MANY pundits, gleeful at the humiliation of the Congress, have praised the BJP’s moves. This is one more chance to show how inefficient t...Read More

REGIONALISM is a strong force and this has implications for national parties such as the BJP which wants a footprint all over the country...Read More

THE ABVP’s sudden clout across campuses is not difficult to understand. In some cases, administrations view them sympathetically and may ...Read More

THE government’s assurances that more trees will be planted is excessively cynical, since any amount of new plantation will take years to...Read More

While the brave Rajput warriors of the Karni Sena were attacking filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali for shooting a film that could be showin...Read More

All parties and combinations have their own strengths and weaknesses, their own voter bases and also large numbers who will vote strategi...Read More

Even while we cope with the struggle of getting hold of cash so that we can manage our lives and the government exhorts us to move to dig...Read More

Bombay 1992-93. This phrase is etched deeply in the hearts of citizens of Mumbai, especially of those who lived through those times. It’s...Read More

It is well known that the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Mamata Banerjee are political rivals, even sworn enemies in some ways. B...Read More

Predictions have a way of going horribly wrong. As I wrote this in last week’s column, I had crossed my fingers and had hoped that in fac...Read More

What should have been a straightforward military matter and should have been seen as a strong response from India, has now become a conte...Read More

Every Sunday and public holiday, large crowds converge all over the tourist sites of Mumbai, the most popular of them being the Gateway o...Read More

Why does the state government need another security law? And, given that there are many central laws in place, should the state governmen...Read More