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The writer is a former ambassador

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Halt toxic discourse... Our politics is at its nadir!

It appears that India's political leaders have lapped up, quite indiscriminatingly, two Chinese ideas.

10 Jan 2019 12:15 AM IST

Shashi Tharoor at the launch of his new book

What kind of national identity' does a culturally-pluralistic India...

Though inseparably associated with the Hindu religion, the coming Kumbh Mela presents India's cultural pluralism on a...

4 Jan 2019 12:08 AM IST

The US is trying to cut off all oil imports from Iran following President Donald Trumps decision in May to pull out of the 2015 multilateral deal. (Photo: File | AP)

How India-US ties will transform: An open embrace' or a tight hug'?

The credit for refining the hug as a potent tool of diplomacy and using it to trigger much warmth and positivity goes to...

28 Dec 2018 12:05 AM IST

Congress president Rahul Gandhi said his partys victory was a clear message to PM Modi that people are not happy with decisions, including demonetisation and those pertaining to farmers and youth. (Photo: ANI)

Pappu' can not only dance... he can make others dance too!

The watershed moment was his 40 minute-long pointed speech in Parliament which he capped with a forced hug on a...

13 Dec 2018 5:31 AM IST

Frances President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Narendra Modi speak during a bilateral meeting on the second day of the G-20 Leaders Summit in Buenos Aires on December 1, 2018. (Photo: AFP)

G-20: A divided house incapable of offering global leadership

The primary objective was to secure financial stability and health of global economy through coordination of economic...

5 Dec 2018 12:09 AM IST

Yuyuan garden and market in Shanghai, China.

Taking a leaf out of Shanghai's book

In discussions of think tanks and TV studios, participants often lament why China doesn't treat India as its equal.

28 Nov 2018 12:28 AM IST

A file photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Donald Trump in Manila, Philippines, in November 2017.

70-year itch: Which way is the India-US relationship headed?

Though Eisenhower got a warm welcome in India (1959) Nehru's meeting with John F. Kennedy in Washington in 1961 was...

21 Aug 2018 12:22 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the Indian community people during a reception at Kigali, in Rwanda. (Photo: PTI)

Modi's new outreach to Africa promises to be transformative

Mr Modi deserves to be applauded for his clearheaded, proactive and transformative outreach to Africa.

30 July 2018 12:17 AM IST

US President Donald Trump with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16. (Photo: AFP)

After shaking the G-7 and Nato summits, has Donald Trump finally...

Nato was originally created to combat the spread of Communism and the influence of the Soviet empire.

20 July 2018 12:10 AM IST

US President Donald Trump with Chinas President Xi Jinping in Beijing, in October 2017. (Photo: AFP)

Are we living in a multipolar world?

Referring to the threat of a Sino-US trade war, Paul Tucker, author of Unelected Power, opines that both Mr Trump and Mr...

29 May 2018 1:13 AM IST

A file photograph of the protests against the violence in the Bhima Koregaon area of Maharashtra recently. (Photo: PTI)

In search of an ideal Hindu?

Chandragupta Vikramaditya was one of most successful and enlightened Hindu rulers of India.

3 May 2018 4:58 AM IST

Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and now Syria are living examples of the monumental failure of US foreign policy. Apparently, the US never learnt any lessons from the Vietnam war.

How not to learn the lessons of history

Smart people draw lessons from their failures and when faced with similar problems again, try to avoid those pitfalls.

26 April 2018 6:24 AM IST