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  A daughters pledge for reform of youth (21 November 07:41)
By Farrukh Dhondy Nov 21 : "…friendship, love, infatuation, fascination, arrangement, blackmail, bondage, coercion, boredom, habit, nemesis… ‘relationship’…" From Bach...
  A day of reckoning for the Marxists (20 November 11:06)
Balbir K. Punj Nov.20 : After reading reports about the discussion that took place in the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo following the Left’s defeat in October, close ...
  Lebanon A two-act tragedy in West Asia (19 November 08:01)
By S. Nihal Singh Nov 19 : If Lebanon is the weathervane of the Middle East (what we call West Asia), does the formation of a government after five months of post-election wrangling portend...
  When politicians mock the voter (18 November 08:34)
By P.C. Alexander Nov 18 : The political developments in some of the advanced states in the country, especially Karnataka, in the last few weeks have so badly dented the image of the parlia...
  Fight Naxals the way US wages Taliban war (17 November 09:44)
Shankar Roychowdhury Nov.17 : Radical ideologies, whether political or theological, have much in common in their public manifestation. The beheadings by Naxalite cadres of inspector Francis...
  Mamatas rise a ray of hope for Bengal (16 November 01:58)
Arjun Sengupta Nov.16 : Mamata Banerjee has emerged now as an extraordinary leader in West Bengal. The situation there is very precarious and without effective leadership controlling the de...
  Cong voters return BJP almost invisible (15 November 11:25)
Arun Nehru Nov.15 : Political trends are setting in and, as I had forecast last week, these are now visible and not easy to reverse unless major realignments take place or "political&q...
  Indian cricket and the killer instinct (14 November 12:28)
Shiv Visvanathan Nov.14 : A nation’s fears get frozen into stereotypes and have a long shelf life. The Punjabi, for example, is seen as fun-loving, the Tamilian is the perpetual nerd. Hin...
  Paks Taliban war is a chess game (13 November 08:32)
By Srinath Raghavan Nov 13 : Four weeks into the Army’s offensive in South Waziristan, Pakistan has been hit by a string of audacious and murderous terror attacks. The Tehreek-e-Taliban P...
  The Walls gone but divisions remain (12 November 09:39)
By S. Nihal Singh Nov 12 : The 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall leading to the reunification of two Germanys gave the main actors in the drama the opportunity to reminisce ab...
  A bad beginning in Maharashtra (11 November 09:01)
By Inder Malhotra Nov 11 : TIME was when today’s Maharashtra, then the multi-lingual state of Bombay, was one of the two best-administrated states, the other being the state of Madras, no...
  A cloudy anniversary at the White House (10 November 09:26)
Govind Talwalkar Nov.10 : Last year, on November 4, Barack Obama won the presidential race by an overwhelming majority. But on the first anniversary itself he has received a setback. Charle...
  Karnataka crisis A lesson in governance (09 November 10:17)
Jayanthi Natarajan Nov.09 : The last month has been traumatic for the people of Karnataka. Fierce floods have inundated over 15 districts of the state, and nearly 200 people have lost their...
  Hard poll facts will extract compromises (08 November 08:20)
By Arun Nehru Nov 08 : The political trend continues to be favourable to the Congress whereas the Opposition, both at the Centre and in the states, remains fragmented. I sometimes wonder if...
  Whats your vice Wine or ganja (07 November 12:40)
Farrukh Dhondy "If centipedes wore shoes, Shoe-makers would be rich". From The Proverbs of Bachchoo-ka-Adda Nov.06 : "My name is Farrukh and I am a ganjeri!" - er......
  Maoists talk only to the power of a gun (06 November 01:23)
Balbir K. Punj Nov.06 : Normally, we would have welcomed home minister P. Chidambaram’s offer to the Maoists to discuss problems like land acquisition, forest rights of tribals, discrimin...
