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When it rains neglect, it pours

You can't blame the weatherman for bad weather. But in the past decade, scientists have got used to lazily rushing into a 'normal monsoon' forecast. This year we are paying the price for that.

Mera loot mahaan

Cooking of books so that promoters can siphon off large fortunes overseas is so common that we are no longer even outraged by it.

Reshuffling an empty deck

Vajpayee's cabinet reshuffle is not based on performance or track record but on balancing and assuaging egos and ambitions.

The Breach Candy dilemma

Delhi believes that power produces money; Mumbai produces money through enterprise and believes that money buys power.

His Rashtrapati Reward

My favourite nuke story of all times goes back to 1987. Bundled up deep into the anonymity of the wide-bodied economy class on a...

Turning nukes on their head

India's diplomatic shift after Pokharan II has now acquired doctrinal maturity. The upshot is, Pakistani nuclear bluff has been well and truly called.

Pressure’s working, don’t snap

A useful principle to follow with most things in life is, worry less about any crisis, for ultimately it turns out less worse than...

Doing the ‘Right’ thing

A government’s internal stability or strength does not always determine its ability to deal with the world, particularly on issues where there is broader consensus.

Press and prejudice

The sangh parivar’s own obsession with the media brings a peculiar new dimension to this government’s distrust of the press in general.

Desi Punch, Italian Judy

Ask Chandrababu Naidu who gets nightmares over what might happen in the polls the next time round and you were to get closer to power at the Centre.

On Camera

Kolkata’s silencing of Javed Akhtar exposes India’s secular vacuum

Even those parties that wear the label of secular and progressive often bow to the pressures of fundamentalist groups within the Muslim community.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Dassault Aviation takes majority control of joint venture with Anil Ambani’s Reliance

Following the transaction which is expected to be completed by November, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd will become an associate company, with Reliance retaining a 49% stake.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.