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November 06, 2009
B Raman
Heightened alert needed on 26/11 anniversary
While security agencies have been able to prevent any major terror strikes since the Mumbai attacks last November, we should not lower our guard, writes security expert B Raman.

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November 05, 2009
Mohammad Sajjad: One song cannot make or mar the future of a nation
Mahesh Vijapurkar: The stench of money in politics
November 03, 2009
A K Verma: Talks with Pak will only end in frustration
Harsh V Pant: Why India needs to crush the Maoist insurgency
Prasanna D Zore: Why the Thackeray cousins love the media
P V Ramanna: Dealing with Maoists: Pragmatism setting in
November 02, 2009
T V R Shenoy: Will the glitter of a Nobel outshine common sense?
October 28, 2009
Mahesh Vijapurkar: The dangers of dynastic politics in Maharashtra
October 26, 2009
B Raman: Will India ask the Dalai Lama to postpone Tawang visit?
Praful Bidwai: Bt brinjal, a step towards disaster
T V R Shenoy: Can the BJP-Sena get their act together?
October 26, 2009
B Raman: Will India ask the Dalai Lama to postpone Tawang visit?
Praful Bidwai: Bt brinjal, a step towards disaster
T V R Shenoy: Can the BJP-Sena get their act together?
October 21, 2009
Straws in the wind from China
October 15, 2009
Vivek Gumaste: Why India should rake up the Tibet issue
October 14, 2009
Mahesh Vijapurkar: Why does Mumbai refuse to vote?
B Raman: How to counter China on Arunachal Pradesh
October 13, 2009
T V R Shenoy: After today's polls, watch out for Bengal next!
Harsh V Pant: India must deploy troops in Afghanistan
October 12, 2009
Rup Narayan Das: India-Russia ties - Calibrating a fine balance
October 09, 2009
M K Bhadrakumar: Why India's diplomacy is in disarray
October 08, 2009
Brahma Chellaney: To China's delight, India reins in its media
October 07, 2009
Mahesh Vijapurkar: A constable's perspective of politicians
Neerja Chowdhury: Will our democracy be limited to 500 families?
October 06, 2009
B S Prakash: Obama and your grandmother
September 25, 2009
Anil A Athale: Why India needs nuclear weapons
S K Chatterjee: Essential to strengthen India's nuclear deterrence
September 24, 2009
D S Rajan: China worried over US-India military cooperation
T V R Shenoy: Why Maharashtra is going back to the 18th century
Brahma Chellaney: Why peace seems elusive in Sri Lanka
September 23, 2009
Mahesh Vijapurkar: Why seat sharing and nominations take time
September 22, 2009
Anil A Athale: Emerging India - Insecure and unsafe
A Gopalakrishnana: Thermonuclear fizzle - India needs to test again
Kanchan Gupta: Twittering about Shashi's tweet
September 18, 2009
Prem Panicker: Holy cow! Congress and the power of 71 characters
Praful Bidwai: How many bombs does India need?
September 17, 2009
B Raman: Why Santhanam's Pokhran revelations are too late
Sanjeev Nayyar: So who was really responsible for Partition?
September 16, 2009
Sheela Bhatt: Politicians care a damn about our money
Mahesh Vijapurkar: Maharashtra poll- Trying times for troubled allies
B Raman: Why Barack Obama won't meet the Dalai Lama
M K Bhadrakumar: Hypocrisy of the 'austerity drive' must stop Now!
September 15, 2009
Vivek Gumaste: Are Nepal's Maoists a threat to India?
September 10, 2009
T V R Shenoy: Why the hurry in Andhra Pradesh?
B Raman: Chinese military unhappy with Indian media
September 09, 2009
Mahesh Vijapurkar: A penchant for pelf and ostentation
September 08, 2009
B Raman: The danger of the India-China hysteria
Kanchan Gupta: Advani, the lion in winter
September 07, 2009
Brahma Chellaney: Why India is Clueless about China
August 31, 2009
T P Sreenivasan: How Santy's Bombshell will impact India
Mahesh Vijapurkar: Why Mumbai needs to look outwards
August 31, 2009
L V Krishnan: Why Pokhran yield does matter now
B Raman: What regime change in Japan means for India
M K Bhadrakumar: US shouldn't manipulate Karzai's ouster
Vivek Gumaste: Does it matter if Advani knew or not?
Brahma Chellaney: India, a reluctant and tentative nuclear power
August 28, 2009
Anupam Trivedi: UPA's 100 days and a 100 lies later...
B Raman: China's growing role in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
August 25, 2009
Harsh V Pant: Why we should heed navy chief's warning on China
Mahesh Vijapurkar: We need a drinking water security act
August 25, 2009
Vivek Gumaste: Jaswant Singh's expulsion: Why the BJP was right
August 21, 2009
Tarun Vijay: Why India needs the BJP
T P SReenivasan: The US may have no nuclear trade with India
August 19, 2009
Dr Shanthie Mariet D'Souza: Afghan polls: Democracy in difficult times
Mahesh Vijapurkar: Civic irresponsibility and scandals
August 18, 2009
Pramod Kumar Buravalli: Affirmative action more important than the Arihant
August 17, 2009
Ajit Balakrishnan: Have we really stepped out from the old to the new?
August 14, 2009
Dr Sandeep Pandey: A long wait for Independence
August 13, 2009
Mahesh Vijapurkar: The flu, the scare and the confusion
August 12, 2009
Kanwal Sibal: Talks with China head nowhere
August 11, 2009
Gopal Krishna: Not enough teeth in Green Tribunal Bill
August 10, 2009
B Raman: Border talks: Mixed signals from China
Hamid Mir: Pakistan doesn't need secret deals with militants
August 07, 2009
B Raman: Obama's new nuanced counter-terrorism policy
L K Advani: Cultural nationalism is not anti-Muslim
August 05, 2009
Mahesh Vijapurkar: Why Indians need to get angry
August 04, 2009
Vivek Gumaste: Why not a military option against Pakistan?
M P Anil Kumar: How the govt can reform the defence set-up
August 03, 2009
Praful Bidwai: Sinking billions into nuclear weapons
B Raman: Is Myanmar acquiring nuclear weapons?
July 31, 2009
Mohan Guruswamy: Let's talk about Baluchistan
July 30, 2009
B raman: Will the prime minister emulate Reagan?
Praful Bidwai: Indo-Pak dialogue: Reckless gamble or cautious first step?
Dr Sandeep Pandey: Dr Singh breaks new path in Indo-Pak relations
July 29, 2009
Sanjeev Nayyar: Why the Thackeray cousins must unite
Mahesh Vijapurkar: Mumbai's neglect of slums
B S Prakash: Can you be greedy and good?
Basharat Peer: Why 'Kashmir's Obama' failed his state
July 28, 2009
Vikram Sood: India scoring own goals against Pakistan
Mohan Guruswamy: Call for Pashtun nation is not far away
July 23, 2009
Sadanand Menon: Balance sheet of our musical wealth seems in peril
July 23, 2009
B Raman: No harm in talking to the ISI
July 22, 2009
T P Sreenivasan: Hillary sets up camp right on track
July 21, 2009
T V R Shenoy: The maladministration of Kerala
July 20, 2009
T P Sreenivasan: Good intention, bad drafting
B Raman: India unwitting party to demonising Balochistan
July 17, 2009
B Raman: Indo-Pak statement lets down the martyrs of 26/11
Vivek Gumaste: Why Kashmir has no case for self-determination
July 15, 2009
Mahesh Vijapurkar: Dry or wet? Gujarat's prohibition conundrum
July 14, 2009
T V R Shenoy: Can the PM do what he wants?
July 10, 2009
M P Anil Kumar: Let's develop a military space programme
Vivek Gumaste: BJP and resurgent India: Are they incompatible?
Dr Devdutt Pattanaik :Baba Ramdev is wrong, homosexuality is no disease
July 09, 2009
Mahesh Vijapurkar: Why outcomes and not govt spending are important
July 08, 2009
T V R Shenoy: Have authorities in Bengal taken leave of their senses?
B Raman: Urumqi riots force Hu Jintao to cancel G-8 trip
July 07, 2009
B Raman: What led to China's worst ethnic flare up
July 02, 2009
M P Anil Kumar: Star trek of the hare and the tortoise
July 01, 2009
B S Raghavan: An Aam Aadmi's letter to the PM
B Raman: Why the Pakistan Army is struggling against the Taliban
Mahesh Vijapurkar: The rot in our jail system
June 29, 2009
B Raman: The BBC's unlikely story on 26/11
Sushant Sareen: View: Why dialogue with Pakistan is futile
June 26, 2009
B Raman: Why the US and Pak Army want Baitullah Mehsud
June 25, 2009
Mahesh Vijapurkar: Footpaths are for walking only
Bharat Verma: The three dangers that India faces
June 24, 2009
B Raman: How to counter the Maoists
June 22, 2009
Hamid Mir: Double games don't work in Pakistan
June 17, 2009
T P Sreenivasan: 'Pakistan will project it as a diplomatic victory'
T V R Shenoy: What exactly is 'Hindu nationalist' about the BJP?
