Vinod Mehta

RIP Vinod Mehta: An editor who was aware of his responsibilities and lived his beliefs

In early 2004, I had the privilege of interviewing Vinod Mehta, then editor-in-chief of Outlook.

Rahul Gandhi may not win, but he is here to stay

Janardan Dwivedi told the press today after the Congress high command meet that though all the party leaders pressed for Rahul as PM, Sonia Gandhi said that the decision on the PM candidate will come only at an appropriate times.

Vision or television? If AAP isn't all hype, they need to deliver now

The question remains whether AAP is just all hype or is their any substance to their claims and methods.

The reinvention of Rahul Gandhi: Too little, too late?

But has this effort, that the country has been expecting from him for the longest time, come too late? And is it too little to revert Congress's bad image?

"Priyanka Gandhi maybe charismatic, but is not an answer to Modi"

"This is routine Congress sycophancy," Yogendra Yadav said dismissing the speculation of Priyanka Gandhi contesting in the Lok Sabha polls in 2014.

Papa kehte hain: Akhilesh Yadav and his Mulayam problem

The Muzaffarnagar riots is just the latest instance where Akhilesh Yadav has run into the Mulayam problem - that he is too inexperienced without his father at the remote control. It's a problem that's dogged him from Day One.

'Media has lost the right to self-regulate'

Is the Zee-Jindal scandal an indication of the problems of the Indian media and is it time to take more stringent measures to cure it?

'By attending NAM, PM has signalled his irrelevance to coalgate'

"India Iran visit was over due for nine years. If we did not make that visit in nine years, why did it have to be made now?" KC Singh, former diplomat, said on CNN-IBN.

'BJP thinks Coalgate is their Bofors moment'

"BJP says that simply because the Congress has a majority in Parliament they will use brute force to put everything under the table. That is a very dangerous philosophy," Vinod Mehta, told CNN-IBN.

'Congress has no plan B, Rahul Gandhi their only ticket'

Could the Congress have avoided taking Rahul Gandhi in a more prominent post in the party and government?