Why Rajiv Gandhi Decided On Nuclear Weapons

The idea of weaponization got a fillip from an unexpected quarter.In the last week of October 1985, Rajiv met US President Ronald Reagan.Reagan told Rajiv, 'Pakistan has already made a bomb.'When......

Is Sharad Pawar Buying Insurance?

Sharad Pawar reckons that the NCP has value as a united, going concern, not as a gaggle of leaders in search of followers, notes Shreekant Sambrani. IMAGE: Sharad Pawar, who stepped down as......

Who Benefits From Imran Khan Attack?

The rather amateurish, even ham-handed, attack would lend some credence to a 'false flag' theory, of the PTI leadership staging this incident, to provide new impetus to a flagging agitation, notes......

'People won't vote Yogi out over handling of Covid'

'The Covid situation is like demonetisation.''People were upset with the government initially, but eventually they voted for the BJP again' IMAGE: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath......

Mystery of the missing price rise during elections

'How does one square up the fact that despite the infusion of money at election time there was 'no price rise?''It is time the new government ordered an external audit of the RBI to find out the......

Does Wall Street crash herald a 'Minsky moment'?

While enjoying long-awaited economic good times -- and hoping they will last as long as possible -- some caution and some prudence might be the best protection against bad surprises, says Claude......

Job situation in India is not all that scary

7 million jobs will be created in formal sector in FY18 Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Busting the theory that jobs are not being created in the formal sector, a new study has found that......

Rethinking our Westernised biases

Ajit Balakrishnan reflects on pariahs, small businesses, and blockchains.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Last weekend, on the way back from a weekend trip to Varanasi, my first trip there, we......

'Unfair to Sachin'

Readers' responses toThe naked and the dead - Part 2: It was a very good article but I fail to understand why you missed bad umpiring I am sure the bad decisions played a very crucial role in the......