Modi, Erdogan and the dismantling of legacy

Ataturk and Nehru, two liberal secular modernisers, are in peril of being disowned by their successors, says Sunanda K-Datta Ray. Narendra Modi cannot but sympathise with the dilemma Turkey's......

Of Cricket, Coconuts, and Communists!

Connoisseurs of political dissent dismiss our Communist comrades as mere amateurs. They have a point. When was the last time that an expelled Leftist reached the heights of Uma Bharati's volcanic......

Natwar Singh will use n-deal against govt

Kunwar Natwar Singh, who is on his way out of the Congress party which he has served since he left the Indian Foreign Service in 1984, is defiant even while counting his irrecoverable political......

Sonia has a double in Parliament

There is such a striking resemblance between Congress party president Sonia Gandhi and the nominated Anglo-Indian member of the Lok Sabha, Ingrid Mcleod, that very often even seasoned politicians......