Can India Be A 'Vishwaguru'?

Many of the stories, the pictures going out of India worldwide lately with these provocative processions, taunting of Muslims, bulldozers targeting mostly their properties, the sweeping 'othering'......

Why Modi should be worried about this data

At some stage this fall in the quality of life will begin to hurt anybody's popularity, observes Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi. Photograph: Press Information Bureau......

Non-Gandhi can be Congress chief: Aiyar

Amid uncertainty over Rahul Gandhi continuing as Congress president, senior leader Mani Shankar Aiyar said Sunday that a 'non-Gandhi' can be party chief, but the Gandhi family must remain active......

Two Indian newspapers' The Post moment

'N Ram and I met on the lawns of Mani Shankar Aiyar's bungalow.''I pulled out a rolled printout from my jacket and handed it to him.''In the cut-throat world of journalism, this was like high......

Will Raghuram Rajan get a second term?

RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan is regarded as credible by global financiers, says A V Rajwade. Image: Rajan took prompt measures to increase dollar supplies and restore confidence in the rupee.......

Europe eyes tougher fiscal discipline

Following hot on the heels of Monday morning's shock announcement of a trillion dollar safety net for an increasingly shaky euro, the European Commission on Thursday announced a set of proposals......

What happened to Chidambaram's Main Hoon Na?

Ram Naik, Union petroleum minister in the Vajpayee government, on the Manmohan Singh government's effort in managing the situation in view of rising global oil prices: It is true that the......

Stop bashing industry. Govern better

It should be obvious to any observer of the Indian scene that the rich are getting richer, salaried employees seeing big jumps in pay, the share market booming, companies becoming more successful,......

Gill hits back at Sports Minister

Under-fire hockey supremo K P S Gill hit back at Sports Minister M S Gill for suggesting that younger administrators should head sports federations, saying first the sports minister should be a......

Readers on whether Ganguly should play

Vikram Shah: Can someone from your organisation lead a discussion on the validity of this penalty, please?Let us not talk about Saurav's form as a batsman as that is not the issue here.Do the rules......