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The latest issue of Organiser carried an interview with BJP leader M. Venkaiah Naidu where he says that if inflation can be contained in Europe, "why can't the UPA government control it in India". 

It's a 25 crore rupee question (thank you, A.B. Bardhan) as this goes to print, whether Manmohan Singh or L.K. Advani will claim victory after the July 22 trust vote. 

Much like the UPA government in India, Turkey's AKP (Justice and Development Party) led government is facing a dire battle for survival. 

As they took pot-shots at each other on national security on Tuesday, the two American presidential candidates, the Democrat Barack Obama and the Republican John McCain, agreed on one important issue - the urgency of rejuvenating the faltering war against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan. 

The Taj Mahal's flawless beauty is known for attracting lovebirds from all over the world. For my first date, I had no choice but to make do with Humayun's tomb, for I live in the capital. However, I didn't mind. 

Some parents have a strange habit of clicking pictures of their babies in the buff. With the Internet and blogging, a few parents are also putting up those pictures for all and sundry to see. 

The push has come to shove. 

Kanjibhai Sagar, a migrant from Jamnagar district in Gujarat is facing difficult times. He has seen his earnings decline from Rs 7,000 a month in 2005 to Rs 5,000 today. He works in India's most thriving spot for the diamond trade: Surat. But things are hardly sparkling these days. 

Narco-analysis is fast becoming the prime investigative tool for the police and CBI in a number of important cases - at a rough estimate, about a dozen narco-analysis tests have been conducted on the various dramatis personae in the Arushi murder case. 

• What is the current political situation in Bangladesh? Following the imposition of Emergency by President Iajuddin Ahmed on January 11, 2007, a caretaker government led by Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed, a former Central Bank Governor, has taken over the administration. 

When Ratan Tata said last week that he'd walk away from his investment in Singur if Bengal didn't want his business, Mamata Banerjee thought he was trying to strike a cheap political bargain and went ahead with her protest against Tata. 

The adjournment of the NSG special meeting, which had been called to consider a waiver for India from its stringent export control rules governing international nuclear trade, has caused some gloating among opponents of the Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement, both among the non-proliferation ayatoll 

You are here at the best time," was a constant refrain on our recent trip to Mandu. Mandu is magical during the monsoon season. But strangely, after getting back, the strongest memory I have is of Bandu.   

The arrest of 10 activists of SIMI in connection with the Ahmedabad blasts is impressive and, in a way, startling: the dishearteningly dilatory approach of previous, similar investigations has caused our expectations from our investigative agencies to be at an all-time low. 

President Pervez Musharraf's usual eloquence deserted him in the terse address to the Pakistani people in which he announced his resignation. 

Chinese basketball hero Yao Ming carried the Chinese flag at the Olympics opening ceremony. And there was a faux pas, unnoticed by most. With Yao Ming walked nine-year-old Lin Hao, a survivor of the Sichuan earthquake and a hero because he rescued two school-mates. 

In building the open, civilised world that the 21st century demands, India and America will be close and vital partners. 

In my second year as the bearer of a British passport, I have come to the perplexing realisation that many of my fellow citizens are departing. Just the other day, a friend of my wife's announced her impending move to New York. 

Let us cut through the cant of our political class. Amarnath has become a serious communal issue. In an interview given to a Hindi daily, Narendra Modi had, in a chillingly prophetic way, described Amarnath as a second "Shah Bano". 

Have you noticed how acceptable and widely-used English has become? Even when people are speaking Hindi, English words keep popping up. I'm sure this is equally true of conversations in Bengali, Tamil, Telegu, Assamese or Kashmiri. In contrast, hindi purists seem to have faded away. 

Some parents have a strange habit of clicking pictures of their babies in the buff. With the Internet and blogging, a few parents are also putting up those pictures for all and sundry to see. 

THE PRIME Minister's decision to go ahead with the nuclear deal has ignited long-buried patriotic sentiments in the most unlikely quarters, according to UPA sources.