Amarinder Singh: The man who put Congress back on saddle in PunjabThe 79-year-old widely respected and popular leader steered the Congress in 2017 to a landslide victory in the 117-member assembly to occup...
19 Sep, 2021, 08.28 AM IST
Kabir Bedi says Hollywood devastated him, but Italy and India resurrected himIn his book, Bedi also talks about his friendship with Rajiv & Sanjay Gandhi.
19 Jul, 2021, 08.29 AM IST
Modi trump card behind swachh mission, says former secretary Parameswaran IyerIyer, a former IAS officer, was brought in from the World Bank to handle SBM in 2016 by the Modi government and he returned to Washington e...
25 Jan, 2021, 08.47 AM IST
Narendra Modi 'earned and achieved' prime ministership: Pranab Mukherjee in memoirPranab Mukherjee said in his memoir that Narendra Modi became Prime Minister "through popular choice" unlike Manmohan Singh "who was offere...
06 Jan, 2021, 06.42 PM IST
Tarun Gogoi: Congress stalwart who led Assam from the frontOn assuming the reins of Assam for the first time in 2001, the Congress leader had said he was confident of holding office for five years b...
23 Nov, 2020, 07.49 PM IST
An unwanted shipment: The Indian experience of the 1918 Spanish fluWhile some realities have only marginally changed over the last century, the nature of the administration has drastically transformed from ...
03 Apr, 2020, 12.53 PM IST
From 'Becoming' by Michelle Obama to Shashi Tharoor's 'Why I am a Hindu', books that gave meaning to 2018Non-fiction books emerged as the most popular literary category in 2018.
31 Dec, 2018, 05.14 PM IST
My priority is to save the constitution: Kanhaiya KumarNationalism, he begins, in a tone soft yet combative, is not about imposing my mother tongue on you if it is not yours. It is about being t...
05 Nov, 2017, 12.00 AM IST
Man who 'saved' Gandhi, in 1944, Bhiku Daji Bhilare, passes away at 98According to records kept by Gandhi's great-grandson Tushar Gandhi, Godse was overpowered by Bhilare and Manishankar Purohit, proprietor of...
20 Jul, 2017, 09.08 AM IST
Veteran journalist Vinod Mehta passes away at 73The founder-Editor of 'Outlook' magazine breathed his last at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) where he was admitted.
08 Mar, 2015, 02.00 PM IST
- Granta comes out with special India issue
UK's popular magazine Granta has come out with a special issue on India featuring writings of the likes of Upamanyu Chatterjee, Amit Chaudh...
01 Feb, 2015, 04.04 PM IST
Why India has few critically insightful biographies and autobiographiesA widely regarded perception is that Indian readers, much like Hindi cinema viewers, prefer fables and parables to complicated tales or nua...
12 Oct, 2014, 10.49 AM IST
Picking CJI on seniority protects judiciary from executive interference: SC advocateSupreme court advocate counters Justice Katju's argument on appointment CJI;says seniority protects judiciary from executive interference.
25 Aug, 2014, 01.45 PM IST
Sanjaya Baru's book 'The Accidental Prime Minister’ meant for a culture of politics as reality TVBaru has loftily dismissed the allegations, claiming the publisher determined the launch timing, and refusing to countenance any idea of be...
19 Apr, 2014, 01.01 PM IST
Atal Bihari Vajpayee never allowed dignity of PMO to be underminedThere used to be strict confidentiality and discipline with clarity about work distribution. He adhered to the concept of collective respon...
14 Apr, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Poke me: Sonia could be a more worthy rival for Narendra Modi in battle at hustingsIn the last decade, Gandhi’s stature and popularity have grown. She has been the moving force behind the UPA’s entitlements based approach.
02 Apr, 2014, 05.07 PM IST
Narendra Modi's campaigns play on fears of the Muslim minority: Martha NussbaumI wish a person with a record of competence such as Nitish Kumar would get a chance to lead India.
15 Dec, 2013, 05.23 PM IST