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All that Kisan Baburam alias Anna Hazare who went on the fast had was moral authority. He holds no office. He undertook a fast-unto-death to force the government to concede the drafting of a bill that would create a watchdog that would make people in high places accountable. Veteran journalist MAHENDRA VED profiles the man of the moment
  • Mao Tse-tung used to say: ‘signal right and turn left’. This was the Chinese leader’s mantra to mislead his opponents and critics. He used this instrument....

  • Political commentators and news casters had built up considerable hype around the Gujarat assembly elections held in December. They had proclaimed that...

  • As time moves inexorably towards the next Lok Sabha elections, the Manmohan Singh government continues to face the grave charge that it is a failed one. ...

  • Aman is known by the company he keeps. Similarly, a captain of a ship is better known by his team. In the case of Rajnath Singh, the imprint of his...

  • Lok Sabha elections in 2014 are going to be a great test for our maturing democracy. Although the whole of India will decide the shape of the government after the...

  • “I had to be careful to ensure that I do not do anything wrong (in the budget)” confessed a candid Finance Minister P. Chidambaram to ET news channel. Any analysis and criticism...

  • Whatever may be the cause of unnatural death of SFI leader Sudipta Gupta, it...

  • Of some seven billion people inhabiting the world today, more than 330 million Americans own 300 million firearms and guns of wide varieties...

  • Lahore 28 October 1951- Manto had said about himself at a gathering “Main chalta phirta Bombai hoon”-- Bombay is in my veins. This statement...

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