Your edit “Spectacle of itself” (May 30) reminded me of Commodus – the Caesar presiding over the decadent and declining Roman Empire – who, when faced with street riots over

IPL was conceived as business wrapped in entertainment. So, it is not surprising to see monetary and ethical transgressions mar what was originally a great idea. The time has come for the Board of

Apropos your edit “A burden beyond bearing” (May 29), Petroleum Minister Jaipal Reddy has said the government is proposing a one-time additional excise duty of Rs 80,000 on diesel cars.

The government is indeed facing a complex problem. On the one hand there are economic compulsions to increase prices, particularly of diesel and LPG, on the other, state leaders in the Congress

As someone who is against romanticising the Naxal menace, I read Breakfast with BS with Binayak Sen (“The doctor in his labyrinth,” May 28) with a sense of dawning realisation. The