Congress leader Digvijaya Singh talks to Open about the Ishrat Jahan case, the Congress Party, allegations of communalism, and Rahul Gandhi

A few suggestions on how surveillance may be put to good use

The second rung of the Congress party, where there is much jostling for power, is the origin of some of the most ridiculous political spin in recent times

Two books on Narendra Modi establish why it is silly to hope that the bigot will ever be any less bigoted

That Bhullar should hang before Kamal Nath or Jagdish Tytler may not be a travesty of law, but it is a travesty of justice

The cables that were recently released by WikiLeaks portray Rajiv Gandhi as a middleman, an implication the Congress has denied by discrediting WikiLeaks. But the report of the Shah Commission, which investigated the excesses of the Emergency, too, points to Rajiv Gandhi’s inordinate interest in the affairs of Indian Airlines, as well as Indira Gandhi’s intervention on behalf of Boeing during the Emergency

Almost 50 years after his death, a soldier continues to serve in the Indian Army

Modi could eventually pave the way for the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister’s rise in the BJP

Dalrymple’s book is well researched, but that still doesn’t mean we take his account at face value

The BJP President’s speech at the party National Council meet, where he outlined India’s contribution to modern science, was as worrying as it was hilarious