Gandhi and Thatcher: Were two 'Iron Ladies' too many?

Equally admired and loathed, both Indira Gandhi and Margaret Thatcher have been so often memorialised in biography, novels and film that it's difficult to separate fact from fiction, says Sunil......

Modi must be wary about campus protests

'New Delhi's rulers should be alert to lighting a dangerous tinderbox,' warns Sunil Sethi. IMAGE: JNU Students Union President Aishe Ghosh speaks to the media in New Delhi. Photograph: Kamal......

Is Priyanka more than a show-stopper?

Can compassion, common courtesy or an 'emotional connect' win seats in the harsh realpolitik of UP, a state riddled with divisions of caste and religion, and confronted with a seemingly impregnable......

Delhi's unaccountable Raja Kejriwal

'The Aam Aadmi's prophet is out of touch with both the city and his own flock,' says Sunil Sethi.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com After more than 40 years of living in the same house in a......

Delhi's disastrous rise to riches

The confrontation between angered citizens and the police in Delhi this week, in which four people died, is a perfect example of the kind of blind ignorance that seizes governments from time to......