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  • May
    27

    A rudderless BJP in India’s political sea

    With the Indian political league hotting up and elections barely two years away (or less, Mamata Banerjee has claimed),

  • May
    21

    BJP & the free fall

    With the Indian political league hotting up and general elections barely two years away, (or less, as Mamata Banerjee has claimed),

  • Apr
    29

    Good grammar is long went

    In a world getting increasingly complicated, one is always searching for some certitudes. You want that old song to sound the same

  • Apr
    15

    Why the beep can’t I watch this beep?

    We live in a free society which is in constant danger of being undermined.

  • Mar
    31

    Why Agent Vinod matters

    For about two weeks before the film’s release one couldn’t turn on any channel without seeing Saif Ali Khan.

  • Mar
    04

    The isolated man of Indian politics

    Whatever those opposed to Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi may think, the fact is that he has a fan club of his own.

  • Feb
    19

    Big cities and the selfish gene

    The low percentage of voting (less than 46 per cent) in the municipal elections in Mumbai predictably got the media all excited and outraged.

  • Feb
    05

    Our identity in a catch-22 cycle

    How do you prove who you are? This is a question that can be troubling most times, but is becoming more and more bothersome now.

  • Jan
    22

    The shrinking space for liberal thought

    Watching Vinay Rai on television, as he discussed why he had filed a criminal case against Google and Facebook

  • Jan
    08

    The return of dirty old politics

    The BJP’s spectacular self-goal of admitting tainted UP minister Babu Singh Kushwaha a couple of days after he was sacked by Mayawati