Prohibition will fail in Bihar as it has in Gujarat

'Its three primary effects are to send the alcohol economy underground (depriving the state of revenue), to criminalise the casual drinker and to criminalise the police.' In America in the 1920s......

'We will be satisfied if 29,000 farmers stop committing suicide'

IMAGE: Shreehari Aney submits his resignation as Maharashtra's advocate general to Governor C Vidyasagar Rao. Photograph: Sahil Salvi   'All that Maharashtra can give someone whose husband......

A piece of advice for India's liberals

Indian liberals' sanctimony is matched only by their inability to think clearly. They need lessons in logic Growing up in the districts of the central provinces and Berar in the early 1950s wasn't......

Lest We Forget: Jallianwala Bagh, 94 years later

For Vaihayasi Pande Daniel, the granddaughter of a freedom-fighter, Jallianwala Bagh is the most important pilgrimage. The spot where 94 years ago, more than 1,000 people were killed in cold......

India's oldest first-class cricketer Vasant Raiji no more

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Waugh had visited Vasant Raiji on his 100th birthday on January 26. Vasant Raiji, who was India's oldest first-class cricketer at 100, died in in Mumbai in the......

Factfile - Vijay Hazare

Full Name: Vijay Samuel HazareBorn: 11 March, 1915, Sangli, Maharashtra Died: 18 December 2004, Baroda Teams: Maharashtra (1934/35-1941/42); Central India (1935/36-1938/39); Central Provinces and......