Son rises in UP
Rahul Gandhi took Uttar Pradesh by storm—and that’s the least of it. In a series of impressive roadshows, he used the largely issueless election to turn the spotlight on his family’s legacy. The more the Opposition parties railed against his so-called gaffes, the more they realised that he had, in fact, wrested the initiative from them. After the UP elections, Rahul is set to play a pan-India role with a position in the AICC.......MORE

 
 
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Taking the lid off FDI caps
US indictment betrays double-standards
Taking 'work' from 'thieves'
Breaking up at Alang
UP is going down
Communal CD
Army and elections: standing on the edge
Assam: ULFA upstaged
Bad conductor
Getting the drift
Monster.com poll: Money doesn’t talk
Masterful performance by Jeev
Outflanked by Incheon
Bird Boy

‘I write my paintings into existence’
Inkblots on the strategy
Saturn augurs well for Mayawati

 
H Y Sharada Prasad
A Nieman Fellow at Harvard, he served as information Advisor to Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. He was formerly a trustee of IGNCA and chairman of NID.
Syeda S Hameed
is a Member of the Planning Commission. She is the founder member of Muslim Women's Forum and a founder trustee of the Women's Initiative for Peace in South Asia.
Cmde C Uday Bhaskar 
is deputy director of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi.
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
a veteran journalist and commentator, is currently Director, School of Convergence, New Delhi.