Nelson’s eye, like Madras Eye, appears to be contagious. What was an affliction confined only to the DMK has surely spread to the BJP too if one were to read a meaning into the latter’s continued dithering on the use of Art.356. Continue Reading
I swear I am not going to write about Veerappan today. If the brigand thinks that by kidnapping a few from my fraternity, he can just walk into these columns, he is sadly mistaken. Does he believe that I do not have even the minimum gumption to refrain from writing about him Continue Reading
Between the Fourteenth of February when serial bombs rocked Koval and now, which is roughly about three months, Tamilnadu Chief Minister Karunanidhi has done several somersaults on the issue. Continue Reading
Most respected Shri. AtaIji behariji vaipayeeji,
Congratulations. If my memory is right your government has just crossed fifty days in office which is almost four times thirteen and so an admirable record for any BJP government. Of course we do realise that these fifty days itself had been like a yugh what with one controversy Continue Reading
Even as Justice Jain has been burning midnight oil to unravel the larger conspiracy behind Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination, there seems to be an even larger one afoot to ensure that the final report does not see the light of day. The once bitten Gujral government is not only twice shy now. but even seems to be in a mood to wreak vengeance on the retired judge’s Commission of Enquiry Continue Reading
It is not that the re-installation of Kalyan Singh as Chief Minister of UP comes as a deliverance from all woes and makes us heave a sigh of relief. Rather, the fact that the UP legislators… Continue Reading
The first take was a disaster, having failed to evoke the fans’ hysteria as used to happen. The second take, yesterday, is an apology. The Actor known for his speed on screen appears to have lost his silken touch off it. The blasts that ravaged Kovai last Saturday continue Continue Reading
The only crowd that appears somewhat in a mood to cheer the birth of yet another year, is perhaps the Congress. The last three days of this outgoing year have more than compensated for 362 days of endless woes for the party. In a way, the Sonia-mania that has gripped the party and lifted its sagging spirits Continue Reading
Rationalists should forgive me, but the temptation to delve into mythology is so overpowering. Not that the rationalists? own world is devoid of myths, rather their very ideology itself is one. Continue Reading
The forthcoming battle at the hustings is no Mahabaratha nor is India a Kurukshetra. There are no Pandavas though there is no dearth of Kauravas. The 1998 polls promises to be anything but a Dharmayudh, devoid of values or principles with the warring groups setting their sights on power and power alone. Continue Reading