'The brutal violence of the UP government's first response to the anti-CAA protests suggests that the BJP will test drive the NPR/NRC in UP, where it has both a massive majority in the assembly and......
The BJP's panicky return to basic-instinct majoritarianism in Bihar has pushed Muslims back into the 'secular' basement, says Shekhar Gupta. Bihar has brought the minority (Muslim) vote back in......
Dr Manmohan Singh might have hoped for accolades after winning approval for the Indo-American nuclear deal. He did not get it. The harassed economist prime minister might have wanted some......
Even if the SP doesn’t immediately withdraw support, the UPA government will remain helplessly dependent on the SP and the BSP. Withdrawal of support by either could destroy the UPA’s......
It was a character in an Agatha Christie mystery who referred to murder being most difficult the first time, being driven by necessity on the second occasion, and becoming a habit subsequently.......
Much of the current anxiety in the stock markets revolves around the doctrine of "constructive ambiguity" that the United Progressive Alliance government finds imperative to follow. A phrase......
India should bring back Cheteshwar Pujara, Harish Kotian tells Messrs Kohli and Shastri.What is be YOUR playing XI for the Lord's Test, starting on Thursday? IMAGE: Cheteshwar Pujara will provide......
Rest the skipper against a West Indies team whose batsmen would struggle against some Ranji Trophy sides and try out some new players in the Hyderabad Test recommends Harish Kotian. IMAGE: Virat......
Please help Messrs Kohli and Shastri pick India's side for the Edgbaston Test. IMAGE: Could Kuldeep Yadav break into India's playing XI for the first Test against England? Photograph: BCCI Having......
Captain Kohli and Coach Shastri's selection choices for the first two Tests against England, which India lost, were bizarre.Why, for instance, did they drop Umesh Yadav and include Kuldeep Yadav......
Should India bolster its batting by including Rohit Sharma at No 6?Pick India's playing XI for the first Test. IMAGE: Ravichandran Ashwin, left, with Kuldeep Yadav. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty......