Snap it up

Jug Suraiya27 February 2014, 10:46 PM IST Why 'selfies' have become all the rage, and what they'll do to us President Barack Obama likes to do it to himself. So does British Prime Minister David Cameron. Maybe so do Rahul Gandhi, Narendra Modi...

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Hypocritical India

Sanjeev Ahluwalia28 February 2014, 09:19 AM IST Indians are affably, argumentative (Amartya Sen, 2005). Less likably, the Indian State is intensely hypocritical. It remains very medieval despite its veneer of modernism.  Examples of medievalism...

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Rethink reservations

Jug Suraiya28 February 2014, 01:32 PM IST Are political parties having reservations – or second thoughts – about caste-based reservations, or quotas, in jobs and educational institutions? In what has been described as a 'bombshell', a BJP spokesman,...

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Queen

Meeta Kabra27 February 2014, 03:59 PM IST It is always awesome when you start watching a trailer with eyes ready to roll and instead they turn wide with amazement. Kangna Ranaut is actually playing a lively character with such honesty and grace,...

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India must note Morocco’s important role in Africa and Middle East

Rudroneel Ghosh27 February 2014, 05:08 PM IST My previous blog on foreign minister Salman Khurshid's recent visit to Morocco had raised some eyebrows regarding the utility of such a trip. Several readers have questioned the minister's north...

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Not the way to appoint a Lokpal

Arun Jaitley27 February 2014, 05:54 PM IST The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 was enacted 46 years after the idea was first mooted. Institution building is a challenging job. The best in terms of credibility, competence and fairness should...

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An Indian on trial in Dhaka

Man is driven by ambition. To lead India is the ultimate honour an Indian cricketer can aspire for. Equally, it is a prize that once you get hold of, reluctant to let it go. You tend to dig in your heel, even when the tide is turning against you. Such...

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The Mad Hatter’s ball begins...

Pritish Nandy26 February 2014, 08:55 AM IST The strangest things happen at election time. Anna Hazare has dumped his favourite acolyte Arvind Kejriwal and endorsed Mamata instead. So has Imam Bukhari. This has pitchforked her onto the national...

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The dilemma of Pollgate

Jug Suraiya26 February 2014, 04:12 PM IST Is your opinion for sale, without you even knowing about it? It could very well be. Because it seems that a lot of unsuspecting people's opinions are being bought and sold without they themselves being...

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Pathribal and Patriotism

Aarti Tikoo Singh01 February 2014, 03:10 PM IST The idea of patriotism is not necessarily or inherently "a pernicious psychopathic form of idiocy" that the witty Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw called it once. Human feelings of love and...

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Modi's wife - the secret is out

Sanjeev Ahluwalia01 February 2014, 04:46 PM IST At last the horrible secret is out. Courtesy an Indian Express scoop, we know that Modi has a wife, whom he hasn't seen or talked with in the last 42 years. Apparently, they never got divorced....

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North by North-East in South Delhi

Veeresh Malik01 February 2014, 05:07 PM IST   Lajpat Nagar-I in Delhi is where the smallest plot allotments were made after Partition - 50-80 square metres. This is where refugees including some of our relatives came and set up homes under...

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