“Criminals will do anything to compromise a good officer. These days, they call TV channels, even help them do stings.”

Mamata’s conundrum: Delhi or Kolkata; The Straight and Narrow; Judicial Appointments: Echo from the Past; Amar Singh: Nuisance Value Bargainer

An extract from Martel’s novel, within which is incorporated a play about a donkey (Beatrice) and a monkey (Virgil).

Kobad Ghandy, one of the senior-most leaders of the CPI (Maoist), remembers his wife and comrade Anuradha Ghandy, the only woman in the Central Committee of the CPI (Maoists), who died in April 2008 of cerebral malaria.

Rahul Mehra, who successfully took the BCCI to court demanding transparency in its operations, seeks answers concerning the IPL.

More info on the proposed 126-jet megadeal

Rahul Gandhi’s original aim, as he once said, was simply to visit the homes of the poor, regardless of caste. The poorest huts only happened to be Dalit.

A quick peek back into the past serves as a reminder of what China is capable of.

We’re one. Come celebrate.

The humour and quiet elegance do work. But two-time Booker winner Peter Carey packs in so many characters and subplots that you’re exhausted.