The writer is Contributing Editor, The Indian Express
October 20, 1997 00:00 IST
October 19: Had Indira Gandhi called Britain a third rate power, she would have been hailed as a strong leader. When Inder Kumar Gujral mad...
Mon, Oct 20, 1997October 20, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Oct 19: Differences within the Government are dogging the Prasar Bharati Act expected to ensure the long awaited autonomy for Al...
Mon, Oct 20, 1997October 06, 1997 00:00 IST
Oct 5: What struck me most last week in the United States of America after a gap of eight years was the marked change towards India in the ...
Mon, Oct 06, 1997August 25, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Aug 24: Inder Kumar Gujral feels that the situation has decisively turned the corner in Jammu and Kashmir and this is the first ...
Mon, Aug 25, 1997August 25, 1997 00:00 IST
August 24: We Indians lack attention to detail, and this is what makes our programmes come a cropper, or our products less than world class...
Mon, Aug 25, 1997August 18, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, AUG 17: In aiming to relive, in Parliment on August 15, 1997, the `Tryst with Destiny' session, our modern leaders put together ...
Mon, Aug 18, 1997August 16, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Aug 15: It has been a case of name-dropping with a difference. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's determination to establis...
Sat, Aug 16, 1997August 11, 1997 00:00 IST
The tables may be turning in favour of the Congress today, but the party is ill-prepared for elections. The Congress can hope to gain in sp...
Mon, Aug 11, 1997July 28, 1997 00:00 IST
When the nation ails due to the malignant `scam raj' it is difficult to garner enthusiasm to celebrate 50 years of India's independence. Bu...
Mon, Jul 28, 1997July 26, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, July 25: Laloo Yadav's resignation is a reprieve for Prime Minister (PM) Inder Kumar Gujral. It eases the pressure on him now th...
Sat, Jul 26, 1997July 20, 1997 00:00 IST
In his farewell speech in Parliament, Haradanahalli Dodde Gowda Deve Gowda had said he would rise from the ashes. The former prime minister...
Sun, Jul 20, 1997July 20, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, July 19: Three months after he demitted the office of Prime Minister, H D Deve Gowda is proving to be the focal point of the ant...
Sun, Jul 20, 1997July 19, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, July 18: When H D Deve Gowda was the Prime Minister and contentious issues cropped up between the Left and him, the rajguru of h...
Sat, Jul 19, 1997July 14, 1997 00:00 IST
The political opinion is now veering around to the view that elections are on the cards before the calendar year is out. The two major part...
Mon, Jul 14, 1997July 10, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, July 9: With the Janata Dal split leaving Prime Minister I K Gujral even more of a passive approver, it is Congress chief Sitara...
Thu, Jul 10, 1997July 07, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, July 6: It is a ``win-win'' situation for Sitaram Kesri after the split in the Janata Dal. But the Congress president seems to b...
Mon, Jul 07, 1997June 22, 1997 00:00 IST
ROURKELA, June 21: Thousands waited for more than two hours at Badgaon, a cashew-growing village between Sundergarh and Rourkela. The old t...
Sun, Jun 22, 1997June 13, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, June 12: Gone are the days when candidates for the country's presidency refrained from campaigning for themselves. For the presi...
Fri, Jun 13, 1997June 08, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, June 7: The Yadav war in the Janata Dal has drawn the battlelines in the ruling party and also sharpened the conflict between Pr...
Sun, Jun 08, 1997June 04, 1997 00:00 IST
Ghulam Nabi: Plays Pawar tune NEW DELHI, June 3: The political weathercock of the Congress party, Ghulam Nabi Azad, who has managed to st...
Wed, Jun 04, 1997June 03, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, June 2: Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral is planning to expand his cabinet with all women. The expansion is slated to take plac...
Tue, Jun 03, 1997June 02, 1997 00:00 IST
To criticise Gandhi in India is no longer unusual, and that is how it should be. Kanshi Ram and Mayawati can launch a diatribe against the ...
Mon, Jun 02, 1997June 01, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, May 31: The two Sharads, Pawar and Yadav, have more than one thing in common. They have the same name and they are both taking o...
Sun, Jun 01, 1997May 29, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, May 28: With dozens of nomination sets filed in his favour, Congress president Sitaram Kesri is trying to signal that he is in c...
Thu, May 29, 1997May 24, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, MAY 23: In the dog-eat-dog milieu that prevails today, Sumitra Gandhi Kulkarni, grand-daughter of Mahatma Gandhi, is pinning her...
Sat, May 24, 1997