Rajiv Gandhi
Reminiscences of a Bureaucrat
Madhavankutty Pillai
An officer under Indira and Rajiv Gandhi shares an insider account
The President’s Man
Giani Zail Singh’s tenure reveals the limits and possibilities of the highest office
Dustbins of History
What is deemed enormously significant at a particular time doesn’t necessarily stand the test of time
Shah Bano 2.0
The hijab controversy can take the country into dangerous territory but, unlike the 1980s, it will not take people years to grasp its import
Rahul Bajaj (1938-2022): Scooter Man
Bajaj’s business didn’t just survive but grew in liberalised India
Tradition and Morbidity
Rebels for a day, and virtual renegades in a schmaltzy spectacle of piety and panegyrics in the next day’s headlines, the dissenting Congress leaders retreated without the humiliation of a recantation. Some mercy.
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