There has been a lot of speculation in the media on whether Nitin Gadkari will get a second term as the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party. While some of the major newspapers have indicated that the possibility looked very strong given that the Sangh Parivar has not been able to find any alternative name, nothing can be said with certainty as yet. Read more

The decision of the Central government to transfer cash handouts to the bank accounts of millions of end users from the beginning of next year is bound to have a political fall out. Read more

General VK Singh, Chief of the Army Staff continues to be in the news and the government as well as the political class do not seem to like it one bit. When Singh had gone to the Supreme Court on his age issue, I had written a blog demanding his dismissal for insubordination, which in the armed forces is one of the biggest sins. Read more

The recent spat between two sets of cricketers in the Indian Team touring Australia is most disgraceful and against any kind of sportsmanship. Read more

The announcement by the Delhi Mayor renaming the main road, which runs through Chandni Chowk as the Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar Marg, is blasphemous. Read more

Those who watched the live proceedings of the Lok Sabha debate on the lokpal bill on Tuesday were in for a rude shock over the manner in which the Bharatiya Janata Party, the principal opposition in Parliament conducted itself. Read more

Earlier this week (December 12) we celebrated Delhi 100 to mark a century since our city once again became the capital following the coronation of King George V as the Emperor of India. Read more

Last week I had written that the logjam in Parliament was probably to stall the Lok Pal Bill. As events have started unfolding, the presumption is coming out to be correct. Read more

The first two days of Parliament have seen the proceedings being stalled leading to adjournments. Those who are surprised by this development must be extremely naïve since the script of the Winter Session has already been written and many prominent players in several parties are determined to see that the Lokpal Bill does not come up for any discussion. Read more

Problems seem to be unending for the Congress which faces its biggest test in Uttar Pradesh during the Assembly elections. Read more