Sidharth Bhatia

Jan 27, 2011
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The writer is a senior journalist and commentator on current affairs based in Mumbai

India needs the Left

By all accounts, the ruling Left Front will come back to power in Tripura after the elections. It has been ruling the state for 20 years and continues to hold sway. This is good news for the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the chief constituent of the Front.

2 more in UPA quiver

For the past several years, the Bharatiya Janata Party had been taunting the United Progressive Alliance government for taking a “soft approach” towards terror. Soft approach was the code word for not taking a more belligerent attitude towards Pakistan as the National Democratic Alliance did during 2001-02 when Indian troops moved to the border in a fighting position immediately after the attack on Parliament in Delhi.

BJP’s existential crisis

Hindutva or governance? Ram Mandir or corruption? Narendra Modi as prime ministerial candidate or not? The internal debates of the Bharatiya Janata Party as it gets ready for the 2014 general election are being played out in the open.

The Oscar goes to... American delusion

The announcement of the Oscar nominations this year has excited us here in India, even though no film even made it to the shortlist. Every year, there is a lot of excitement, helped along by efficient PR departments about which film is going to be “India’s entry for the Oscars”.

The Oscar goes to... American delusion

The announcement of the Oscar nominations this year has excited us here in India, even though no film even made it to the shortlist. Every year, there is a lot of excitement, helped along by efficient PR departments about which film is going to be “India’s entry for the Oscars”.

India vs Bharat

There is India and there is Bharat. How often have we been told that? RSS chieftain Mohan Bhagwat is only the latest in a long line of people who have trotted out this theory.

Our shame & prejudice

A nation grieves over the brutal death of a young girl, gangraped and killed in a most savage fashion.

Modi not the magic potion BJP needs

Statistics can be sliced and diced in several ways.

Who’s afraid of FDI?

Last week, the members of Parliament, especially from the Opposition who attacked the government for its decision to invite foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail, kept on invoking the names of Tesco, Carrefour and the dreaded Walmart.

Bombay to Mumbai

In less than two weeks or so from now, Mumbai will be observing a grisly anniversary, the 20th anniversary of the worst riots to hit the city in living memory.

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