Hindustan Times
How can you tell when a government is in crisis? There are the obvious ways, I suppose. You can tell that a government is in trouble when it is on the verge of losing its majority. When its coalition appears to be cracking up. When its MPs begin to revolt. And so on. Read more
(20 votes, average: 3.8 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Friday, March 30, 2012 at 8:47 pm
Filed under India · Tagged A Raja, AK Antony, BJP, Chidambaram, Congress, DMK, General VK Singh, Gujarat riots, hindustantimes, Jairam Ramesh, Kapil Sibal, LK Advani, Mamata Banerjee, manmohan singh, Medium term, Narendra Modi, PMO, Pranab, Salman Khurshid, UPA II, vajpayee, Vir Sanghvi
Many months ago Saif Ali Khan phoned and asked if we could meet to discuss a movie he was planning. I’ve known Saif for a long time largely because of my friendship with his parents, the elegant Sharmila Tagore and the late Tiger Pataudi, the classiest guy I have ever known. Plus, it helped that for many years we lived in the same building in Bombay. Read more
(15 votes, average: 3.27 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Friday, March 23, 2012 at 9:20 pm
Filed under India, World · Tagged Agent Vinod, Al Qaeda, Hindustan Times, ISI, James Bond, Medium term, news, Pakistan, Research and Analysis Wing, Saif Ali Khan, Sharmila Tagore, Sridhar Raghavan, Tiger Pataudi, Tintin
Opinions will differ on the merits of Pranab Mukherjee’s budget. There will be those who will say that the finance minister has done the best job possible given how difficult the economic situation is. And there will be others who will argue that he has produced a pedestrian budget that is lacking in imagination. Read more
(21 votes, average: 3.71 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Friday, March 16, 2012 at 3:38 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Anna Hazare, budget 2012, Congress, Election Day, finance minister, Indian economy, manmohan singh, Prakash Karat, Pranab Mukherjee, UPA II, Vir Sanghvi
Now that the Assembly elections are finally out of the way and we have had a few days to reflect on the results, here’s my take on the lessons that have emerged from this round of elections. Read more
(18 votes, average: 3.39 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Friday, March 9, 2012 at 1:04 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Anna Hazare, assembly polls 2012, Batla house encounter, BC Khanduri, BSP, Goa, Manipur, Mayawati, Medium term, Mulayam Singh, Narendra Modi, Punjab, Rahul Gandhi, Salman Khurshid, Sonia Gandh, SP, Uma Bharti, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Vir Sanghvi
I don’t know if you have seen the Ides of March, George Clooney’s movie about an American primary campaign. But if you have any interest in politics, you should do yourself a favour and either see it in the cinema or get hold of the DVD. Read more
(9 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Monday, March 5, 2012 at 7:39 pm
Filed under HT Blogs · Tagged Aandhi, Advice and Consent, All The King's Men, Amitabh Bachchan, Censor Board, Clint Eastwood, Dustin Hoffman, Gangajal, George Clooney, gulzar, Ides of March, Javed Akhtar, Main Azaad Hoon, Medium term, Meet John Doe, Mike Nichols, Oliver Stone, Prakash Jha, Rajneeti, Ranbir Kapoor, Robert DeNiro, Ryan Gosling, Seven Days in May, The candidate, Vir Sanghvi, Wag The Dog
