Agent Provocateur

The other India: Hungry. Homeless. Pauperised. Marginalised. Sonia promises nuclear energy for all! Addressing a large public rally — horde...

It's the PM's commitment; where does India fit into it? Not nuclear empowerment, but bondage Ever since the Left broke ranks with t...

An enraged Prakash Karat declares war on Congress... ... But he has only himself to blame Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan, I am sure, can’t stop t...

Indo-Caribbean culture and politics in Trinidad The distance that ‘East Indians’ — men and women from what is known as the Bhojpur region, a...

Darjeeling must remain with West Bengal In the summer of 1966, Hope Cooke, the American socialite-turned-Gyalmo, or Queen Consort of the ill...

This isn’t about India’s interest! Strolling along a flagstoned Byzantine lane in the Arab quarter of the walled city of Jerusalem near the ...

A supplicant in the court of George W Bush The Prime Minister, by all available accounts, is in high dudgeon. Having promised the Americans...

Sea of Poppies, the latest novel by Amitav Ghosh based on the cultivation of poppy along the Ganga in the Bhojpur region to feed East India ...

Pak One blew up with him, US Ambassador Raphel and eight Pakistani Generals Who killed Gen Zia? General Zia-ul-Haq, military dictator of Pa...

Church of St Francis The burden of Goa's past Goa is dotted with charming little grottos dedicated to Mary and her son, shaded by ancie...

Recall how Zia made his exit! Mush should fear exploding mangoes News from Pakistan provides the much-needed levity in these otherwise drear...

Hyderabad bombing: Killed by Islamists but Muslims won't admit it! Islam’s enemy within At a recent conference on radical Islam, attende...