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The author is a Delhi-based commentator and analyst

The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel was one of the buidlings targeted on 26/11.

To fight terror's poison, have faith in democracy

A terrorist organisation operating from its territory poses as much threat to Pakistan as it does to India.

27 Nov 2018 12:05 AM IST

J&K governor Satyapal Malik addresses the media in Jammu on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

In J&K, only elections can now clear the air

It is anybody's guess as to the outcome of the Assembly elections, which will most likely be held along with the Lok...

23 Nov 2018 12:05 AM IST

Terming the MSME sector as the backbone of the economy, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said the sector would lead the current consolidation phase of the economy. (Photo: PTI)

Govt, RBI must work together, end turf war

An angry Jaitley wanted to know why the RBI had failed in its oversight duty of checking the increasing non-performing...

19 Nov 2018 12:05 AM IST

Noting that Al-Qaeda still maintains a presence in South Asia, the UN report said the terror group adapts to the local environment, trying to embed itself into local struggles and communities and is closely allied with the Taliban. (Representational Image | AFP)

Delhi shouldn't meddle in Kabul power games

The Taliban did not have anything to do with the hijacking itself, but tried to show that they were playing neutral...

12 Nov 2018 12:00 AM IST

The shenanigans of the CBI and its internal intrigues have often made it appear like an unconvincing cinema villain.

Oil, rupee, Rafale, CBI: Govt challenges mount

The CBI trouble may be hogging the headlines but it is not the most important issue facing the country, nor does it pose...

30 Oct 2018 5:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

When coalition maths goes far off the mark

The ostensible Hindu vote of the BJP is the BJP's eternally.

12 Oct 2018 1:59 AM IST

The argument put forward by the leaders of the BJP and others was that India did not depend on exports for its economic growth, and that the huge domestic market and the consumption it entailed was good enough to keep the economy in shape and the global developments were marginal. (Representational image)

India's ostrich club and the global recession

The moral of the market economy is that small disasters trigger bigger ones, potentially.

3 Oct 2018 1:31 AM IST

Further, the Aadhaar law introduced in Parliament as a money bill is a fraud on the Constitution.

Govt bid to extend data dragnet clipped, partly

The Supreme Court judgments should not be viewed as a closure of the national debate over Aadhaar.

28 Sept 2018 12:34 AM IST

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat speaks at an event, titled Future of Bharat: An RSS perspective , at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

RSS 'muscle-flexing' a bid to re-invent itself?

The RSS seems to be learning from the experience of the BJP that you cannot survive in politics by catering only to...

22 Sept 2018 1:30 AM IST

LGBTQ community members celebrate after the Supreme Court verdict which decriminalises consensual gay sex, in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

SC makes history, but 'gay' prejudices linger

The LGBT community would want to rightly press on with the logical implications, leading to issues of gay marriage,...

7 Sept 2018 7:03 AM IST

Union Minister Arun Jaitley said that Congress had no real issue and was hence resorting to manufacturing. (Photo: File)

DeMo-GST jolt: How the economy survived

On the demonetisation front, the RBI had to execute remonetisation and put money back into circulation.

1 Sept 2018 12:04 AM IST

A file photograph of Atal Behari Vajpayee at the PMO.

A 'liberal' pragmatist & last of the Nehruvians

Vajpayee said if he were to criticise a person the way he criticised Nehru, that person would stop talking to him.

17 Aug 2018 1:12 AM IST