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  • Apr
    11

    A general disarray

    Army Chief Gen. V.K. Singh has called the media news report about troop movement “absolutely stupid”

  • Mar
    21

    Think 2014

    A strange situation is developing in the country and senior politicians, already perplexed by the pace of events,

  • Feb
    29

    Tinkering spies

    When the Cold War ended, everyone thought that conspiracy theories would disappear, too.

  • Feb
    15

    To which song will UP play musical chairs?

    After the peaceful second phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh, and as we near the climax of the election campaign

  • Feb
    08

    Smiles and trials

    Although the 2G octopus has surfaced again, its tentacles striking in all directions after the Supreme Court cancelled the 122 licences

  • Jan
    31

    2014, as seen from UP acid test

    Election campaigns and forecasts are not new to me. I remember going as an eight-year-old on my first election campaign to Sitapur

  • Jan
    25

    Catchment of cash

    The seizures of cash by the Election Commission in four of the five poll-bound states may have tapered off.

  • Jan
    17

    Can pink elephants save Maya’s raj?

    As the New Year unfolds, high-profile Assembly elections are claiming our attention. Last week, the Election Commission stole all the headlines

  • Jan
    09

    In Uttar Pradesh, party’s yet to begin

    The Lokpal issue continues to fester even in the new year. Since the proceedings in the upper House on December 29

  • Jan
    02

    Corruption will wound politicians

    I wrote last week about Team Anna and their foray into the political arena and the fact that Anna Hazare