Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described her as “one of the outstanding leaders of our sub-continent, who always looked for reconciliation between India and Pakistan.” Most magazines are doing cover stories…

My article, « Being an Indian abroad », published by Rediff last month, triggered such a massive reaction, more than three hundred and fifty emails, that I felt it was…

We all admire William Dalrymple for his writing style, knowledge of India and for making Delhi his home.Yet his fascination for Aurangzeb,which already made him write the the Last Mughal…

In the matter of the twelve men arrested aboard the Northwest flight in Amsterdam, once again the Indian Media has shown that it has no independence of thought and individuality,…

In Tamil Nadu, there are 10 to 15 hours power cut a day, workers stand idle, small units are closing down daily by the dozens and business is slow.The rupee…

Indian Muslims are today at a crossroad. The destruction of the Buddhist statues in Afghanistan has shown to the world in general – and to the Muslims of India in…

Pune, once a quiet city, where people could stroll quietly along tree-lined avenues and where nobody even needed a fan in summer, has exploded.Landing there provides a startling view of…

AYODHYA, as we have seen earlier, is not a hap-hazard, crazy, meaning-less event. It is a symbol through which two conceptions of India are facing each other, and the outcome…

Like Sonia Gandhi, I am a Westerner and a brought-up catholic. My father, a very good man, was a staunch Christian; my uncle, whom I doted upon, was the vicar…

As the Mahatma Gandhi's personal items have finally been bought over by Vijay Mallya (but nobody is saying how come these very personal belongings ended-up in the US), the Congress…