On India Inc's social calendar: Bezos bonds with Mumbai A-listers; Rajan Mittal's B'day bash; Shikha Sharma turns gracious hostess for daughter's weddingAs Bezos came calling, he got the red-carpet treatment. Here's what's keeping India Inc busy...
20 Jan, 2020, 02.44 PM IST
View: Triple Talaq bill fails to address the crucial aspect of 'maintenance'Ever since the Jawaharlal Nehru led government legislated the Hindu Marriage Act 1956, a section of society has been harbouring a grievance...
01 Aug, 2019, 12.09 AM IST
Will Congress’ NYAY scheme do justice to India’s fiscal health?What will be the cost of Gandhi’s “final assault on poverty” on the Indian economy?
25 Mar, 2019, 08.44 PM IST
Rajasthan to develop model Atal Seva Kendra to honour late PMRajasthan has nearly 10,000 Atal Seva Kendras (earlier called Rajiv Gandhi Seva Kendras) at village panchayat and panchayat samiti levels w...
20 Aug, 2018, 07.59 PM IST
When Indira sought Osho secretary's help to persuade Rajiv Gandhi to enter politicsIndira Gandhi, India's fourth prime minister, was interested in spiritual life like her father Jawaharlal Nehru, says poet-artist Rashid Ma...
10 Dec, 2017, 12.22 PM IST
Minhaz Merchant’s book on AM Naik is more than a biography, it is also a meeting of mindsThe nationalism of Naik, says Merchant, is one of economic development of the nation coupled with a strong stress on national security.
18 Nov, 2017, 07.16 PM IST
Indira Gandhi made environment a fashionable subject when it wasn’t one in India: Jairam RameshIn his new book, the former environment minister talks of Mrs. Gandhi passion for nature.
30 Jun, 2017, 03.25 PM IST
25 years of reforms: How a PM with zero knowledge of economics scripted India's biggest turnaround storyManmohan Singh, the brain behind the reforms as Rao’s finance minister, said: “I had no idea that Rao was in favour of liberalisation."
21 Jul, 2016, 02.01 PM IST
MJ Akbar, from being a Congress MP to PM Narendra Modi's ministerAn eminent editor and author of several well-received books, including a biography of Jawaharlal Nehru, he debuted in politics in 80s.
05 Jul, 2016, 01.18 PM IST
Walk down memory lane: Indira Gandhi's life through her doctor's eyesGandhi wanted Sonia to help her in politics after death of Sanjay but Maneka was in company of people who were antagonistic to Rajiv.
12 May, 2016, 05.33 PM IST
Institutions shouldn't be named after politicians: Kapila VatsyayanKapila Vatsyayan is against naming of institutions after political leaders saying organisations get "thwarted by pettiness and misconceptio...
31 May, 2015, 03.11 PM IST
Congress launched a terror campaign against my book on Sonia Gandhi: Javier MoroMoro says the bit in the book that Congress took grave objection to was that during the Emergency, Sonia seriously considered returning to ...
17 Jan, 2015, 11.53 AM IST
From Bal Thackeray to Rahul Gandhi & Narendra Modi: How politicians’ sartorial styles have played a key role in IndiaClothing in Indian politics is evidently too serious an issue to be left out on a washing line.
12 Apr, 2014, 08.12 AM IST
'Sardar Patel would not have recognised Narendra Modi as ideological heir'Rajmohan Gandhi said that claims by BJP supporters or Modi himself to project him as Patel's heir misunderstands and misrepresents Patel.
04 Nov, 2013, 12.22 PM IST
Liberals must stop accommodating fringe elements and take a stand on fundamentalsThe banning of Salman Rushdie from appearing even via satellite link at the recent Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) showcases two ideas of ...
27 Jan, 2012, 10.27 AM IST
Jaipur Literature Festival: India must stop banning booksThat a book banned 33 years ago and its author can still stoke controversy and leave the organisers of a literary festival with their knick...
24 Jan, 2012, 08.30 AM IST
- The Congress is repeating old mistakes by exploiting the Rushdie issue for electoral purposes
Salman Rushdie's absence from the Jaipur Literature Festival and the parallel and related Congress courtship of the Muslim vote in Uttar Pr...
23 Jan, 2012, 10.28 AM IST