All That Matters | Sunday Special - Times of India

‘I have always signed Virbhadra, not Raja Virbhadra’

Sun, 17 Oct 2010 03:27:46 GMT

Virbhadra Singh has done politics for 49 years -- a five-term chief minister of Himachal Pradesh -- and has held various portfolios in the central government

'Indians and food? We don't know when to stop'

Sat, 09 Oct 2010 21:35:06 GMT

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar was once a chef in Bangkok. He is donning his apron for the small screen, starting Saturday, he talks food, fame and films.

See clearly, take off communal blinkers

Sat, 09 Oct 2010 21:27:46 GMT

The Ayodhya verdict is a done deed. Three courses of action are now open to the stake-holders. They can challenge it in the apex court, or accept it in its entirety without ado, or use it as a basis for a settlement that requires no more legal intervention.

The West must take long-term view of Pak

Sat, 09 Oct 2010 21:23:58 GMT

It is an ongoing tragedy for the people of Pakistan to be ruled by a military and political elite that feels little need to seek legitimacy from the people they rule.

'I don't take a break. We don't believe in holidays'

Sun, 03 Oct 2010 04:43:02 GMT

Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has spent five decades in parliament but won his first Lok Sabha election just six years ago. He talks of food inflation and his own retirement plans.

Ayodhya is religious, not political now

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 05:11:59 GMT

A minor footnote to the recent public discussions on the Ayodhya controversy may be an eye-opener for those who argue that India has "moved on".

Much good from a bad Games

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 05:11:55 GMT

Why have we become defeatists just because The Times of India has done such a brilliant job of exposing this strangely gut-wrenching but simultaneously hilarious loot of our wealth in the name of Commonwealth?

'Kashmiris speak of azadi passionately even in hospitals'

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 05:01:13 GMT

On Saturday, the government unveiled a package of measures for Kashmir. This was almost a direct response to the suggestions made earlier this week by an all-party delegation to the state. The delegation included CPM politburo member and Rajya Sabha MP Sitaram Yechury, who was one of five parliamentarians to meet separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani in Srinagar. Fluent in five languages besides his mother tongue Telugu, Yechury spoke to Geelani in "chaste Hyderabadi Urdu", he told Rakhi Chakrabarty. Excerpts:

The great Indian psychotherapy

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 04:21:25 GMT

Countless articles, books, thesis, papers and research reports have tried to answer the question, 'what is wrong with India ?'

'Even the upper middle class will have metro mindset by 2015'

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 23:43:34 GMT

Elattuvalapil Sreedharan, known as the 'metro man' of India, has built the Delhi and Kolkata Metros and the Konkan Railway. But the man who achieved such marvels is no techie and doesn't even carry a mobile phone.

Global tenders for govt procurement, please

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 20:05:50 GMT

To project jobs, Ohio Governor Strickland has banned outsourcing by companies getting state government funds. This has raised a storm of protest in India, but it's a storm in a tea cup. Our IT exports to the US federal and state governments are very modest.

Memo to PM: Ego is unflattering

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 20:04:43 GMT

Could it possibly be true? Has Manmohan Singh begun to believe what some admirers have started to suggest with incremental passion, that he is India's best-ever Prime Minister? The answer must be no. He is clearly not self-delusional.

Inhumanity, a trait Churchill shared with Mao

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 20:03:25 GMT

History, it is said, is written by victors. Occasionally, it is also rewritten by historians. Publication last month of two books has fuelled a revisionist reassessment of two towering figures of the 20th century, men who contributed immeasurably towards shaping the contemporary world: Winston Churchill and Mao Zedong.

'Punjab's farmers could grow crops on the moon, if needed’

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 19:59:03 GMT

He served four terms as sarpanch of his village. Today, Parkash Singh Badal is serving his fourth term as chief minister of Punjab. A sprightly 83, Badal tells Divya A about his daily 90 minutes on the treadmill, a job that keeps him going and his weakness for caramel custard.

Loos, lies, politics: Memoirs matter

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:43:45 GMT

Indian politicians do not, in general, cash in their experience of power using the written word. There are exceptions - most recently, Somnath Chatterji and L K Advani two years ago.

'Biharis now see night shows, unthinkable in Lalu's jungle raj'

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:33:13 GMT

Bihar has its own Modi, who is deputy chief minister and BJP leader. He has been part of a coalition government that has been praised for its governance of one of India's most backward states. Is that enough to secure a second term in office?

Why praise jugaad? It's bleeding us

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:59:17 GMT

Even the most passionate upholders of 'national pride' don't deny that the arrangements for October's Commonwealth Games are in a mess. Some feel that the chaos will persist till the closing ceremony and puncture India's pretensions of being perceived as a rising power.

Crown prince Rahul cannily turns left

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:58:46 GMT

Has Rahul Gandhi launched a campaign against Congress? More precisely, has the heir presumptive, affectionately dubbed a modern Lord Krishna by his more fervent fans, begun to undermine the Congress establishment, at the pinnacle of which sits Manmohan Singh and his home minister P Chidambaram?

Let's not confuse entitlements with rights

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:52:01 GMT

Politicians and activists constantly propose new rights — the right to work, to education, and now to food. The word "rights" is being twisted to mean entitlements, and there is a big difference.