Your correspondent catches Varun Gandhi in an awkward moment to get a hang of what’s really going on in the young politician’s head
30 June 2009Dr Binayak Sen completes two years in prison on 14 May. Since the case against him is not clear, how does one fight for his release?
22 June 2009VS Achuthanandan may be the CM of Kerala, but real power in the state rests with Pinarayi Vijayan. Will he survive the Lavalin scandal?
18 June 2009A political thriller that drives you to death by drinking. But desperately dull writing demands desperately dire counter measures
15 June 2009In Ranjit Oberoi’s world, man and his best friend mime each other. And both come across as misfits. Is the artist any different?
13 June 2009Prabhakaran’s death is good for the Tamil cause in Lanka. Political process gets a chance to come back to centrestage
12 June 2009The 'Slumdog' kids are leading schizoid lives. Where a billion brownies failed, Danny Boyle is winning. Why is it that some of us are still the white man’s burden?
08 June 2009Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle
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