  Bt brinjal can awaken a sleeping poison (05 November 10:54)
Suman Sahai Nov.05 : What, you may ask, is common between potatoes, tomatoes, brinjal, chilli, datura, tobacco and the deadly nightshade (belladonna)? They all belong to a plant family call...
  No Kashmir deal will work if US helps (04 November 08:09)
Indranil Banerjie Nov.04 : Something is afoot on Kashmir. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, while inaugurating the Anantnag-Qazigund railway stretch last week, declared that he was open to tal...
  Will US ignore Paks misuse of bounty (03 November 11:26)
Shankar Roychowdhury Nov.03 : The Kerry-Lugar Bill, which was recently cleared by both Houses of the United States Congress, has been signed into law as the "The Enhanced Partnership w...
  Left must push for a new united front (02 November 11:50)
Arjun Sengupta Oct.02 : The idea of the United Front extends much beyond the simple notion of electoral alliances of different political parties to form a government. The United Front means...
  Sivakasi the White House (01 November 09:48)
Kancha Ilaiah Oct.31 : Dear Mr President,Let me first express my warm but belated congratulations to you for getting the Nobel Peace Prize. While many think that you do not deserve it, I th...
  Rapid fire with UK far-right party chief (31 October 08:29)
By Farrukh Dhondy Oct 31 : The BBC invited Nick Griffin, the leader of the British National Party (BNP), to participate in a TV debate as a panelist on their prestigious current affairs sho...
  Gudiya to Durga (31 October 08:26)
By Inder Malhotra Oct 31 : NEXT only to her illustrious father, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi was the longest-lasting Prime Minister of India but with a crucial difference. He was at the ...
  Tawang Why China gets all worked up (30 October 10:01)
Srinath Raghavan Oct.30 : The Dalai Lama's impending visit to Tawang has raised the hackles of the Chinese government, leading to yet another contretemps between Beijing and New Delhi. The ...
  Talk to Maoists but also show whos boss (29 October 12:24)
S. Nihal Singh Oct.29 : By staging the cop drama in West Bengal, the Maoists have shown that apart from holding territory and causing mayhem, they can take on the government in the game of ...
  In education debate geography matters (28 October 09:08)
Ashok Malik When the finger points to the moon, the idiot points to the finger. — Old Chinese proverb Oct.28 : In many ways the debate, discussion and disputation following human resour...
  Decline and fall of BJP Shiv Sena (27 October 08:46)
By Govind Talwalkar Oct 27 : Both the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have been on the decline for the past 10 years and their defeat in the Maharashtra Assembly elections wa...
  No ifs and buts in Congress victory (26 October 12:16)
Jayanthi Natarajan Oct.26 : The best quotable quote from the discussions on the verdict in the three Assembly elections held recently in Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and Haryana came from...
  Reading between the Assembly poll results (25 October 09:08)
By Arun Nehru Oct 25 : The election results in the three states of Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh hold implications for the future. The three states together have amongst them 6...
  War or peace A Nobel for the answer (24 October 01:42)
Farrukh Dhondy "That love never dies Is the biggest of lies. Never, never, never Trust the word ‘forever’…" From Bachh ke Raho by Bachchoo Oct.24 : I won a lot of money...
  A mirage of peace shimmers across (23 October 11:27)
Balbir K. Punj Oct.23 : It is to be hoped that India will not be misled by a series of recent events in Pakistan into believing that the Pakistani Army is now all set to crush the Taliban a...
  Gaza report dents Israels immunity (22 October 06:21)
S. Nihal Singh Oct.22 : The Goldstone Report blaming Israel more than the Hamas movement for alleged war crimes in the 22-day Gaza war of December 2008-January 2009 leaving nearly 1,500 Pal...
  After the poll results expect realignments (21 October 08:55)
Arun Nehru Oct.21 : The results of the Assembly elections in Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh will throw up few surprises and the Congress should win in all the three states with ...
  Can India facilitate a US-Iran dialogue (20 October 09:50)
By Shankar Roychowdhury Oct 20 : Does Iran have a clandestine nuclear weapons programme? The question comes almost straight out of a television script, but without any prizes for the correc...
