Pranab Mukherjee

'Those Who Dare, Win': Why, Then, Pranab Mukherjee Be the Next President of India?

Sreedhar Pillai | Posted 05.07.2012

Sreedhar Pillai

As a striker finance minister, Pranab Mukherjee is a disaster. However, the most compelling reason why Pranab's will be the chosen name for a consensus candidate is his erstwhile party colleague and alliance partner Mamta Banerjee.

Indian Activist Agrees To End Hunger Strike

AP | MUNEEZA NAQVI | Posted 10.27.2011

NEW DELHI — An Indian reform activist agreed Saturday to end an 11-day hunger strike after Parliament expressed nonbinding support for parts of ...

To the Mahatma, From a Stateless Indian

Dinkar Jain | Posted 08.28.2011

Dinkar Jain

2nd April, 2011 Dear Mahatma Today I witnessed the Indian team lift the cricket world cup for the first time in my life. I have never felt so proud. ...

Will the Sun rise from India's East?

Sunil Sharan | Posted 05.25.2011

Sunil Sharan

All parts of India have given birth to a prime minister, except the eastern. Subhash Chandra Bose and Jyoti Basu, both sons of the East, came close to...

Indo-Pak: Back to Business Unusual

Pinaki Bhattacharya | Posted 05.25.2011

Pinaki Bhattacharya

At the end of the two-day long debate, the BJP showed its disagreement with the government by walking out of Parliament yet again.

India: Pakistan 'Epicenter' Of Attacks Yet War Not A Solution

New York Times | SOMINI SENGUPTA and ROBERT F. WORTH | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW DELHI -- Calling Pakistan the epicenter of terrorist attacks against India, the Indian foreign minister on Thursday urged the government there to ...