Cheer in the Job Market, After Two Years; Now China Too Budgets for the Aam Aadmi

“The biggest headache for duty-free staff is requisitions from state chief ministers’ offices... They usually ask for premium bottles of Scotch”

Makings of an Indian Military Establishment; Who Needs Air India?

Mulayam May Lose Strength in the RS; Where’s the Thackeray Roar?; A Life of Dissent; Naga Negotiations; The Dera Riots That Could Well Have Been

The villagers of Barsana and Nandgaon, said to be the villages of Radha and Krishna, play Holi as the divine lovers would have.

“I can make out the size the minute a customer walks in. Bras of sizes 32, 34 and 36 sell the most. Size 42 is the largest. Anything larger is made-to-order.”

Railway Budget as Her Manifesto; All Bets are Off, Almost

New Faces in the Prime Minister’s Office; Not Counting Chickens; Munnar, a Paradise Lost

“The call centre, where people call to book a cab, is useless. They can’t get addresses right. They turn Andheri East to Andheri West.”

Venture into the Dark Continent; Plastic Nickel?