Power without politics
Last week's conference of chief ministers in New Delhi decided that power reforms need to be depoliticised. How true! It is an eminently sensible idea. But as necessary as it is to do this, can it be done? Can politics be taken out of economics?



Alone in the crowd
India's grand old party is in a pitiable corner in both these two crucial states. The split in the party's West Bengal unit, with the Sougata Roy led-band of eight rebel MLAs and three AICC members crossing over to Mamata Banerjee's side is no surprise upset.



Portrait of an artist
Don’t ever marry an artist,'' he said. We were at A Famosa, ``the most photographed monument in Malacca'', Patrick Teo and I. The afternoon sun beat down relentlessly, but in the excitement of the visit, I hadn't noticed the heat, only the brightness.



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