The short shelf life of today's editors

'The sacking of Outlook magazine's Editor-in-Chief Krishna Prasad provides another example of the saffron camp's disrespect for dissent,' argues Amulya Ganguli.   In a speech at the time of......

Marked improvement in current list of candidates

The general elections are round the corner and there is a great deal of activity where the fielding of candidates is concerned. What we have noticed in the past few elections that there is a great......

Prohibition will fail in Bihar as it has in Gujarat

'Its three primary effects are to send the alcohol economy underground (depriving the state of revenue), to criminalise the casual drinker and to criminalise the police.' In America in the 1920s......

Why Dawood is on US watchlist

'The first blast struck at 1:25 pm, shattering the walls of the Bombay Stock Exchange. Next to be hit was the main office ofAir India, followed by the Central Bazaar and major hotels. At the......

The Greece Crisis and its lessons for India

'India cannot expect to be insulated from the crisis. Europe is India's biggest trading partner with two-way trade of E72.5 billion or Rs 530,000 crore last year,' says Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.......

A biz guru cracks the Indian code!

It's day four of our journey into the heart of India's culture, and we're holed up inside the sprawling Bangalore Oberoi hotel. Somehow, this immaculately manicured property blocks out the......

Sean Connery's 10 Landmark Roles

Diamonds are Forever. So is Sean Connery. Bond. James Bond. To have the world's best-known introduction to your credit. To play a character so indelibly that half a dozen actors try and cannot......

Sanjay Leela Bhansali: Priyanka has captured the soul of Mary Kom

Producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali is overwhelmed by the impact of the Mary Kom trailer, that was released recently. "We wanted to tell Mary Kom’s story. Her life has everything --......

Mark McCormack passes away

Mark McCormack, once dubbed the most powerful man in sport, died on Friday after failing to recover from a heart attack he suffered four months ago, his International Management Group company......