Nazarwala: What is Mayawati up to?
June 15, 2009
B Raman: Foreign policy priorities for the new government
June 12, 2009
B S Prakash: What tweets tell us about the human condition
June 11, 2009
Kanchan Gupta: The knives are out in the BJP
June 10, 2009
Mahesh Vijapurkar: Of patronage and failed civic governance
June 08, 2009
T P Sreenivasan: 5 days away from the news cycle
T V R Shenoy: India has moved on, her leaders have not
June 05, 2009
T P Sreenivasan: If only a fine speech could help!
Gopal Krishna: Five things the environment minister must do
June 04, 2009
Colonel Anil Athale (retd): Is it the end of the LTTE?
Nazarwala: Congress's secret weapon in UP
June 03, 2009
Mahesh Vijaurkar: Politics -- now a closed, charmed circle
Indrani Roy Mitra: Cyclone Alia exposes Left
June 02, 2009
T V R Shenoy: The muddle of the govt's portfolios
B Raman: Saeed's release: Fresh oxygen for the LeT
May 29, 2009
Nazarwala: BJP lags behind, but Rajnath races ahead
B Raman: Why the Taliban is attacking the ISI
B S Prakash: Brazil: Pele, Ronaldinho, Samba
May 28, 2009
Mahesh Vijapurkar: The signs of change in Bihar
Colonel Anil A Athale (retd): Why security must top the government's agenda
T P Sreenivasan: India-US - Hazardous days ahead
May 27, 2009
B Raman: What's common to terror attacks in India and Pak
May 26, 2009
T V R Shenoy: First days of our new government: A reality check
Gurmeet Kanwal: UPA must move quick on national security
A K Bhattacharya: PM has opportunity to improve quality of governance
May 25, 2009
Latha Jishnu: The Binayak Sen factor
B S Raghavan: The DMK overplayed its hand
May 24, 2009
Mahinda Rajapaksa: Global leaders advised us against fighting LTTE
May 23, 2009
Tarun Vijay: Isn't India greater than us all?
Praful Bidwai: Aam Aadmi please, not India Inc
May 22, 2009
Sheela Bhatt: A New Congress for New India
T V R Shenoy: The time for excuses is over, Mr Prime Minister
A Ganesh Nadar: For god's sake, this is not Karunanidhi's govt!
May 19, 2009
Ganesh Nadar :The day I met Prabhakaran
M K Bhadrakumar: Blood on our hands, but this too shall pass
May 18, 2009
B Raman: LTTE may be defeated, but India must be careful
Sanjaya Baru: Re-centering the Congress Party
May 17, 2009
Saisuresh Sivaswamy: A vote for a new dawn
Mahesh Vijapurkar: Telecast news just twice a day
Rajeev Srinivasan: After the counting and other stories
Chandrima Pal: Why PM must send Anees Bazmi flowers
B Raman: Shock & awe on Hindutva Web sites
May 16, 2009
T P Sreenivasan: Shashi Tharoor makes history
Indrani Roy Mitra: Fissures in CPI-M over poll debacle?
B Raman: The Lessons of Election 2009
Sheela Bhatt: A thoughtful verdict for stability
May 15, 2009
T V R Shenoy: How the Left could veer to the Congress
May 14, 2009
Mahesh Vijapurkar: Not political spokespersons, only spinmeisters!
Sheela Bhatt: Why is Dr Singh smiling?
May 13, 2009
Col A Sridharan VSM (retd): Have we forgotten Kargil already?
Aravind Adiga: A head start for India's next prime minister
Indrani Roy Mitra: Is Mamata Banerjee the change Bengal seeks?
Nazarwala: Mayawati will be shocked on May 16
May 12, 2009
B Raman: TN politicians don't care about Sri Lankan Tamils
May 09, 2009
Lieutenant Colonel Vijay A Mittal (retd): Pakistan's military, mullah, ISI mix
May 08, 2009
Mahesh Vijapurkar: The disconnect between urban and rural schools
May 07, 2009
Himanshu Thakkar: On water issues, the UPA has failed us
May 06, 2009
Francois Gautier: The Kafkaesque streak in Indian politics
T V R Shenoy: Will we see a return to revolving-door ministries?
May 05, 2009
Sheela Bhatt: The day Rahul moved centre-stage
B Raman: Can India get back funds in tax havens?
