
April 20, 2015 00:29 IST
The exit of Narasimha Rao triggered the coalition era
Mon, Apr 20, 2015
April 11, 2015 00:00 IST
A similar tale of dynasty and power unfolds on both sides of the border.
Sat, Apr 11, 2015
April 06, 2015 00:12 IST
Rao was not Sonia’s first choice. The timing of his rise to power could not have been worse.
Mon, Apr 06, 2015
March 23, 2015 00:21 IST
The V.P. Singh government was the biggest casualty of this confrontation.
Mon, Mar 23, 2015
March 09, 2015 01:29 IST
Two days before Lal’s scheduled rally, Singh fired what was his ultimate political weapon to upstage his former deputy. He announced that he had accepted the report of the Mandal Commission with immediate effect.
Mon, Mar 09, 2015
March 06, 2015 00:09 IST
Beijing’s reaction to Modi’s Arunachal Pradesh visit was unusually strong.
Fri, Mar 06, 2015
February 16, 2015 02:57 IST
Intrigue and confusion characterised the tenure of the National Front government.
Mon, Feb 16, 2015
February 02, 2015 02:42 IST
His attempts, at home and abroad, to mitigate the opposition’s challenge came to nought.
Mon, Feb 02, 2015
January 19, 2015 00:59 IST
Rajiv Gandhi’s Colombo policy was flawed. It turned both Tamils and Sinhalese against New Delhi and dented the image of the Indian army.
Mon, Jan 19, 2015
January 12, 2015 00:00 IST
The warring leaders should end their feud for Bangladesh’s sake.
Mon, Jan 12, 2015
January 05, 2015 00:00 IST
He didn’t learn from past mistakes. Instead, he opened new battlefronts, made new enemies.
Mon, Jan 05, 2015
December 31, 2014 00:11 IST
The unseemly clamour is a portent.
Wed, Dec 31, 2014
December 22, 2014 00:05 IST
The spat with V.P. Singh and the Bofors scandal dented Rajiv Gandhi’s image. After that, he could do nothing right.
Mon, Dec 22, 2014
December 08, 2014 00:00 IST
Rajiv Gandhi’s attempt to please conservatives among Muslims and Hindus cost him the support of both
Mon, Dec 08, 2014
November 24, 2014 00:16 IST
Rajiv Gandhi was very popular in his initial years in office. But he could not deliver on his promises.
Mon, Nov 24, 2014
November 14, 2014 00:25 IST
In death, as in life, Nehru’s popularity had to be seen to be believed.
Fri, Nov 14, 2014
November 13, 2014 00:02 IST
Nehru won over everyone he met, including and especially women.
Thu, Nov 13, 2014
November 12, 2014 00:05 IST
Nehru respected Parliament and earned the respect of parliamentarians.
Thu, Nov 13, 2014
November 11, 2014 00:06 IST
Nehru always arrived on the dot and asked what subjects we wanted to discuss.
Thu, Nov 13, 2014
November 10, 2014 00:46 IST
By the time the Constitution came into force in 1950, Nehru had totally disproved his self-analysis in Modern Review.
Thu, Nov 13, 2014
October 27, 2014 02:04 IST
By the time Indira Gandhi was hit by tragedy, it was already clear that her family would inherit control of the party and the country.
Mon, Oct 27, 2014
October 13, 2014 00:06 IST
As the Red Army crossed into the land of the Afghans, for the US Pakistan turned almost overnight from a pariah country into a ‘frontline state’ in the war on ‘godless Russians’.
Mon, Oct 13, 2014
October 09, 2014 00:04 IST
Air chief has pointed to worrying absences in air defence.
Thu, Oct 09, 2014
September 29, 2014 00:38 IST
Janata’s collapse paved the way for her comeback.
Mon, Sep 29, 2014
September 26, 2014 00:46 IST
Looking back at the early years of the Planning Commission.
Fri, Sep 26, 2014

