1. Kiran’s hand to mouth politics

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    Kiran Kumar Reddy has hit upon the formula to win elections. Or so he thinks. Convinced that the way to a man or woman’s vote in Andhra Pradesh is through his stomach, the chief minister has embarked on selling rice at one rupee a kg at PDS outlets. The pilot...
  2. India is a wounded tiger, it has to strike back

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    “If his (Hemraj’s) head could not be brought back (from Pakistan), we should get at least 10 heads from their side,” was how Sushma Swaraj reacted to Pakistan’s barbarism across the LoC. Call it Swaraj’s Sunny Deol moment but you cannot deny that it echoes what most Indians are feeling...
  3. Both AITA and union of players have harmed Indian tennis

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    High time they changed the rules for Indian tennis. Because there is nothing called love-all among the Indian tennis fraternity and break point dominates the scoreline most of the time. The fracas has resulted in India fielding a weak team for the Davis Cup tie against South Korea next month....
  4. Hell hath no fury like a Yeddy scorned

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    The BJP would be amused that at just about the same time that one of its stalwarts B S Yeddyurappa is bidding adieu to the party, another of its prodigal sons Kalyan Singh is knocking at its door in Lucknow. But while Kalyan is a spent force in the cesspool...
  5. Thank God for that word called `communal’

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    What’s common to M Karunanidhi and Mulayam Singh Yadav? Elementary. It is their fondness for the U-turn. Whether it is FDI in retail, rollback of subsides, petrol/diesel price hike, both leaders have voiced both their opposition to the UPA government’s decisions and even organised protests against the same. But come...
  6. Obama’s real work begins now

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    At the McCormick Place in Chicago, Barack Obama’s hometown, the atmosphere was electrifying. Some 18000 people assembled since evening to cheer for the Man of the Match, President Barack Obama. It is a big moment. The people of America have spoken and spoken in favour of a second term for...
  7. This is how America votes

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    D-day is here in the United States of America. 300 million Americans in 50 states will decide between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney on whether the former should get an extension in White House or if he should pass on the key to the latter. The campaign has...

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