Should an underage person be punished in the same manner for, say, stealing a loaf or two of bread and for raping a woman's gut out?
Chanakya writes.
Rahul Gandhi may not have all the aces he wants, but his ability to speak from the heart is a trump card that many don't have, writes
Chanakya.
Politicians must not get taken in by happy headlines. Read the fine print; address the simmering discontent,
Chanakya writes.
It would make more sense if spiritual leaders were to use their platforms to urge their followers to respect women.
Chanakya writes.
Any leader who can turn the urban middle/upper middle class voters into his vote bank will be my favourite to become PM in the next decade, writes
Chanakya.
Fortunate is the ruler who has the opportunity to make laws that please his subjects. The UPA is in this position on quite a few fronts.
Chanakya writes.
Though sung in a different context, two lines from a song sung by Abba, a once popular pop group, “The winner takes it all/the loser’s standing small,” could apply quite aptly to Narendra Modi’s spectacular victory in the Gujarat assembly elections, the third in a row.
While we cool our heels in queues, our leaders get whisked past us in airports, in railway stations, in almost all public places, writes
Chanakya.
Unless Uddhav is able to effect a sea change in the Shiv Sena's character Bal Thackeray's party might be well and truly over. It is just a matter of time.
Chanakya writes.
At a time when the BJP is hoping to trip up the UPA, Nitin Gadkari should be giving it direction. Instead, he is fighting to save his career
, writes
Chanakya.
A session with its more energised Parliament could be just the remedy we need to restore people’s faith in parliamentary politics, writes
Chanakya.
Whatever some may say the end of a period when the US acted more like a miser than a maestro is in India's interest.
Chanakya writes.
The government has put in the front seat a number of people who can take it forward. It’s time goals are set for the next several months, writes
Chanakya.
Vijay Mallya saw too late that Indians' approach to flying was 'get me from point A to point B for as little as you can, preferably on time'.
Chanakya writes.
Kejriwal has handed over a ticking bomb to the Congress and BJP. They should defuse it and prove to people that they are willing to change.
Chanakya writes.