Debate
Involuntary retirement
Usher reforms, sack later
T.S.R. Subramanian
Change of guard?
Planning: Coach got it all wrong
Chetan Chauhan
There has been widespread criticism of India’s failure to make an impression in the Test series in Australia, and to be honest, most of it has not been without reason.
When the team left Indian shores it was seen as their best opportunity to win a series in a land where they have never achieved that feat before.
From personal to legal
It shows MoD’s poor diligence
Raj Kadyan
Army Chief Gen. V.K. Singh’s writ petition filed in the Supreme Court on January 16 has been grabbing media headlines ever since. Date of birth is a personal issue. This should have remained a case between Gen. Singh as an individual and the ministry of defence (MoD). But the fact that he is heading one of the largest armies in the world has turned it into an unseemly national controversy.
Captain Cool caught short?
Team India needs a new skipper
Sadagopan Ramesh
A defensive captain can only get a team up to a certain point in Test cricket. M.S. Dhoni’s methods were good enough against teams that lacked the wherewithal to play in Indian conditions but he has come a cropper against tougher sides on good cricket wickets abroad. To be fair, Dhoni did his best but the Test team is in dire need of fresh ideas and it’s time for a change in leadership.
Divided they stand?
UPA does not enjoy a majority
Shahnawaz Hussain
The Congress-led UPA is a sinking ship. That its own allies are not happy with it is becoming more evident by the day. There is growing discomfort among the Congress allies, be it Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamul Congress, Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) or M. Karunanidhi’s Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK).
Crest or trough?
Investor confidence is up
D.S. Rawat
