As things look up between India and Pakistan again, the Chandigarh and Lahore press clubs resume a series of annual media conferences, the last of which was held in Chandigarh in 2005. This October was Lahore’s turn.
The Lokpal issue, as Rahul Gandhi appears to fear, has left the Congress at risk of losing its young urban voters. But whether the BJP will gain them is not clear
Even after the protests, the enhanced rate that Noida farmers are getting for their land is only a fraction of what it costs to buy land in the township
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