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Step out, there’s fresh air

From Michigan to Madrid and from Ankara to Auckland, voters are beginning to factor in foreign policy issues as they go out to decide who they should hand over power to.

Best bakery vs upper crust

Discourse on 2004 election has been about how the poor have spoken, created political space for poverty, & how the verdict is against policies inspired by World Bank, IMF and WTO.

The results are in

Upcoming election results won't determine which coalition rules us in a week from now, but will define our politics for many years to come.

Postal savings instruments to be dematerialised

In a move revolutionalising the small-savings market, the department of posts (DoP) has, in principle, decided to dematerialise postal savings instruments. The government mobilises,...

Havildar Shinde, Sergeant Romero

If we’re as sensitive to Shinde’s needs as the Pentagon was to Romero’s, we’d save many lives

Politics in past tense

If you are so obsessed with the past, you cannot really leave it behind.

The HMT advantage

While so many state governments rush to add chapters on her heroic life and the Shiv Sena threatens to rename Valentine’s day after Kalpana...

Govt’s one foot, several mouths

It seems that one of our former ministers visited Washington and caused so much confusion because of his pronounced Bengali accent that somebody in...

Making an ass of the taxpayer

Reform & economic legislation are locked in most areas, the markets are a mess & even if two ministers happen to say the same thing, it spawns a new conspiracy theory in Delhi.

Temple complex

State's response to the Akshardham terror attacks proves one thing: If it is determined to prevent it, then the mob can never rule the streets.

On Camera

Deepika Padukone isn’t faking her pregnancy. Internet ‘critics’ need a refresher on biology

One of the comments on her recent picture, read: “She is not able to do the role of a pregnant woman properly”. It's a nasty cocktail of misogyny and an ignorance of basic human biology.

Noida International Airport, Delhi NCR’s 2nd, delayed. To begin operations by April 2025

According to a statement by the airport, commercial operations likely to begin next year 'in view of the current construction status'. It was supposed to commence operations by 2024 end.

India’s 15-yr quest for anti-tank missile: Israeli Spike, DRDO option, back to US for Javelin talks

Recent high-profile visit was of US National Security Adviser this month during which a number of key issues, including military cooperation, was discussed by both sides.

Modi’s new universe: the normal irritants of democracy & awkward chai with Rahul Gandhi

Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.