'Tamil voters don't like to be told what to do'

'Modi is trying avenues to convince people why they should vote for the BJP.' IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra D Modi holds a roadshow with the BJP's Tamil Nadu president Kuppusamy......

'General Zia was real startled'

'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.''Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.' IMAGE: Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri and her husband Hardeep Singh Puri, currently India's minister of......

Russia's Unease Over India-US Proximity

The scaling up of the India-US strategic partnership to the level of non-NATO ally with defence deals, sharing and transfer of defence technology, interoperability, joint collaboration and joint......

The Politics Of The Bharat Ratna

Most politicians and even non-politicians have been honoured because of what they were purported to be electorally worth for the ruling party of their time, argues N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE:......

'Government doesn't believe unemployment is a problem'

'Unemployment barely figures in the Budget except as a derived demand from industry and infrastructure.''There is no effort at direct attack on unemployment.' IMAGE: Workers at a wholesale market......

What Is India's True GDP?

'How low GDP would have been, we don't know.''It raises serious questions because so many indicators are pointing to such a sharp decline and GDP estimates are still showing 4 per cent growth.'......

Rural spending has skyrocketed but defence hit badly

Free provision of food, cash transfers, and jobs in villages see enhanced flow of funds despite a precipitous fall in revenue. Till May, defence spend was nearly 30 per cent less than the previous......

'The crisis we are facing now is lack of demand'

'There is lack of demand because people have no jobs, and no income.' 'Lakhs of people have lost their jobs and they have no income which has led to no demand in the market.' IMAGE: A salesman......