Similar credibility issues in explaining India’s foreign policy face Modi and Jaishankar as Nehru did
07 Mar 2024 12:00 AM
Comparing leaders like Nehru and Modi is facile; history should be judged in context. Both have strengths and weaknesses
18 Feb 2024 1:40 AM
His ideological, political and social impact is best gauged by the sheer number of politicians he inspired
25 Jan 2024 12:00 AM
IF FOUR SCORE IS IMPERTINENCE, FIVE SCORE WILL BE INTOLERABLE
08 Oct 2023 12:00 AM
The PM is number one and the organisation is flat after that
27 Jun 2023 12:05 AM
South Asia requires statespersons who can look beyond the horizon to the future that beckons rather than remain stuck in the history
04 Jun 2023 12:22 AM
The symbol’s value is just one of historicity as it was associated with India’s tryst with destiny as a nation freed of the colonial yoke
27 May 2023 12:54 AM
It is India’s permanent dilemma that complacency about foreign policy alternatives leads to a fatal complacency about defence
11 May 2023 12:05 AM
Mann Ki Baat must be one of the world’s most prolific, versatile and engaging political conversations
01 May 2023 12:15 AM
A saffron-clad swami went to the extent of saying “an ‘untouchable’ had no business meddling in matters normally the preserve of Brahmins”
14 Apr 2023 12:05 AM
Hinglish, a cherished reminder of the Raj that we love to hate, will forever remain India’s pride and glory
11 Apr 2023 12:00 AM
World Bank brokered the IWT between India and Pak after many years of intense negotiations to allocate the waters of the Indus river basin
08 Mar 2023 12:05 AM
The NRC is another matter. Not because its wording is offensive but because its provisions can be abused
01 Feb 2023 12:00 AM
The communal angle looms largest because it threatens life and stability
18 Jan 2023 12:05 AM
The propaganda war and political lobbying did result in some gains for the beleaguered Nizam
04 Jan 2023 12:00 AM
One only hopes that 60 years from now, history won’t repeat itself in 2082
16 Dec 2022 12:00 AM
There is a belief that Sardar Patel would have “sorted out” Pakistan and we would never have had the Kashmir problem
06 Dec 2022 12:05 AM
The roots of our problem with China go back a couple of hundred years when Emperor Napoleon and Tsar Alexander met in July 1807
06 Dec 2022 12:00 AM
Governmental decision-making still characterised by ad hocism and a tendency to grandstand
22 Nov 2022 12:00 AM
The handful FIRs that were filed in the Morbi bridge collapse illustrates that there is no credible mechanism to punish the guilty
09 Nov 2022 12:00 AM