And what we have found, if we can just hold onto it, is that part of us that works with community, the part that puts someone else ahead of ourselves, the part that gives while asking nothing in return. It can change the world in the doing.

The Nano's failure to sell stands in stark contrast to the rest of the Indian car market. From motorbikes to cars and trucks, growth in every segment is picking up.

For the third time in succession, Pakistan goes to the polls on July 25 to elect both the new parliament (called in Pakistan the National Assembly) and the four provincial assemblies of Punjab, Sind, Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP, known to Indian readers more by its previous name, North-West Frontier Province - NWFP).

In one sense though, the apex court has said nothing new. It has only reiterated the existing norm that an elected government is the principal authority in a state administration. The confusion arises because Delhi is a state and yet not a state.

Whatever a somewhat desperate-sounding pack of Bharatiya Janata Party spokespersons might say, the Supreme Court's judgment in the Delhi government's case against its Lieutenant Governor is a big victory for the people of Delhi - and, if only incidentally, for the Aam Aadmi Party.

Until we find strong evidence to the contrary, it appears to be a case of mass suicide.

Don't know about the critics, but I felt Sanjay Dutt deserved a more honest, layered portrayal...not the victim narrative or the cheap trick of a misunderstood man with a heart of gold.

Time to now focus on governance. AAP is in charge now.

The Supreme Court ruling came after a fierce turf war between the newbie Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Modi-led central government which has lasted for nearly three and a half years.

The government has already widened its deficit goal for the current fiscal year to 3.3 percent of gross domestic product from 3 percent, putting pressure on bond yields.

There is no end to bad news from the banking sector of our economy. That it has not been in good health for some years was well known, but further evidence of its very poor health became public when it was disclosed a few days ago that the public sector banks have together suffered a whopping loss of 8,50,370 crore in financial year 2017-2018 compa...

A certain party president is in the midst of a much-publicised yatra to West Bengal, lecturing the rest of us heathens on Tagore's message of love and peace.

Elections 2019 will be fought on the issue of whatModi has done since 2014. Since Modi's delivery list is not encouraging enough, therefore the strategy is to paint the Congress and the Opposition black. Doesn't exactly reek of confidence.

It is remarkable to consider how much the India-US strategic and security relationship has evolved over the past quarter century.

We will not get an alternative date until we show that we have something to give the US in return for the favour of their sustaining the illusion that we really do matter to them.