India runs on Railways; so please be mindful Ms. Sonia Gandhi

Railways was in news for different reasons last week. It wasn’t rail-budget (that the NDA government did away with in 2017 after 92 years); any train accident or...

World Cup final: Greatest game ever? My foot!

Just think of the cricket stars who were there in the World Cup 2019.  I mean Tendulkars and Pontings; Akrams and Warnes; Kohlis and Roots; Williamsons and...

Karnataka now, MP and Rajasthan tomorrow; Who saves Congress?

Critics are bemused; fans dismayed as Congress gasp on a political ventilator. Vital organs (top leaders) and arteries (regional leaders) are giving up. Deep coma of a...

Porn is bigger than Amazon or Netflix and that’s a cause for worry

I recently did a piece in praise of India’s new Child Pornography Bill but the issue didn’t leave me and several related issues teased like a...

Is Indian media hand in gloves with Arvind Kejriwal?

Since our newspapers don’t ask a few simple questions to Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, could we the readers pose a few and then judge if the two could be...

Why Smriti Irani deserves our respect for Child Pornography Bill

Paedophilia, or to treat children as sex objects, is rampant around you and please don’t be disgusted by the suggestion.

Would Indian Express not mind a communal flare-up?

 On a day when every mainstream national daily has lauded the message of “peace and brotherhood” in the Shoba Yatra at Hauz Qazi to douse communal...