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Reading the Bihar vote

Reading the Bihar vote

The first-past-the-post electoral system that India borrowed from Westminster and retained after Independence is...

11 Nov 2015 5:25 AM IST

Myanmar: Winds of change

Myanmar: Winds of change

The winds of change have been blowing across Myanmar too, if only at a slow pace in the last few years.

11 Nov 2015 5:24 AM IST

Will RJD, Congress follow Nitish’s lead

Will RJD, Congress follow Nitish’s lead

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s record of positive development outcomes during his tenure is strong.

11 Nov 2015 5:21 AM IST

The extinguished lamp

The extinguished lamp

It is said that when Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, lay dying, his disciples entreated him for one last teaching.

11 Nov 2015 5:19 AM IST

The profit of politics

The profit of politics

My late maternal grandfather V.M. Ramaswamy Mudaliar was a two term MLA from Vellore. He was also a law professor before...

11 Nov 2015 5:18 AM IST

The Bihar drama

The Bihar drama

Politics makes strange bedfellows and stranger enemies. When the elections in Bihar are advertised as a clash of titans...

10 Nov 2015 6:24 AM IST

Mangalesh Dabral (Photo: Alma Dabral)

I don’t want India to become Pakistan: Mangalesh Dabral

In the aftermath of the killing of Kannada writer M.M.

10 Nov 2015 6:01 AM IST

How radical Islam haunts Egypt

How radical Islam haunts Egypt

Whatever other result the tragic crash of the Russian Metrojet Airbus A321 whose Sharm el-Sheikh to St Petersburg Flight...

9 Nov 2015 10:55 PM IST

There is no shortcut

There is no shortcut

The recent issue of the New York Times, in one of its articles, tells us that meditation is exploding in popularity.

9 Nov 2015 10:52 PM IST

The stooge rises

The stooge rises

Anupam Kher’s protest march against “award wapsi” by writers and filmmakers to protest intolerance is...

9 Nov 2015 10:42 PM IST

Discontent rising

Discontent rising

Narendra Modi and the BJP have been delivered a drubbing of epic proportions in Bihar.

9 Nov 2015 10:41 PM IST

Mandal wins

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal, exertions and jeers have not paid off.

9 Nov 2015 10:41 PM IST