Sanjay Baru, formerly media adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, says that Dr Singh lacks the political authority that he needs to be Prime Minister. Read more

It was my second trip to Brindavan in, I think, ten years if not more. Originally Brindavan, it was later renamed, I don’t know if formally, to Vrindaban or Vrindavan. Read more

This week started off as a Ram Navami week. In other words Ram’s birthday. It seemed a big thing this year: there were several lunch invites, one from Prathibha Prahlad, a known dancer. Read more

I do not watch cricket. I have little interest and even lesser understanding of the game. But this time around a friend dragged me in and said we should watch the semi finals together for “the fun of it”. Read more

The arrest of Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan shocked me, like it did many others. Read more

Expect the political situation to be chaotic; many more financial scams before April this year; natural calamities between July and August and chances of a mid term poll: not my assessment but predictions by well known astrologer Lachhman Das Madan, famous for his out of box predictions and for bringing out a magazine called Babaji. Read more

Most of those who belong to my generation, or an earlier one, would know A.K.Hangal: unless ofcourse Bollywood or the world of cinema is alien to them. Read more

The other day Congress’ Janardhan Dwivedi hosted a dinner for the media: perhaps to mark what was perceived as a successful completion of the Congress session in Burari recently. Read more

A few weeks ago some of us were discussing Bihar and the prospects of parties in the forthcoming elections. Most of it, of course, was guesswork and some part assessment. None of us knew the ground reality as it exists today and the likely outcome of the elections. Read more

I remember many years ago, when I was in Orissa during an election I asked people their perception about the contenders. At that time there were two people who counted: Biju Patnaik, Orissa’s current Chief Minister Navin Patnaik’s father and JB Patnaik. Read more