Close Encounters
01 Nov 2016
Politicians may have an axe to grind, but citizens should separate facts from rhetoric
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Karan Johar and Capt Boycott
28 Oct 2016
What does Karan Johar have in common with a 19th century Irish land agent?
When the tail wags the dog
26 Oct 2016
Large number of support cadres are strangling the armed forces instead of supporting them
Feeding the wrong dog will kill off Twitter
13 Oct 2016
Feeding abusive trolls instead of encouraging healthy debate will ultimately kill twitter
Aim before you shoot
10 Oct 2016
A military operation has tactical and strategic aims. What were the strategic aim of the strikes under UPA?
Another Wednesday
05 Oct 2016
On A Wednesday, a common man took on terrorists on celluloid. On another, the Indian Army took on many more in real life.
Jaane Mat Do Yaaron
27 Sep 2016
Time for media to cast aside a few black sheep who are giving the whole profession a bad name
There’s a time and place for evrything
21 Sep 2016
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Frequently and wrongly attributed to Sir Winston Churchill, this truism from George Santayana’s book The Life of Reason (1905) is relevant in view of the events of the past few days. The attack by Pakistan backed terrorists on an army camp in Uri, and the
13 Sep 2016
What are the options before the service chiefs in view of MoD overruling their reservations on the 7th Pay Commission anomalies?
Beyond the headlines
15 Aug 2016
In today’s milieu of crisp sound-bites, newsbreak a minute and short attention spans, the struggle to capture eyeballs and mind space of readers and viewers has become fiercely competitive. We, as consumers of news have become increasingly laid back and lazy, preferring our brains to be spoon-fed thoughts and ideas the anchors or journalists find