Discreet charms of corruption

Ashis Nandy identifies despair and narcissism as the predominant psychological states in the prevailing political culture Regimes of Narcissism, Regimes of Despair Ashis Nandy; Oxford University Press, YMCA Library Building, Jai Singh Road, New Delhi-110001.

Only a Nixon could go to China is an easy theory to pick up. The context is this: Dick Nixon spent his youth hunting down decent men he felt were communist spies. In a saner time, men like Nixon would have been kicked to the curb. Instead it was the ...

India's Corrupt Cricket Urgently Needs Reform A casual reader of India's newspapers for the last several weeks would be forgiven for wondering whether the country was suddenly bereft of political controversy, sex scandals, or official corruption ...

The great tantrum of L.K. Advani is being read, as Swapan Dasgupta puts it in The Indian Express, as the tragedy of a petulant veteran who can't stomach change. In reality, there is nothing more pathetic than a petulant octogenarian, concurs an ...

A Tunisian and an Iranian filmmaker won the two top prizes at this year's Cannes Film Festival. The much coveted Palme d'Or award went to Tunisian Abdellatif Kechiche's Blue is the Warmest Colour, which has shocked some critics with its graphic sex ...

Even as Taksim Square in Istanbul was being hailed as the new Tahrir Square (site of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution) when protests flared up in Turkey in recent weeks, students gathered at India Gate — young India's symbol of dissent in the heart of ...

Even as Taksim Square in Istanbul was being hailed as the new Tahrir Square (site of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution) when protests flared up in Turkey in recent weeks, students gathered at India Gate — young India's symbol of dissent in the heart of ...

As part of shaping the thinking soldier, why not hold courses for NSFs and NSmen to help them better understand the region - and thus enhance security? - 31 min 10 sec ago Over the next few months, the Committee to Strengthen National Service (NS) ...

What kind of organisation, equipment and strategic revamp is required for the state and Central police forces to effectively combat Maoist guerrilla tactics? Amiya Samanta, author and former IB director in West Bengal, joined IBNLive readers for an ...