Why PMs need a 7 year term

'A single seven-year term will free them from party pressures entirely,' says T C A Srinivasa Raghavan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In the past 30 years which election has been the......

Why India needs to thank Nehru

India's freedom, its rambling but working Constitution, its Parliamentary democracy, its lumbering administrative machinery all have many a father, but its greatest claim to fame, especially today,......

How DMK failed to grab the chance in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu’s politics returns to being bi-polar, and that’s a good thing, says B Srikumar. The ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has retained power for a second......

Indira Gandhi: Fearlessness in the national interest

'Fearlessness, courtesy, humour, wide interests and wisdom, deep commitment to Indian science and technology, passion for the environment, objectivity and the ability to see many things through not......