It’s time for India to reclaim its voice on Tibet
India must avoid ceding the centre stage in its own region on foreign policy and on Tibet issues
PM Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin likely to ink ‘vision paper’; to discuss regional…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin will likely sign a “vision document” that spells out a roadmap for India and Russia in the decades to come, when the PM arrives in the Russian capital for a day-long visit on…
Eyeing stronger ties, PM Modi to visit Moscow on July 8
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake a quick day-long trip to Moscow on July 8, which is expected to underline the engagement between India and Russia, the historical partners who are also seeking new partnerships in the…
Why Delhi is shaken and stirred
In the high-stakes global game, India is a quarter of a step down today
From warp speed to reset, the state of India-U.S. ties
A close look at the ‘good, the not-so-good, and what could-become ugly’ in the relationship This month marks a year since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to the United States, where U.S. President Joseph Biden rolled out the red…
How Modi 3.0 looks from South Asia
The region will hope the PM will move towards rapprochement with Pakistan and revival of SAARC In 2014, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi first took up office as the head of a National Democratic Alliance government in which the BJP had a…
Arrogance, EVMs And Uttar Pradesh: Key Lessons From Election 2024
"When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities." Philosopher David Hume could just as well be writing…
Sri Lanka’s struggle with election phobia
The call to postpone elections is an indirect acceptance by President Wickremesinghe of his inability to obtain a popular mandate, no matter what his economy-fixing mantra is
Mujra Is A Competitive Site – Much Like Elections
"Delhi was a city of courtesans who wielded extraordinary influence in the court," exclaimed a Banarasi professor of literature visiting the city from London, where she teaches and writes. This statement from earlier this year echoes now in…
‘And how many deaths…will it take ’til we know that too many people have died?’
The answer (can’t keep) is ‘blowin’ in the wind’. Four times in under a fortnight we’ve been shaken by catastrophic – and totally avoidable– tragedies. 68 lives were snuffed out. Parents, siblings, breadwinners, children, even those who’d…