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Pankaj Vohra

Youth, democracy have won Kashmir

Omar Abdullah’s elevation marks the change of guard in the state. This could be a precursor to a similar development at the national level, writes Pankaj Vohra.

Rajdeep Sardesai

Something’s got to give

For those who had been affected by Partition, the love-hate relationship with the ‘other side’ was connected with their collective memories of childhood. Rajdeep Sardesai elaborates.

No build-up of troops on border: Indian Army

The visible hand

I have little sympathy for the lament I hear from my leisure-class friends in Delhi about how life is hard in the age of inflation, writes Kaushik Basu.

Whilst elsewhere in India elections provided a safety valve to ventilate anger, in Kashmir they became a means of denying freedom and subjecting the people to unrepresentative rule, writes Karan Thapar.

Vir Sanghvi

Deal or No Deal?

For Dr Manmohan Singh, the deal is not about America or about military might. It is about energy for India's development needs, writes Vir Sanghvi.

N-deal: Government is in ICU, says LK Advani

Barkha Dutt

Not caste in stone

Indians seem to react to Mayawati in only two kinds of ways: either with odious prejudice or with irrational reverence, writes Barkha Dutt.

Don't call me prince, says Rahul

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