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Mere paas media hai

We in the mainstream media have to get over that old-fashioned queasiness, an open ourselves up to peer review and scrutiny.

General Musharraf (Deluded)

To be fair to Musharraf, he had given me my I-told-you-so moment much earlier than his arrest this week. That was when he was...

Crony, crawly capitalism

Two decades of reform have not yet built an Indian capitalism that has the confidence or conscience to look at political or bureaucratic bosses in the eye and ask relevant questions.

Not enough, boss

Since we do not have an insight into Rahul Gandhi’s mind yet, here is our list of what could possibly be called the three mistakes of his political life.

Because we forget

On one issue there is no doubt: the firearms given to Sanjay Dutt in the middle of January 1993 were indeed for self-defence. So...

Our poor little Sanju

One might say that their favourite star was innocent, just a silly, insecure, maybe even scared young fellow. It then stands to reason that the same test should apply to all the others convicted.

Lawlipop politics

Civilised, mature democracies demand, and deserve, better governance. They do not enact bad laws in a hurry.

Still Mandal, still mandir

Mandir and Mandal are the last big ideas to alter our national power equations. Since then, nobody has been able to catch India’s imagination.

One dynasty dimming

The inability to counter or challenge the rise of new political dynasties is the Congress party's biggest failure.

Proud to pay

The Indian voter is changing and doesn’t mind paying more for better services and goods. It is for the leaders to understand this welcome change and build a new politics around it.

On Camera

India can face multi-front conflicts with hostile Dhaka. New Delhi missed chance to engage BNP

India's projects related to BIMSTEC, Look-East-Act-East and Indian Ocean Rim Association could suffer a setback, impacting trade with South Asia and the South-South Cooperation agenda.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

IAF’s leased KC-135 lands in Agra, American firm’s pilots to man mid-air refueller

India’s refueller fleet comprises six Russian Ilushin-78 tankers, first inducted in 2003, which are facing huge maintenance and serviceability issues.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.