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A contract of employment— for our beloved MP, MLC, MLA…
Somewhere along the way our politicians seem to have forgotten who it is who holds the reins of the country. Perhaps it's time to revise the terms under which they can serve the people?
Rail Budget derailed: Don't blame Mamata
Didi has put a spanner on the works for the UPA and done better than the opposition in putting the government on the mat on numerous issues like the Teesta Accord, NCTC, FDI in multi-brand retail and now the Railway Budget.
The Congress abuse of 'coalition dharma'
The Congress telling Mamata Banerjee that by attending the swearing in ceremony of Parkash Singh Badal in Punjab, she would be crossing the lakshman rekha, and breaching the coalition dharma, makes little sense.
Go for electoral reforms, save the next Narendra Kumar!
It is time for India to quickly implement electoral reforms and root out the unholy nexus of criminals, business interests and politicians.
Can crisis manager Pranab Mukherjee rescue reforms post-UP?
Elections over, the finance minister still has a big chance to prove naysayers wrong by pushing through a reformist Budget.
Waiting for Godot: When will we see election reform?
EVM punched, we are then supposed to shut up and sit quietly in our little corner of the world for the next few years, watching institutionalized loot and plunder.
Dump Shiv Sena, dump it not: BJP mulls options
The BJP may shift its strategy, as an alliance with the Shiv Sena is an impediment to its growth in Maharashtra.
Despite BMC loss, Maharashtra CM is doing the right things
Calls asking the Maharashtra CM to quit after the loss in municipal polls are wrong-headed. The CM is working on the right long-term issues for city and state.
From any branch banking to any booth voting
Any Booth Voting will be a boon for travellers as well as economic migrants who have to live away from their constituency to earn a living.
Modi case: The danger in Justice Suresh's double hearsay
Judge Hosbet Suresh surely knows that the value of his statement on what Haren Pandya told him about what the former minister heard from someone else is zero?
Sena-BJP vs Cong-NCP: Tweedledum vs Tweedledee
The Congress-NCP combine attacks the Sena-BJP in Mumbai on poor civic governance. It's the kettle calling the pot black.
After Porngate: A brief history of parliamentary supremacy
After Karnataka's Porngate, it's absolutely clear that the Supremacy of Parliament and Legislature is complete. But not in the way we think
Fake cash, fake liquor being used to woo Mumbai, Thane voters
Elections are no longer about notes, votes and liquor. Thanks to inflation, candidates are cutting back. It is now about fake notes and adulterated liquor.
How TV caught Porngate: It was a self-inflicted wound
The Karnataka ministers whose viewing of porn clips were caught on camera, brought doom on themselves by acting too furtively.
Indian media is more complacent than Pakistan's
The Indian media has become blase about free speech. India badly needs more journalists like Pak's Najam Sethi.
Why Pakistan can't access Kasab
Starting tomorrow a team of eight officials from Pakistan will record statements on the Mumbai blasts. They will however not have access to Ajmal Kasab. The reason could be his mental condition.
Pawar divides his turf: State for nephew, Centre for daughter
Maharashtra strongman Sharad Pawar has indicated how his nephew and daughter must carve up his legacy.
Jagan's 'offer' to Cong shows CBI is under political control
The reported feeler sent by Jaganmohan Reddy to avoid arrest shows how the CBI is a tool in the hands of the ruling party.
Was that thing in the Lok Sabha really a debate? Naah...
Are ‘civility’ and ‘decorum’ the two words that readily spring to mind about MPs’ behaviour when Kapil Sibal was defending the government’s Lokpal bill?
Just who do our MPs think they are? God's gift to India?
Why do our MPs behave as though they are our lords and masters?
Censorship is easy — just get Kapil Sibal to say something "stupid"
Mr Sibal might not be protecting the morals of the nation, but he's certainly managing to distract the nation from anything else going on.
Lessons Occupy Wall Street can learn from Dr. Zhivago
A lot of the "occupy wall street" movement reminds me of Dr. Zhivago - and raises the pertinent question, "when the sickle meets Wall Street, will we see innocents getting slaughtered again?"
The North- East is in danger of becoming the next Maoist hub
The signals coming from Arunachal Pradesh and Assam should leave the policy-makers in Delhi worried. The Red rebels are trying to cash in on local grievances to build base.
When Gadkari the person, overshadowed Gadkari the politician
It was a different Nitin Gadkari on view in Goa — funny, relaxed and charming, he revealed his softer side.
Arvind Kejriwal: 'Anna is not India. India is not Anna'
A whooping, hollering audience cheered both sides, as Arvind Kejriwal and his fellow RTI activist Shekhar Singh went back-and-forth on the virtues and follies of the Hazare movement.
Manufacturing consent: a major media sport in US and India
The media in the US and India have become experts at demonising anybody that their governments do not like.
Corruption is our birth-right; Anna, please excuse us
From autorickshaw drivers to RTO inspectors to octroi post employees, everyone regards corruption as his birth-right. Will Anna's Lokpal help us here?
Dam safety in Sikkim - we were lucky this time
A quake-hit dam can be a catastrophe of untold proportions. There have been seven draft bills so far but no Dams Safety Act in India. Are we serious?
For Team Anna: Five lessons from California about direct democracy
Recall and Reject sounds kick-ass. Direct democracy - who could argue with that? But people power doesn't always work the way we imagine it to. Team Anna should just ask the people of California.