Res Gestae

Peeling the onion of political ideology in India is an assault on reason. You have rabble-rousing Hindutva hordes, which held sway from 1...

"...to secure the public interest, it is vital that the government shine a light on the power brokerages and influences peddlers in D...

PM Manmohan Singh tells HT that never before have so many steps been taken in such a short time to bring in transparency. Here’s the full...

Anti-Congressism is the common plank of those motivated by short-term political gain. Peeling the onion of political ideology in India i...

Command-and-control system failure   If you ever needed evidence that socialist ideology, political populism and the utter lack...

If you ever needed evidence that socialist ideology, political populism and the utter lack of governance holds India to ransom, all you ha...

So here we go again. Language chauvinists in Goa have launched disruptive protests against the state government’s proposal that will allow...

Anna Hazare’s “fast unto death” is a throwback to more innocent times when the oppressor was colonial, clearly identified and vilified. To...

My father, who is in his 90s, suffers from dementia. As such, he has no memory of the past and no idea of the future. He lives in the here...