The incident got more airtime because the NCP decided to take up cudgels for the poor hapless officer caught in the episode

The challenge on the economic front now seems to be to place India as a strategic part of the global supply chain, a position China occupies

It should take forward big, bold reforms and root for policy predictability and stability

Nehru had made up his mind, and on December 17 Indian troops moved into Goa and, within 26 hours, made it a part of India