Attack of the Clones
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 2009
Sen and the Art of Development
Dr 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 2009
Saving CPM from Vijayan
VS 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 2009
Stare at it like Chuck Norris
A political thriller that drives you to death by drinking. But desperately dull writing demands desperately dire counter measures
15 June 2009
The Dog of Small Things
In 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 2009
The End of a Death Cult
Prabhakaran’s death is good for the Tamil cause in Lanka. Political process gets a chance to come back to centrestage
12 June 2009
Two Kids, Four Lives
The '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 2009
Authors
Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals
Brahma 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 several books, including Doolally Sahib and the Black Zamindar: Racism and Revenge in the British Raj
Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and a founding member of the governing council of India Foundation. He is the author of, among other titles, Partitioned Freedom and The Hindutva Paradigm
Makarand R Paranjape is professor of English at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Views are personal.
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