New Delhi, June 18 -- A wrecking ball is being taken to the basic structure of electoral democracy in India. We have shamelessly crossed over to the dark side with many elected MPs acting in ways that... Read More
New Delhi, June 18 -- Bourgeois democracy, which is a democracy of political parties and the only kind of "working democracy" we have known until now, entails active politics for a very small percenta... Read More
New Delhi, June 18 -- Almostafortnightago, an emailarrived. It wasinGmail,through which I had startedmy Twitter account (@autumnshade)back in 2007, and it said that theaccount-linkedemail addresshad b... Read More
New Delhi, June 18 -- Abdus Salam was born on January 29, 1926, and died on November 21, 1996. The month of June is particularly significant in understanding his legacy. On June 9, 1968, he officially... Read More
New Delhi, June 17 -- In this episode of Frontline Conversations, MLA Sheikh Khursheed and Abrar Rashid, brother and son of MP Engineer Rashid respectively, speak about the personal and political fall... Read More
New Delhi, June 17 -- A recent meeting of the INDIA bloc was held at Delhi's Constitution Club, bringing together representatives of 23 political parties. The gathering aimed to highlight what opposit... Read More
New Delhi, June 17 -- Imtiaz Ali's Main Vaapas Aaunga (I Will Return) offers a timely and thoughtful counter to the spate of hyper-jingoistic films currently flooding Bollywood. When history's borders... Read More
New Delhi, June 17 -- THE British author Terry Pratchett writes in his Unseen Academicals : "The thing about football-the important thing about football-is that it is not just about football." And so ... Read More
New Delhi, June 17 -- IN the year 2009, a slightly built 17-year-old Brazilian lad flitted about the football field like a bird and scored a breathtaking goal that immediately marked him for greatness... Read More
New Delhi, June 17 -- EVEN as the attention of the whole world was focussed on the FIFA World Cup being played in Brazil, a country considered to be the Mecca of football, thousands of Brazilians from... Read More