BY Darius Nakhoonwala| IN OPINION |11/06/2015
The editorials rained praise on 'Rambo' for the Myanmar raid. But they tut-tutted over any gloating over the affair,
BY Darius Nakhoonwala| IN OPINION |09/06/2015
While The Hindu showed a remarkably precise understanding of the various issues, the Telegraph disappointed. The bhadralok contempt for the bangaal was there for all to see,
BY Darius Nakhoonwala| IN OPINION |05/06/2015
Unusually, the papers took the same line on the RBI's rate cut. It made for rather dull reading,
BY Darius Nakhoonwala| IN OPINION |23/04/2015
For his simplistic stand on issues, some editorials ripped apart Rahul Gandhi's Enid Blyton approach to politics.
BY Darius Nakhoonwala| IN OPINION |21/04/2015
Sitaram Yechury's election as general secretary of the CPI(M) revives an old angst at the South v East divide in the party.
BY Darius Nakhoonwala| IN OPINION |31/01/2015
Edits on the Jayanthi Natarajan bombshell have ranged from off-with-their-heads to more genteel criticism of the Gandhi duo.
BY Darius Nakhoonwala| IN OPINION |25/01/2015
Some editorials on the Supreme Court judgement on the BCCI got to the nub of the issue while others, unaccountably, ignored it.
BY Darius Nakhoonwala| IN OPINION |13/01/2015
The leaders on the NITI Aayog were mostly trite in the 'only time will tell' style, plain wrong or lazy rewrites of the press release.
BY Darius Nakhoonwala| IN OPINION |02/01/2015
The business papers agreed with the ordinances on land acquisition because they tend to speak from the brain. The general papers didn't because they tend to speak from the heart,
BY Darius Nakhoonwala| IN OPINION |16/12/2014
The Telegraph which has turned into a major critic after having supported the Trinamool Congress till 2012, went into Alfie Doolittle-like rhetoric.
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