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......

All In The Family In The Name Of Politics

With some variations, all regional political formations, whether in power presently or out of it, share some common features: Tight family control of the political apparatus, key members in elected......

What BJP's Gujarat Win Proves

What these elections prove beyond any doubt (if ever there was one) that Modi's hold over the public mind and Shah's mastery of election management are unparalleled.It doesn't seem likely that they......

Trump Has Been Reined In For The Moment

But Trump is about to announce his candidacy for president in 2024.And it is not clear if Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, the present hero of disenchanted Republicans, or Biden, who says he might......

The Big Mac Inflation Index

The ever-astute Ravi Matthai, Director of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in 1971, offered me a basic salary of Rs 1,000 per month on my return from the United States.I doubt if IIMA......

Ms Sitharaman, You FAILED Us On The Budget

This was the one Budget that required radical departures on all these fronts, when it had none, asserts, Shreekant Sambrani. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrives at Parliament for......

Budget: Nothing but Housekeeping

The Budget would have been the perfect vehicle to introduce some bold initiatives.That opportunity has been lost through this Budget, observes Shreekant Sambrani. Illustration: Dominic......

Is there a way out of the gloom and doom?

'The government has said it has kept its powder dry to fight the true battle against the debilitating influence of the pandemic.''The release of the shocking economic data this week should act as......

The sole supernova in Galaxy Bollywood

No one deserves the title thespian more than Dilip Kumar, notes Shreekant Sambrani. IMAGE: Dilip Kumar in the song Suhana Safar Aur Ye Mausam Haseen from Bimal Roy's Madhumati. Photograph: Kind......

The role Roger Moore most cherished

He played James Bond seven times.But the role Roger Moore most cherished was a different one.Shreekant Sambrani pays tribute to the gentleman Bond. IMAGE: Roger Moore on the sets of Live and Let......

IPL 2023: The Best Ever!

IPL can be truly said to have come of age. It is now more Indian than ever before. Teams often fielded fewer than the four allowed foreign players. Indian batters and bowlers were simply better in......

India's Baahubali Captain

His cricketing brain, always sharp, was blessed with exceptional speed of information absorption and processing.He could quickly zero in on what needed to be done and use the element of surprise to......

Salaam Mumbai! You revived the IPL!

'More than Mumbai's progress into the last four stage, that game (and the one the previous day between Kolkata and Hyderabad, when Yusuf Pathan blazed a 22-ball 72 to ensure a second place finish......

To be alive is bliss but to have watched Sachin play is heaven

The impact of Sachin Tendulkar on cricket, India and Indians is unparalleled. Shreekant Sambrani on what made the Mumbai Maestro the greatest pan-Indian hero of modern times. One winter morning in......