Many of my generation grew up watching Amitabh Bachchan’s movies. The ‘angry young man,’ a role he played with great success, made a great impression on us. He won remarkable acclaim and may be, arguably, the most popular film star in Bollywood’s history. But here’s the... [More]

What does one make of Mayawati's ways? Over the past week, much of the nation has been seized by the BSP's leader's currency garlands, and tried, with little success, to make sense of it. The first, which triggered a veritable outrage, may have been worth Rs. 50 million, and was hand... [More]

To realise how aspiring we are, or at least our urban middle class is, look at the response to the Cabinet approval for a bill that, when passed by Parliament, will allow foreign universities set up campuses here and award degrees. It was greeted with a good measure of healthy skepticism and almost ... [More]

Many of our leaders are awash with self-adulation, reflecting on their history-making approval of the women's reservation bill in the Rajya Sabha yesterday. I suspect they would be a little less boastful if they were to consider that many of them will look less flattering when historians conside... [More]

Our online poll question on expressbuzz.com today is: Is Shashi Tharoor a loose cannon? That poser arises after his most recent gaffe – calling for Saudi Arabia as an “interlocutor” in India’s troubled ties with Pakistan, much against established Indian policy of direct ta... [More]