2012-01-30 15:44:38

The controversy over the army chief's date of birth (D.O.B.) is bizarre and probably symptomatic of the degradation of value systems at the higher echelons of the army. It is definitely not a sudden
2012-01-29 12:13:10

"It touched 15 degrees in Madras!” I had told my Naarthie friends excitedly, “I think I can handle a Delhi winter again!” And so it is that on a misty morning in late January, I find myself
2012-01-25 21:58:34

TV shows, print media and the internet are flooded with assorted opinions and comments on the current controversy about the date of birth of the Chief. The debate has acquired diverse angles. Two
2012-01-25 09:51:52

"Remember, I told you about this stalker of mine who asked me what the difference between a teaspoon and a tablespoon was?'"Is this heading towards a dirty joke?'"No, no. He said something about how
2012-01-23 20:27:14

The moot question doing the rounds in Uttar Pradesh these days is: "Will Priyanka Gandhi's charisma be able to pull out the state Congress from the dumps in the Vidhan Sabha elections?" Taking lessons
2012-01-21 12:10:00

Why did Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra jump into the election fray in Uttar Pradesh, breaking her long absence from active politics? Is it to give Rahul Gandhi a helping hand or to let everyone know that she,
2012-01-20 22:10:25

After a lot of hullabaloo about whether the infidel Salman Rushdie should be allowed to step on to the land of his ancestors after he has desecrated it through his unholy writings, Rushdie finally
2012-01-19 18:45:18

Islamabad will remain pre-occupied with internal strife in the coming years without respite, due to multiple contradictions born out of use of terrorism as a tool of foreign policy primarily against
2012-01-18 10:50:43

A couple of years ago, M F Husain voluntarily took up Qatari citizenship, setting off a wail from India’s acknowledged intellectia about the callousness with which he was forced into exile for
2012-01-16 12:32:46

Dear Anna Hazare,First things first: You have done a fine job in 2011. You captured the nation’s imagination and led modern India’s biggest anti-corruption movement. Thanks to you, the issue of