As Modi tries to disown Nehru
A CURSORY glance at Wikipedia shows that Pakistan has had as close a relationship with Ukraine as India ever had, or possibly better, including vital defence ties. In fact, in…
Nehru, Modi and Hindutva
Watching Narendra Modi’s recent marathon performance in the Indian parliament had been a surreal experience. Angry, bitter and vengeful, he did not speak like the confident leader of a party…
Who’s afraid of Nehru’s India?
Dubai eye The writer is a Middle East based columnist. India’s Tehelka magazine has come up with an interesting, if belated, special issue, marking the 50th anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru’s…
Modi, Muzaffarnagar and a Nehruvian hero
Lord Meghnad Desai is aghast at the way the Indian authorities and the Supreme Court have dealt with the alleged molestation case involving Justice AK Ganguly. Joining a television debate…
Decline of the Nehruvian
The spectre of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister and one of the three founders of the Non-Alignment Movement along with Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia and Gamal Abdel…
Police excesses
NO united civil liberties movement exists as such in India today. But police excesses have mounted. The movement against the Citizenship Amendment Act has spread all over India. Two conspicuous…
About political homeopathy
THE idea that the left alone can defeat the right has become unconvincing. On the contrary, it’s often the left that is forced to don the robe of the right…
Jailhouse rockers
IF 2024 will be known as the year of seismic general elections, it will also be remembered as the one of unforgettable weddings. In India, Mumbai is still aglitter in…
Our right to electricity
Under Article 9 of the constitution, the state as defined in Article 7 bears the fundamental responsibility of ensuring electricity supply to every household, residence, and economic activity throughout Pakistan.…
The tide is turning
The Indian elections are an indicator of the fact that Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) hubris has been punctured, signalling a turning of the tide. The defeat…
