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?
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 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.
It is time for India to quickly implement electoral reforms and root out the unholy nexus of criminals, business interests and politicians.
Elections over, the finance minister still has a big chance to prove naysayers wrong by pushing through a reformist Budget.
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.
The BJP may shift its strategy, as an alliance with the Shiv Sena is an impediment to its growth in Maharashtra.
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.
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.
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?
The Congress-NCP combine attacks the Sena-BJP in Mumbai on poor civic governance. It's the kettle calling the pot black.
After Karnataka's Porngate, it's absolutely clear that the Supremacy of Parliament and Legislature is complete. But not in the way we think
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.
The Karnataka ministers whose viewing of porn clips were caught on camera, brought doom on themselves by acting too furtively.
The Indian media has become blase about free speech. India badly needs more journalists like Pak's Najam Sethi.
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.
Maharashtra strongman Sharad Pawar has indicated how his nephew and daughter must carve up his legacy.
The commission was overzealous about its responsibilities in Uttar Pradesh.
The reported feeler sent by Jaganmohan Reddy to avoid arrest shows how the CBI is a tool in the hands of the ruling party.
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?
Why do our MPs behave as though they are our lords and masters?
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.
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 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.
It was a different Nitin Gadkari on view in Goa — funny, relaxed and charming, he revealed his softer side.
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.
The media in the US and India have become experts at demonising anybody that their governments do not like.
From autorickshaw drivers to RTO inspectors to octroi post employees, everyone regards corruption as his birth-right. Will Anna's Lokpal help us here?
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?
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.