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Cricket fans have shown lot of maturity
By Veturi Srivatsa*
All the talk of heart and mind on the eve of the India-Australia semifinal was nothing but an expression of the lurking fear that Mahendra Singh Dhoni will, after all, not be returning with the cricket World Cup he…
Sonia in charge but her alliance is shaky
By Amulya Ganguli*
If Rahul Gandhi is in retreat in a Buddhist monastery in Myanmar, as rumours have it, then he can be said to be imitating, in part, the Sakya prince who left home and hearth 2,500 years ago to find out the meaning of…
Pacers hold key to India’s World Cup fortune
By Debdoot Das*
The success story of the Indian pacers in the ongoing World Cup has not only warmed the hearts of fans but also raised the hopes about the country retaining the coveted trophy in cricket's biggest stage. History shows…
Narayan Desai: He took Gandhi’s teachings to the people
By Rajdeep Pathak
I first met Narayan Bhai - as he was popularly called - in Jaipur when I was sent by my office, Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, to host an exhibit on Mahatma Gandhi. He pointed to a picture of his father Mahadev Desai…
Modi’s modernity vs saffron orthodoxy
By Amulya Ganguli*
Historian Ayesha Jalal has writen in her latest book, "The Struggle for Pakistan", that "at the root of Pakistan's national identity crisis has been the unresolved debate on how to square the state's self-proclaimed…
How will Netanyahu victory affect Iran deal, Palestinian future?
By Saeed Naqvi*
Just when the US thought it would mop its brow, having tried hard to tame the West Asian rodeo, the Israeli horse has kicked up dirt. Americans, like everyone else, were waiting for Benjamin Netanyahu to lose the March 17…
Enjoy a healthy relationship with Narendra Modi: Brother Prahlad
By Ashish Mishra*
Though he has met Prime Minister Narendra Modi only thrice in the last 13 years, Prahlad Modi enjoys a healthy relationship with his elder brother. He is hoping the Narendra Modi government will sort out the problems…
India warm up to World Cup’s business-end
By Veturi Srivatsa*
The talk in television studios is already about India’s semifinal opponents, hurdling over the quarterfinal against Bangladesh. That’s the kind of confidence Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s boys have instilled.
Just to…
Did the CIA mastermind Purulia arms drop?
By MR Narayan Swamy*
On December 17, 1995, an ageing Russian AN 26 transport plane took off from Karachi ostensibly for Dhaka. After refuelling at Varanasi, it made a course diversion over Gaya, Bihar. When it was over Purulia in West…
Healthy diet can help you fight swine flu
By Gokul Bhagabati*
Amid fear of contracting swine flu rising across the country, nutritionists have noted that a little more attention to your diet can help fight the disease that has reportedly killed over 1,100 people so far.…