Nazarwala: Heartland trio puts up 'No Entry' sign for Mayawati
May 04, 2009
Dr S Chandrasekharan: Nepal is at war with itself
Rajeev Srinivasan: Endgame and tragedy in Sri Lanka
May 02, 2009
Praful Bidwai :BJP succumbs to Moditva
May 01, 2009
B Raman: Can terrorirsts get hold of Pakistan's nukes?
April 30, 2009
T V R Shenoy: AP, Orissa, TN hold the key to Congress fortunes
April 29, 2009
Sheela Bhatt: The CBI is a habitual offender
April 28, 2009
Colonel (Dr) Anil Athale (retd): Implications of Talibanised Pakistan for India
April 25, 2009
Latha Jishnu: View: A safe little back door to power
April 24, 2009
Sheela Bhatt: By default, the BJP gains ground
Colonel (Dr) Anil Athale (retd): Taliban takeover of Pak is inevitable, imminent
April 23, 2009
Mahesh Vijapurkar: The shoes are a-raining! And how!
April 21, 2009
B Raman: On fighting terror, Cong and BJP have poor records
Nazarwala: UP Muslims seek protection against BJP
April 18, 2009
T N Ninan: Let's have sharper debates
Sunil Sethi: Dilemma of the Delhi voter
April 17, 2009
Praful Bidwai: Does the Third Front have a future?
April 16, 2009
Mahesh Vijapurkar: Why Dr Singh and Advani need to talk
April 15, 2009
Shreekant Sambrani: Why Polls 2009 could be the Jaya and Maya show
M P Anil Kumar: How we can reform the politician
April 14, 2009
Sheela Bhatt: Election 2009 seems like 543 mini elections
T V R Shenoy: Why we should fear the Samajwadi Party
B S Raghavan: Why did Holbrooke visit India on poll eve?
April 13, 2009
Rajeev Srinivasan: My dilemma with Shashi Tharoor
April 10, 2009
Why politicians get richer after every term
April 09, 2009
T V R Shenoy: The drift and decline of the Left
Kanchan Gupta: Why we should fear the Talibani mindset
April 06, 2009
Rajeev Srinivasan: Triage: A winning strategy for the BJP
April 06, 2009
Nazarwala: Maya, Mulayam battle for the Muslim vote
Praful Bidwai: Sanjay Gandhi is reborn in the BJP
April 02, 2009
Amulya Ganguli: Why Varun Gandhi's voice may be stilled
April 01, 2009
Dr Sandeep Pandey: What do Varun Gandhi's pronouncements mean?
T V R Shenoy: Why varun and why not Geelani?
Jyoti Malhotra: The BJP's dilemma over Varun Gandhi
March 31, 2009
Bhavdeep Kang: Why UPA's farm policy won't win votes
B Raman: US Af-Pak policy: Bush wine in Obama bottle
March 30, 2009
Gurmeet Kanwal: Pakistan: On the brink again
B Raman: US Af-Pak policy: Bush wine in Obama bottle
March 27, 2009
Praful Bidwai: View - The shifting logic of poll alliances
Tarun Vijay: Family legacy and the Varun effect
Nazarwala: Figuring out Arun Jaitley's googly
March 25, 2009
B Raman: The ploy behind the Kupwara encounter
Colonel Dr Anil Athale (retd): Terrorism: Are infantry commandos the answer?
Sudheendra Kulkarni: Six reasons why Congress will lose Election 2009
Rajeev Srinivasan: UPA will cost India economic superstardom
Arvind Subramanian: The tantalising promise of the next election
March 24, 2009
T V R Shenoy: The CPM's duplicity in Kerala
T P Sreenivasan: Limited choice for next IAEA chief
March 23, 2009
B Raman: What the CIA chief's visit to India, Pak means
Praful Bidwai: Impressive victory of people's power in Pakistan
Seema Mustafa: Why India needs its regional parties
March 18, 2009
Harsh V Pant: India's new-found irrelevance in US policy
Mahesh Vijapurkar: What choices does a voter have?
March 17, 2009
T V R Shenoy: The illusion that is the Third Front
March 16, 2009
Dr Sandeep Pandey: The Taliban is not only Pakistan's problem
March 12, 2009
Mahesh Vijapurkar: The BJP should drop its alliance with Shiv Sena
Yoginder Sikand: Madhyamam - A Muslim media success story
March 10, 2009
Rajeev Srinivasan: Not cricket, just the ISI gaining strategic depth
Harsh Pant: Is India ready for Pakistan's coming collapse?
March 09, 2009
B Raman: IPL is not about national pride
Tarun Vijay: Elect those who choose India as life-force
Aditi Phadnis: Is BJP's 'muscular' foreign policy the answer?
