We are not just ‘soft’ on terror, a charge often leveled against the UPA government by the BJP. We are a soft nation. We deal with earthquakes and floods the same way we deal with terror. We are an argumentative people and can seldom agree on something. Even terror can’t goad us in... [More]

There are two ways to look at the UPA government’s quick U-turn on sugar cane pricing policy. It bowed after protesting farmers stormed into Delhi in unprecedented numbers, backed by opposition parties in Parliament. Or, it bowed after Rahul Gandhi met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thurs... [More]

The quality of English one encounters in the media – both in print as well as on television – has been a cause for concern.  Senior editors such as S Nihal Singh have agonised over the mangled English seen on television. Print has its own share of problems, and overall, many feel th... [More]

The cellphone revolution is dead. Long live the cellphone revolution. That is a sentiment one gets as the Indian cellular industry enters a turbulent phase after its explosive growth since the late 1990s.  A tariff war is crippling most operators, even as four more line up to enter the marke... [More]