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One of Winston Churchills most well-known and glib quips pertained to his rather complicated friendship with alcohol. (Photo: AP)

Humour more effective poll tool than expletives

The actor-President of the United States of America, Ronald Reagan, had a tremendous sense of humour.

20 Jan 2019 1:17 AM IST

Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. (Photo: AFP)

The art of propaganda & the politics of cinema

Nazi domination of the German film industry is the supreme example of the usage of films to subserve the fascist...

6 Jan 2019 3:27 AM IST

The US also started turning inwards post its involvement in Afghan and Iraq wars that devastated its economy, leading to huge deficits.

Globalisation's ascent & a multi-polar world

Another interesting phenomena that started delineating itself concurrently was the separation of religious temporal...

23 Dec 2018 12:20 AM IST

However, what makes these Assembly elections different is that Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the past 54 months has made every election contest local or state about himself. (Photo: AP)

Why turn state poll into a presidential face off?

The print media still continues to be quite local in its footprint notwithstanding a few print publications that have a...

9 Dec 2018 1:42 AM IST

The 26/11 attacks are seared into the collective psyche of an entire generation of Indians.

Pak needs to get over its India obsession

The tragedy is that successive governments in Pakistan have been in complete denial about 26/11.

25 Nov 2018 2:47 AM IST

The Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) has crept into the headlines. Currently, the buzz surrounds the release of a book by former RAW chief Vikram Sood, who has some advice for the powers that be on how to improve the functioning of RAW.

Intelligence agencies need a legal base

Unfortunately, no such law has ever been enacted by successive governments since the commencement of the Constitution.

11 Nov 2018 12:04 AM IST

A lot more may happen before the CBI recovers from this huge hit to its already low credibility as a caged parrot that sings its masters tune.

Is CBI a legal entity?

That is where the matter lay till I raised it in the Lok Sabha on July 22, 2009 through a starred question.

28 Oct 2018 4:15 AM IST

The possibility of the government skidding on the fiscal deficit front is hardly good news at the close of a turbulent year that saw demonetisation and a hurried introduction of a flawed Goods and Services Tax ravage the economy, particularly the cash-dependent rural economy.

State of the Union: BJP's rule has been bad for the economy

Respected financial analysts are of the view that Rs 57,000 crores out of this Rs 91,000 crores is already a...

14 Oct 2018 7:33 AM IST

Congress leader and former Karnataka chief minister Veerappa Moily denied any embarrassment caused to the Congress by the arrest of the son of a Congress legislator for assaulting another man. (Photo: PTI)

State of the Union: The time has come to junk the IAS

The IAS founded in 1858 as the Indian Imperial Service has remained largely unchanged in its disposition.

30 Sept 2018 7:28 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan

How not to conduct foreign policy!

India's Pakistan policy over the past four and a half years is a textbook case of how not to conduct foreign policy.

23 Sept 2018 4:38 AM IST

US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

On the frontlines of the new Cold War

While Georgia, Armenia, Moldova and Ukraine have predominantly Christian populations, Azerbaijan is largely Shia Muslim.

16 Sept 2018 12:19 AM IST

Winston Churchills The Goldfish Pool At Chartwell is up for auction. (Photoi: AP)

Cabinet war rooms & the rise of ideologies

Opposed to Indian Independence Churchill was also squarely responsible for the Great Bengal Famine of the 1940s.

2 Sept 2018 12:10 AM IST