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| The winner takes all |
| An effortless return to the Indira and Rajiv Gandhi era |
| The extent to which life can be cruel on the loser was best illustrated by the hapless Amar Singh imploring a TV anchor, “Don’t laugh at me.” The occasion was the Samajwadi Party’s gratuitous letter to the president of India offering “unconditional” ... |
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| Common ground |
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Sir — Ashok Mitra’s gift of being able to see beyond the surface of things is well reflected in his ... |
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| Right time |
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Sir — Two much-neglected public issues need immediate attention. ... |
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| Erratum |
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In “A different closeness” (May 23) by Somak Ghoshal, Sarbari Roy Choudhury’s sculpture, Gurudev ... |
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| LONG AND BIG |
| The term cabinet as it is used in politics is derived, according to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, from the sense of ...|
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| NATURAL DIVIDE |
| Whoever thought natural calamities united the people obviously did not think of West Bengal. Nothing happens in the state, it...|
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| Theatre of the absurd |
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The last week has produced some of the funniest, often absurd, talk shows anchored by India’s leading television personalitie... | Read.. |
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Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven nothing.
— GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
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| Heritage tour |
| Heritage tour
The burra sahebs and burra mems of British India left behind their culture when they... |
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| The seeker |
| When I was an undergraduate in Presidency College in the early 1970s... |
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