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.
23 October 2011The BJP has no dearth of leaders, but none who can lead it to another stint in power
09 October 2011Jostling for the honour of being the NDA’s prime ministerial candidate has begun. And how
25 September 2011The BJP wants to keep its bid for power simple, but LK Advani’s yatra and Narendra Modi’s fast have a complex context
17 September 2011The 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
02 September 2011Were women of Bhatta-Parsaul raped, as Rahul Gandhi had alleged? Different state commissions can’t seem to agree
26 August 2011The 41-year-old Gandhi as Congress Working President? The murmurs have begun again
18 August 2011Sonia Gandhi loyalist Pulok Chatterjee replaces Manmohan’s man TKA Nair. But that alone isn’t enough to fix the PMO
04 August 2011Even 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
28 July 2011Brahma 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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