Twitter is a great medium for political leaders to communicate with their supporters and engage with their opponents. Provided the tweets are coherent and sensible. So why is the Delhi chief minister tweeting illogical stuff about the PM, asks Sudhir Bisht.

The idea of marinating in your own mediocrity is actually a valuable lesson in shameless self-love.

Another catastrophe awaits us - living in a more inequitable, insecure, and intolerant world.

'India needs to deeply introspect on the costs of pursuing peace with Pakistan,' says Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).

Unlike in the past, Modi made candid, frank and direct remarks on his hosts by suggesting that the Chinese side is holding back on further improving relations, says Srikanth Kondapalli.

'Vietnam has become an adjective as well as a verb -- the Americans, for instance, were driven by the passion to do a 'Vietnam' on the Soviet Union when that country invaded Afghanistan in 1979.'

'The irresistible Cuban cigars, which acquire their unique flavour as they are rolled on the thighs of Cuban women, have always been the ultimate temptation for cigar connoisseurs in the US.'

NH10 is a scary, compelling ride featuring an actress who surpasses herself, says Raja Sen.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday told a rapturous crowd of NRIs that Persons of Indian Origin cardholders will get a lifetime Indian visa and that American tourists will be given visa on arrival.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi sells his Indian dream to the Diaspora at a packed Madison Square Garden in New York

With Beijing having had a profound rethink on India's admission as a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the tectonic plates of the geopolitics of a massive swathe of the planet stretching from the Asia-Pacific to West Asia are dramatically shifting. That grating noise in the Central Asian steppes will be heard far and wide -- as far as North America, says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.

Arguments for direct US military intervention in Syria are just not strong enough, says Claude Smadja

Though independent directors acted in a manner less than desirable, they might not be held responsible.

This paradigm was brilliantly captured by a Tweet: Given the success of the UPA in dismantling our economy there is a distinct possibility that ISI could actively consider winding up its Indian operations shortly!

The Little Master's new hairdo seems to be making more waves than his IPL performance.

There is a distinctive downside to the dialogue process. It has not succeeded in arresting the terrorism campaign against India, says A K Verma.

Jayalalithaa had first made an offer of support to the UPA on November 11, 2010, prior to the removal of A Raja as Union Telecom Minister. On Monday, she told TIMES NOW that the November 2010 offer was a onetime offer and that there was no question of working with the Congress at present. By describing her offer as a onetime offer, Ms Jayalalithaa has put an end to talk about a political realignment with the Congress.

A political economy of poverty and deprivation co-exists with the political economy of environmental degradation and engineered landscape in a military-mining-industrial complex. It remains to be undone, says Gopal Krishna

We invited readers to share their opinions on Apple's latest launch --the iPad. Here's what they had to say!

Pakistan vice-captain Shahid Afridi has denied reports of quitting the game in case he fails to perform in the forthcoming Champions Trophy event, scheduled to commence from the September 23.

There's nothing offensively bad about the film -- save for the fact that a truly awesome hero has been straddled with a truly boring film.

Think Playboy, and you think of lingerie, R-rated films and all things adult -- definitely not a PhD from an Ivy League university. But Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh-born Rashmi Sinha, who did her doctorate in cognitive neuropsychology from Brown University, finds herself featured on the quintessential adult magazine, as one of America's 'Sexiest CEOs'.

Even in a banner year marked by achievements of the highest order across a wide variety of fields, it was inevitable that Dr Zakaria would be named India Abroad Person of the Year 2008. Filmmaker Mira Nair, who won the award last year, was on hand to honour her successor with the award that, over the seven years of its existence, has become one of the most sought after accolades in the community space

Nirupama Vaidyanathan salutes the Belgian ace, who retired earlier last month as world No. 1.

Whatever it be, an official statement from you clearly defining the extent of the problem, would be in order. At least that in my opinion, sir, would put an end to the uncertainty that is plaguing the financial markets all across the globe. And, sir, as you know, markets abhor uncertainty, for lack of trust is highly corrosive.

Suddenly, brand activation is big business for India's Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion) FM radio industry.

Even a high powered performance by Rahul Bajaj at the packed press conference and analyst meet at the Oberoi Hilton in down-town Mumbai couldn't stop the stock from sliding on the bourses.

For Alma Urs, who studied at Blackburg 26 years ago, Virginia Tech will always be a a place where love prevails.

What can international luxury goods and services marketers do to stimulate desire and capture the now rapidly increasing spending potential of the very affluent in India?

'Rahul Dravid let us down both in the batting front and captaincy.'

Here is a small sample of a financial plan for women that recognises their importance and suggests ways and means to create financial independence for themselves and for their families

Endowment plans are life insurance plans, which not only cover the individual's life in case of an eventuality but also offer a maturity value at the end of the term

But the film is just average.

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