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Poll notes of a limo liberal

View from Rajasthan's ground zero: How Congress snatched defeat from the jaws of victory If you laugh at parachute reporters, what would you call a...

Konark & fibre-glass ducks

My Orissa diary: why the state needs to get out of the margins and come on to the national page You have to give them...

The error in terror

Why 2 years after 9/11, this seems to be the New York state of mind: 'It was just a day like this...and today's just...

The Kanchi trinity

Next to mutt is masjid, frowning at both is Periyar saying there's no god, you fool. Recall this shining symbol when you talk Ayodhya By...

Travels in Haryana’s Ahirland: Stirrings in out-of-sight, out-of-mind country

You cannot fault the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) for not putting more prominent signs to announce the exit ramp for Rewari on...

Some lines in the desert

At Riyadh reunion, air's thick with perfume and nostalgia; outside, the sand brings back smell of war Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is the last place you...

Last night I went to Pakistan

The UN would probably never accept it as a yardstick for its human development ratings. But put this away under mpey name in the...

Guiltless in Guwahati

Assam no longer holds the country to ransom by choking oil supplies or by chanting the mantra of anger and alienation. The old story of the state, the guaranteed front page, has disappeared.

Friends without life-jackets

On board Ariana: your life in their hands, your country in their heart IT was easy to call it Scariana Airways. Ariana, the Afghan national...

Fear and learning in New York

Some quiet in J&K, few red faces in Pak: shouldn't we get more out of Sept 11? If you lived in Delhi in November 1984...

On Camera

India must break the myth of a ‘strong leader’ for its own good

What do Indians want in a democracy? Quick and decisive action that may not have political consensus or frustratingly slow decision-making that endures long after the decision is made?

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.