Follow the politician
I ended my last column by saying that the investigation of the hawala scam was a dropped catch, and praying that the Romesh Sharma case wouldn't be similarly flubbed. However, the chaos of the past fortnight is less than reassuring.

Vittal signs
Transparency in governance has become something of a buzzword in the annals of state administration. But like the desert mirage, it seems to be within reach but somehow always eludes the touch.

Sharif in a veil
Those theology students who rode their tanks victoriously right across Afghanistan have made a new conquest in Pakistan. The Taliban have captured no territory or assets but something far more valuable, the imagination of the most powerful prime minister in Pakistan's history.

  A prescription that worked
  To Shastri Bhavan and back
  In the world of Romesh Sharma