Researcher uses economic theory to claim Sachin Tendulkar is a greater batsman than Donald Bradman

Times View - Game isn't about cold statistics
Article - Timesview

Counterview - Numbers tell the story
Article - Counterview

-The Times of India, December 24, 2011

Fireworks in the frost

Article - Fireworks in the frost

-The Times of India, December 24, 2011

The year of 'two-G' protests

Article - The year of 'two-G' protests

-The Times of India, December 24, 2011

More democracy, not less

Article - More democracy, not less

-The Times of India, December 24, 2011

Bradman will always be the Don

The Hindu : Columns / Nirmal Shekar : Bradman will always be the Don:

For cricket's sake, and sanity's sake, dear researchers, please leave the Don alone, writes Nirmal Shekar

One step forward, two steps back

The Hindu : Opinion / Editorial : One step forward, two steps back

Bad news for oil-importing nations

The Hindu : Opinion / Lead : Bad news for oil-importing nations:

The proposed European Union ban on oil imports from Iran aims at isolating the country and starving it of oil revenues. It could introduce another worrying dimension to India's energy security.

How to control Libya missiles? Buy them up

The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : How to control Libya missiles? Buy them up

The ‘Tiruchengodu CR'

The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : The ‘Tiruchengodu CR':

‘My innermost being wants your approbation,' Gandhi wrote to him to the Ashram address in Salem. Thirty-nine years after his death, the shining veracity and severe austerity of the man seem as incredible as his ethical intelligence and his self-denying dedication.

'Great literatures don't happen without great criticism'

Q&A

with poet, critic, translator and anthologist, Arvind Krishna Mehrotra. He teaches English at the University of Allahabad.

Interview -  Q&A

-The Times of India, December 23, 2011

Playing With Fire

Why the Lokpal could be a remedy worse than the malady

Article - Playing With Fire

-The Times of India, December 23, 2011

Personal Review: The article is wonderfully sensitive and exhibits a profound sense of the current predicament enveloped by the Lokpal bill. I give it 5 stars on its views.

Held to ransom

The blocking of FDI in retail shows how pressure groups hijack the agenda

Article - Held to ransom

-The Times of India, December 23, 2011

Airborne Killer

The hazards of scientific excess

Article - Airborne Killer

-The Times of India, December 23, 2011

Year Of Protests

2011 shows that no government can take its people for granted

Article - Year Of Protests

-The Times of India, December 23, 2011

New evidence of water on Mars

The Hindu : Opinion / Editorial : New evidence of water on Mars