VIDEO: Vir Das on Hazare, Obama and Pawar's slap-gate

Stand-up comedian Vir Das gives us some profound insights on why Barack Obama would never have been elected in India, why Anna Hazare needs to eat and why Sharad Pawar was slapped by an angry...

Maharashtra's year of ups and downs

The Adarsh housing scam, which exposed the politician-bureaucrat nexus and dethroned a chief minister, the political storm over Lavasa hill city project, and war of words between the Thackeray......

What Modi and the BJP can learn from America

'You can fight to win leadership of a party, yet join party rivals to win a general election in the US. The fact that dissent is not rebellion is not really appreciated in India, where we are used......

Sonia didn't act like an empress

'Although the Congress party ethos resembles a court with courtiers, Sonia Gandhi's style was to be consensual.'Aditi Phadnis looks back at Sonia's tenure as Congress president. IMAGE: Prime......