  Development Give rights pride of place (19 October 10:56)
By Arjun Sengupta Oct 19 : Development literature is now increasingly talking about rights-based development built on the appeal of the right-rhetoric when every government professes its co...
  The art and craft of British racism (17 October 01:05)
By Farrukh Dhondy Oct 17 : "Tally ho! Tally hoo! Tally Ha ha ha ha ha!" From Invocations To Call Mounted Fools Into A Ring (With apologies to Shakespeare from Bachchoo) I once w...
  US aid A saga of carrots no sticks (16 October 06:20)
Srinath Raghavan Oct.16 : The enactment of the Kerry-Lugar Bill marks the onset of an important phase in US-Pakistan relations. The bill provides $1.5 billion annual economic assistance to ...
  A historic accord to open sealed borders (15 October 08:36)
S. Nihal Singh Oct.15 : Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accomplished a unique feat, with help from his Armenian counterpart Serge Sarkisian and Europe and the United States,...
  Let Air Force gun for Naxals quickly (14 October 12:31)
Anil Bhat Oct.14 : A major issue that has emerged during the period of celebrations of the 77th anniversary of the Indian Air Force (IAF), beginning with the first interaction which the new...
  Obama is not so charismatic after all (13 October 04:08)
Govind Talwalkar Oct.13 : The President of United States, Barack Obama, is confident that he can carry everything and anything with him because of his extraordinary popularity and charisma....
  30 A fair share for the fair sex (11 October 09:51)
Jayanthi Natarajan Oct.12 : The media images of a young woman flight attendant breaking down, while relating how the commander of an airplane and his co-pilot shouted at her and shoved her,...
  Indiscretions are denting UPA image (11 October 01:03)
By Arun Nehru Oct 11 : Political fortunes and public opinion can be quite fickle and are subject to dramatic changes. Sometimes, political leaders and parties are extremely vulnerable even ...
  UNs caste charter is a boon not liability (09 October 04:00)
Nitish Sengupta Oct.09 : India’s opposition to the draft of principles and guidelines published by the United Nations Human Rights Commission is somewhat intriguing. It pledges to work fo...
  Is it Ides of March for Advani already (07 October 02:07)
P.C. Alexander Oct.07 : A few days ago, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Manohar Parrikar compared Lal Krishna Advani to a "pickle that had turned rancid" and said that ...
  US war in Afghan vital for India too (06 October 02:10)
By Shankar Roychowdhury Oct 06 : "This is not a war of choice. This is a war of necessity — to disrupt, dismantle and defeat Al Qaeda and its extremist allies... If left unchecked, t...
  Development can help curtail Naxals growth (05 October 02:45)
By Arjun Sengupta Oct 05 : In my last column Naxal violence is a cry to be heard (September 21), I wrote about Naxal violence, supporting the Prime Minister’s concern about leftist extrem...
  Sincere efforts win hearts fetch votes (04 October 01:54)
By Arun Nehru Oct 03 : The Pittsburgh Group of Twenty (G-20) summit saw the emergence of the Bric nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China) in the global decision-making process and this re...
  Muslim world needs an alternative discourse (04 October 01:52)
By Ayesha Siddiqa Oct 04 : A few months ago, I met a three-member team from a UK-based think-tank called Quilliam. Based in London, the organisation claims to be the first counter-terrorism...
  Grief loss when death do us part (03 October 12:36)
By Farrukh Dhondy Oct 03 : "If religion is the opium of the masses Superstition is its ganja" From Das Dasguptal by Bachchoo All one’s life one comes to terms with death. No...
  Gandhi Chaplin and Modern Times (02 October 12:30)
Tridip Suhrud Oct.02 : On November 5, 1931, Mahatma Gandhi along with other delegates to the Second Round Table conference was invited to a garden party at the Buckingham Palace. The invita...
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