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The writer, a policy analyst studying economic and security issues, held senior positions in government and industry. He also specialises in the Chinese economy
    or generations, the Muslim Bakarwals have traveled between summer pastures in the Himalayas and winter grazing grounds in the lowland plains, herding their goats, sheep and horses. (Photos: AP)Opinion
    The looking glass war in the Himalayas

    The plan to install a snooping device, a veritable looking glass to peer into the Chinese nuclear grounds.

    19 April 2019 2:12 AM IST

    Chandra Shekhar (Photo: Wikipedia)Opinion
    Chandra Shekhar: A most civilised man

    Chandra Shekhar's talents, abilities, passion and razor-sharp intellect put him head and shoulders above the rest.

    8 April 2019 12:15 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    Why didn't Modi, as PM, release Henderson Brooks Report on '62?

    A tangled web of inability to understand security issues, prevarication, bureaucratic intrigue, political indecision,...

    3 April 2019 1:41 AM IST

    The sacrifice of the chicken is to receive atonement, for the bird takes on all the persons sins in kapparos.India
    It's time to rescue the chickens!

    In many Central European folk tales, the devil is believed to flee at the first crowing of a cock.

    1 April 2019 12:21 AM IST

    INS ArihantOpinion
    After Balakot: India-Pak ties and nuclear bombast

    Politicians on both sides of the border are prone to loose talk and nuclear sabre-rattling is part of their lexicon.

    27 March 2019 1:40 AM IST

    Eighteen opposition parties have come together to take on the government in parliament during the Monsoon Session beginning July 17 over demonetisation, GST and various other issues, according to political sources. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    A celebration of democracy: For whom, and how?

    The lack of intelligent and sensible debate in Parliament portends bad days for our democracy.

    20 March 2019 12:48 AM IST

    Sources said that though junior level officials from both sides were having flag meetings.Opinion
    India can't turn off Indus water flow to Pak

    The Indus river system has a total drainage area exceeding 11,165,000 sq km

    23 Feb 2019 12:49 AM IST

    India has been treating China as its biggest competitor since 1962, as both countries share many similarities. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Did US sucker China and India into 1962 war?

    The US was keen to use Tibet to open up another front against China.

    13 Feb 2019 3:09 AM IST

    During the resumed hearing on Monday, the AG said that a pilot project for live streaming and video recording could be undertaken initially in constitutional matters. (Representational image)Opinion
    On secularism, conversion & nature of religion

    The acceptance of democracy as a way of life implies that we have accepted that we hold certain rights to be...

    7 Feb 2019 12:31 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    2019 seems fraught with possibilities

    So far Mr Modi has not allowed them to define who he really is.

    2 Feb 2019 1:32 AM IST

    The answer, it seemed, was not difficult to seek for those who believed that economic growth in India, then as it is now, is state driven.Opinion
    Can India afford to leave Bihar behind?

    India has grown at an average rate of over 7 per cent since 2000.

    26 Dec 2018 6:32 AM IST

    Nelson Mandela (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Gandhi & Mandela: Legends of a different kind

    Nelson Mandela was the founder of the Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation), the military arm of the African National...

    14 Dec 2018 12:10 AM IST

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