T V R Shenoy: Why regional leaders will decide Delhi's rulers
Colonel Dr Anil Athale (retd): President Obama's challenges in AfPak
March 07, 2009
Ram Madhav: Rogue Pakistan's biggest victim is India
Rajeev Srinivasan: The end of the immigration boom
March 06, 2009
Praful Bidwai: The final wake-up call for Pakistan
Wilson John: Pakistan: After Lahore attack, Zardari's exit is certain
B Raman: Are Pakistan's nukes safe from the jihadis?
March 04, 2009
Ameen Izzadeen: Lankan view: Why the Lahore attack hurt
T V R Shenoy: Let the seat-sharing squabbles begin
B Raman: Key questions on Lahore attack answered
March 02, 2009
Analysis: Parties jostle for election allies and issues
February 27, 2009
Francois Gautier: 26/11 - A Taj survivor's untold story
Pramod Kumar Buravalli: How India can hasten its climb as a superpower
February 26, 2009
B Raman:Trouble brews for India in East
February 25, 2009
Bharat Verma: The Taliban must be contained & destroyed within Pakistan
February 23, 2009
Sreenath Sreenivasa: Just why am I a champion of Slumdog?
February 20, 2009
Wilson John: Afghan troop surge: Good, but not enough
Praful Bidwai: Why we will have a free-for-all election
Claude Arpi: Why China could have a difficult 2009
February 19, 2009
Colonel Anil A Athale (retd): Barbarians at the gate, are we ready?
February 18, 2009
Praful Bidwai: Talibanisation could soon devour Pakistan
Tunku Varadarajan: Obama should visit India -- soon
February 16, 2009
T P Sreenivasan: Slumdog -'Poverty porn at its worst'
February 13, 2009
B Raman: How India should respond to Pakistan's volte-face
Lieutenant General Ashok Joshi (retd): Trying Ajmal in India is not a good idea
Kaustav Dhar Chakrabarti: Taliban spreads into Pakistan's heart
M R Venkatesh: How the UPA devalues democracy
February 12, 2009
Gurmeet Kanwal: Defence R&D- What India needs to do
February 11, 2009
Hamid Mir in Islamabad: In Swat, Pakistan army faces 1971-like situation
B Raman: Al Qaeda threat - Questions without answers
February 10, 2009
M K Bhadra Kumar: Pakistan resurrects an Al Qaeda ghost
T V R Shenoy: What exactly does Prakash Karat stand for?
B S Prakash: Is hard work worth it?
February 05, 2009
Nazarwala: Dame Luck favours Dumb Congress in UP
February 04, 2009
B Raman: Why the LTTE hates Sonia Gandhi
T V R Shenoy: Lok Sabha is not the place for local politics
February 03, 2009
T P Sreenivasan: Kudos to the 2 scientists who made India proud
February 02, 2009
B S Raghavan: Unfair to impute motives to CEC
M R Venkatesh: Why New Delhi fiddles when Lanka burns
Tarun Vijay: Why are women always the target?
January 27, 2009
T V R Shenoy: What business as usual means in India
January 23, 2009
B S Raghavan: Why Obama must deliver fast
January 21, 2009
Girish Rishi: Obama should carry on Bush's India policy
B Raman: Why Miliband tried to rationalise Mumbai attack
January 20, 2009
Colonel Anil Athale (retired): British kite-flying on Kashmir
January 19, 2009
Rajeev Srinivasan: Why I am not a fan of Obama
T V R Shenoy: Why wasn't anyone listening to Metroman Sreedharan?
C Uday Bhaskar: Obama and hope: Some personal observations
January 16, 2009
Praful Bidwai: Indian capitalism has always had a criminal side
January 14, 2009
B Raman: Terrorists' latest choice:
Nazarwala: How Behenji became Madame Mayawati
January 12, 2009
B Raman: Few takers for India's anti-ISI
B S Prakash: Can BRIC save the world?
January 09, 2009
Nazarwala: UP could well be the BJP's Waterloo
January 08, 2009
T V R Shenoy: The depths Indian democracy has fallen to
January 06, 2009
T V R Shenoy: Cong may be repeating BJP error of 2003
Vaihayasi P Daniel: Mumbai faces a war without frontiers
January 03, 2009
Jugnu Mohsin: How Ajmal Kasab took to radical Islam
Srikanth Kondapalli: China mediating between India and Pakistan?
January 02, 2009
B Raman: The end of Prabhakaran?
Nazarwalla: Beware of Mayawati and her Navratnas
B Raman: Let us emulate Israel this year
January 01, 2009
B S Raghavan: Perk up, the best is yet to be!
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