For the record, the leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi have been absent from the election campaign in Punjab and Uttarakhand due to illness and the sadhbhavana mission respectively.
People in the know insist Rahul Gandhi's not angling to be PM. But try convincing conspiracy theorists.
Aid, in the global context, should be about poor people, not poor countries.
Have you ever seen the wonderment with which a child observes a butterfly, a bird, a rock or a flower? Everything is a new and exciting experience for him. They are eternally fascinated and delightfully spontaneous. They do not analyse and work everything out. They are just busy “being”.
Opening more Cabinet decisions to judicial inquiry can enervate those who make them.
Horse dung in garam masala or detergent in milk, Indians are meticulous about their food adulteration.
Cash and carry acquires a whole new meaning for Ponty Chadha whose loose change is in crores.
The 2G ruling shows the government and the court think alike on resource allocation.
Development’s taken a backseat in Punjab, as no party has a roadmap for the state.
A victory dance is all very nice, but make sure that the tables are not turned on you.
Apologies to the non-Hindi readers, but one needs to understand this to decipher the sense of what rural Uttar Pradesh is talking about at the moment: ‘Sau din chale adhaai kos’
Anmol Saxena writes.
The aftermath of Fukushima shows that Japan mishandled the crisis for 11 months.
There are two victims in this horrific tale. One is two-year-old baby Falak, who is fighting for survival at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. The other is the 14-year-old girl who assaulted Falak for five days before bringing her to the hospital.
Getting angry and opposing every decision of the Centre is Didi’s novel way of showing her support.
The players may have changed, but the Great Game of power and control that began in the 19th century continues even today.
Vikram Sood writes.