"JNU has to be No.1 within the country"
There are a lot many things that have not changed in JNU but some things have changed. The open culture of JNU, space for everybody to express viewpoints and interactions have continued over years.
Flashbacks from JNU
Having spent over four decades of my life in an unbroken stint of service at JNU, I find it impossible to be objective about the place where I have experienced ecstasy – most of the time – and suffered rare fleeting moments of agony – mostly towards the end.
The Descendants
In October last year, the Mumbai movie industry was witness to an interesting sideshow. Voluble adman Prahlad Kakkar, speaking on a panel at the 2011 Mumbai Film Festival, dubbed Bollywood a "pop and mom shopâ€. Tongue firmly in cheek, he quipped: "Abhishek Bachchan has delivered 17 flops in a row but he is still going strong. He is unique – he should be in the Guinness Book of World Records.â€
All in the family
An ambitious son-in-law, a loving pampered daughter, a flamboyant son and a favourite nephew who is turning out to be errant. The Hindu Undivided Family is well and truly flourishing – and going places. If it comes at the cost of the state's exchequer, then be it so.
Pilgrim's progress
The Haj is an opportunity of a lifetime. In this exclusive account from Mecca, TSI's Nadeem Ahmed tells the moving story of a journey he had until now only dreamt of
Haj, the fifth pillar of Islam
A brief history of the largest pilgrimage in the world
Aakhree Raasta
When plunder and corruption are rampant, when rulers are brazen and arrogant and when institutions decompose and decay rather than stay vibrant, the yearning for a messiah like figure often becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. Desperation leads to fantasy riddled bouts of sado-masochism. When you become totally convinced that those in power are determined to shield the crooks, vigilante justice becomes a mournful, angry and yet thundering ululation of empowerment.
A one man opposition
There has been some criticism that India Against Corruption (IAC) is not taking things to its logical conclusion. But the criticism is based on the assumption that the system is perfect and that we will be allowed to take things to its logical conclusion. But you and I both know that the system is flawed.
‘Should we allow India to collapse under the weight of the political mafia’?
Should you just let the system run as it is, let racketeers and the mafia have a free run of the country until we reach a stage of chaos, anarchy, civil war and breakdown? I think the dirt that has deeply crept into our body politic has to be fought and believe me the only way to do it is through a political party.
‘I, George, Atal and Biju ate tiffin together’
The commonality between me and George Fernandes is the fact that we both were trade union leaders with Socialist leanings. We both had to pay a price for opposing Mrs Indira Gandhi when she started behaving like a dictator.
'Nitish, Sharad have ditched George saheb'
Jaya Jaitly has been one of George Fernandes's closest aides for many years. She has been with him through thick and thin, but just when he needs her most, she was denied access. In this exclusive and wide ranging interview, she bares her heart out to Onkareshwar Pandey, the trials and tribulations and her attempts to 'rescue' George from his comatose existence
Rebel without a pause
In a quiet house in south Delhi's Panchsheel Enclave, aptly christened Shanti Nivas, a piece of modern India lives on.
Who holds the aces: Rahul or Modi?
It is the race of a lifetime. Who is most likely to be the Prime Minister of India in 2014? That is the billion rupee question that this issue of TSI seeks to answer.
The Candidate
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi plays the crowd like a piano. He is a master of crowd management, a theatrical Pied Piper mesmerising people with his studied gait, rasping voice and careful weaving of oratory with provocative statements, and made-to-order pauses.
Awaiting the son rise
For the Nehru-Gandhis, to enter national politics and immediately establish their suzerainty is but a natural sequence of events.
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
