Cross Connections

If you are looking for a parody or, more appropriately, a lame attempt at humour, then please skip this. Rahul Gandhi may not be a gre...

This makes news. Actor Salman Khan meets Narendra Modi and says he is a good man, a great man, flies kites, has lunch, shares a few laughs...

The word 'ban' is so potent that even those who do not know what is going on suddenly become agitated. Needless to say, these ar...

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In what has been referred to as "Narendra Modi's rally" in Jaipur today, the “diktat" over the dress code is the major ...

Beep-beep. Early morning. Text message from a friend in Karachi. So, bleary-eyed, I read that “My party has won. It is 5 am here and I...

Sanjiv Bhatt with wife Shweta There is a school of thought about fighting the system from within. It rarely works. The system eats y...

Barack Obama has not won. He just defeated the traditionally bad guy, like burning the symbolic Old Man year after year to heral...

“I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of t...

The big bang reshuffle that took place on Sunday is only a whimper.    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announcing the new Cabinet member...

   “Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponen...

Narendra Modi is doing what he is programmed to do as a politician: rake up issues to show the opposition in a bad light. His la...