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]

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]