Delhi Durbar... More

Dilip Thakore on the need for a second Green Revolution... More

T V R Shenoy on the Mafia and politics... More

Bibek Debroy on India versus Bharat... More

A Ganesh Nadar on C=Chamchagiri... More

Varsha Bhosle on a few good men... More

Dilip D'Souza on the silence of conscience... More

Ashwin Mahesh on cricket's ironmen... More

Harsha Bhogle on the Dacca cricketfest... More

Saisuresh Sivaswamy on the price of power... More

Pritish Nandy on the Mafia vs the MNCs... More

Vir Sanghvi on BJP's communalism... More

Rajiv Shukla on a new ministry... More

Dilip Thakore on Amartya Sen... More

Capital Buzz. Gossip from the Delhi Durbar... More

T V R Shenoy on political geography... More

Darryl D'Monte on India's transport... More

Varsha Bhosle on the BJP's stupidity... More

Pritish Nandy on the Salman Khan case... More

Dilip D'Souza on educating India... More

Saisuresh Sivaswamy on past forward... More

Vir Sanghvi on Sanjay and Salman... More

Dilip Thakore on a good omen... More

Mani Shankar Aiyar on a dark Diwali... More

Mani Shankar Aiyar on a dark Diwali... More

Ashok Mitra on the dangers of globalisation... More

T V R Shenoy on Sonia and BJP... More

Ashwin Mahesh on the lord of the big bucks... More

Varsha Bhosle on conspiracy & hate... More

Pritish Nandy on the politics of hypocrisy... More

Saisuresh Sivaswamy on the BJP's mis-alliances... More

Dilip D'Souza on Amartya Sen's Nobel... More

Harsha Bhogle blasts Kalmadi... More

Rajeev Srinivasan on lies, damned lies and economics... More

Darryl D'Monte on journalistic fact and fiction... More

Capital Buzz Gossip from the Delhi Durbar... More

Dilip Thakore on what's wrong in India's financial system... More

Mani Shankar Aiyar on the BJP dream... More

A Ganesh Nadar on politics, dreary politics... More

T V R Shenoy on Surjeet and the Sardar... More

Vir Sanghvi on why rape is murder... More

Saisuresh Sivaswamy on the BJP's winter of discontent... More

Harsha Bhogle hails Healey... More

Varsha Bhosle takes on her critics... More

Prem Panicker's Cricket Diary... More

Ashok Mitra on Integrity Inc... More

Capital Buzz Gossip from the Delhi Durbar... More

Dilip Thakore hails Chandrababu Naidu... More

Ashwin Mahesh on the dance of scorpions... More

Darryl D'Monte on the price of consumption... More

T V R Shenoy on the Left's decline... More

Ramachandra Guha on modern 'keepers... More

Pritish Nandy on Bihar and Laloo... More

Mani Shankar Aiyar on Congnomics... More

Saisuresh Sivaswamy on the Colour Gray... More

Dilip D'Souza asks if justice is anti-Hindu... More

Varsha Bhosle on Leftier ideals... More

Capital Buzz Gossip from the Delhi Durbar... More

T V R Shenoy on modern day Ravanas... More

Rajeev Srinivasan on sex, lies and videotape... More

Pritish Nandy on the evil empire... More

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