Has Akhilesh lost an opportunity to break away from the party’s old guard and power brokers? The jury is still out as the drama heads to a denouement
A seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court presides over a hearing that is potentially a ticking time-bomb
BY Uttam Sengupta 21 October 2016
Extending VIP security to individual citizens for a price is a questionable and subjective practice that needs an urgent review.
BY Uttam Sengupta 19 October 2016
Now that cow urine is costlier than both milk and petrol, isn't it time for the government to initiate a more scientific investigation?
BY Uttam Sengupta 17 October 2016
Disclosure by a single ‘Hyderabadi’ of undeclared income worth Rs 10,000 crore has not caused much of an outrage. But it has revived the debate on the desirability of releasing Income Tax data in the public domain.
BY Uttam Sengupta 14 October 2016
Victims of rapes and riots, murders or mayhem continue to be at the receiving end of a whimsical and irrational policy of relief and rehabilitation. Nor is such policy uniform.
BY Uttam Sengupta 13 October 2016
While Kanhaiya Kumar's memoir is eagerly awaited, an eminently readable novel based on life in JNU appears to have fallen off the radar.
BY Uttam Sengupta 12 October 2016
The one-man judicial commission trusted with an inquiry into Rohith Vemula's suicide shoots itself in the foot
BY Uttam Sengupta 11 October 2016
As a collection of Francois Mitterrand's love letters are about to hit the stand, a re-look at his torrid affair and literary flair
BY Uttam Sengupta 10 October 2016
Littering is a more complicated issue that requires much more than a quick-fix and deterrent punishment
BY Uttam Sengupta 6 October 2016
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