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Elmore Leonard: 'Skip The Boring Parts' 24 Aug 2013 | 06:06 am
Janet Maslin in the NYT: Elmore Leonard: A Man of Few, Yet Perfect, Words: Mr. Leonard, who died [last] Tuesday, will forever be admired for the sheer irresistibility of the stories he told. But his ...
The Subramanian Swamy Files 13 Aug 2013 | 02:27 am
Yesterday, Dr Subramanian Swamy announced the merger of his Janata Party with the Bharatiya Janta Party ahead of the 2014 general elections. This is what he had to say about the party in 2000 in a si...
'We Must Focus To Put Mr. Sen In His Place' 10 Aug 2013 | 05:05 am
Jagdish Bhagwati in the Business Standard: The Bhagwati-Sen Debate: An Epitaph While I was among the intellectual pioneers of the Track I reforms that transformed our economy and reduced poverty, and...
In Bathinda, Every Other Sarpanch Is 'Falana Singh' 4 Aug 2013 | 10:27 pm
File Photo: Montek Singh Ahluwalia with Prakash Singh Badal The idea of following the leader assumed quite a different connotation on Saturday, August 3, at Bathinda district, Punjab. At the oath ta...
I Am Bradley Manning 31 Jul 2013 | 04:16 am
It's time to stop the war on whistle-blowers. iam.bradleymanning.org | #iambradleymanning
What About 1984? 27 Jul 2013 | 03:30 am
Fortuitously, two prominent columnists confront the question that pops up each time 2002 Gujarat riots are discussed. First, Mukul Kesavan in the Telegraph: What about 1984? There had been communal....
CNN-IBN Poll: NDA 172-180, UPA 149-157 27 Jul 2013 | 02:51 am
Rajdeep Sardesai at ibnlive.com: Poll tracker: NDA to win 172-180 seats, UPA 149-157, others 147-155: ...the CNN-IBN-CSDS-The Hindu Election Tracker survey shows that the 2014 Lok Sabha election is g...
Bhagwati V/s Sen, Updated 26 Jul 2013 | 01:27 am
In the Business Standard, Mihir Sharma goes to the heart of the matter as to why minor disagreements between Jagdish Bhagwati and Amartya Sen "have amplified into a shouting match — well, a one-way sh...
By Jupiter! A Chinese Drone! 25 Jul 2013 | 11:44 pm
No, we are not making it up. The Telegraph reports: The Indian Army mistook Jupiter and Venus as unidentified flying intruders making nocturnal sorties from China into the skies above eastern Ladakh ...
Bush Goes Bald For Kid With Cancer 25 Jul 2013 | 07:28 am
Former US President George H.W. Bush (the 41st President, George W. Bush's father) shaved his head this week to show solidarity with Patrick, the son of a member of his security detail who's battling ...