Within hours of Kumble announcing his retirement, Mahendra Singh Dhoni was appointed the captain of the Indian Test team. He is now the captain of the team in all the three versions of the game. He is also the captain of the IPL Chennai Super Kings Team.

Laloo Prasad Yadav is a very lucky man. Just before the Lok Sabha elections he has, most unexpectedly, found a valuable friend. Raj Thackeray, the petty chieftain of the MNS, the violent and always-threatening self-styled spokesman of the 'Marathi manoos'

Obama's victory on November 04, 2008, has fired the imagination of a lot of Indians. Many believe that India too needs an Obama to shake things up like they never have been, and are scouring the political landscape to see if they can locate a desi version

"Obama will give India top billing." This is the headline that a section of India's English media ran repeatedly for more than a day. Reason for the panic? After being elected President, Barack Obama spoke to 15 world leaders, but not India's PM...

The US Presidential elections have thrown up a couple of significant aspects of governance and leadership that have escaped the attention of most in India. Whether the miss is deliberate or is indicative of the levels of ignorance of and indifference...

Rahul Gandhi wants to create thousands of Obamas in the Congress party "running around this country." There is obviously a serious gap...

The Obama surge is rapidly becoming a raging storm that is about to hit land. Unless something dramatic happens before elections, it will effortlessly lift and place Barack Obama in the White House on January 20, 2009. Obama's inclusive call for change...

In today's Maharashtra it is difficult to believe that a Maharashtrian, Lokmanya Tilak, had said that independence was his birthright to rouse and awaken the whole of India against colonial rule. "Maharashtra is for Marathi manoos (men/people)"...

SachinTendulkar has become the first batsman score 12,000 runs. He has responded to his critics by saying "when people throw stones at you, you turn them into milestones. As Sachin reached his milestone, there was another almost forgotten milestone...

"Was St Alphonsa a doctor? Which medical college did she attend to learn how to cure people from her grave?" These are the words that...