Why Emperor Akbar haunts Hindutva
It was Dussehra the other day, and now it will be Diwali. Both occasions, like other Hindu festivals, are celebrated in different ways in different regions of India and are…
A different war on education
Going to school is a hugely risky proposition for children and teachers across the world. We don’t realise how difficult and hazardous getting an education is till it hits us…
Calculated escalation
The latest round of exchange of fire between Pakistani and Indian armies and border forces across the Line of Control (LoC) and the Working Boundary (WB) was the most extensive…
The fault is not in our stars
"Dil ka jana thehar gaya hai; subh gaya ya sham gaya",reasoned the ever stoical Meer. Many Pakistan watchers in India,including those ever hungering after a juicy bone or two to…
Back to square one
Hopes of a new beginning in relations between Pakistan and India, rekindled as a result of a meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on…
200 days on, missing Dr Singh
History will judge me, Manmohan Singh said in his last comments as prime minister. It was 200 days on Thursday since he relinquished office. I am not surprised how some…
From Gandhi to Modi
The Nobel Peace Prize Committee made a monumental error by not honouring Mahatma Gandhi before he died. After his assassination in 1948, the committee covered up its inaction by stating…
Pakistan’s security challenges
While there are reasons to be upbeat about Pakistan-Afghan relations, unfortunately, similar optimism cannot be expressed about Pakistan-India relations. In fact, the conduct of the Narendra Modi government has significantly…
Towards joint victory
Noted philosopher and the poet of the east, Dr Muhammad Iqbal, had once explained the geo-strategic position of Afghanistan in a Persian poem in the following words: “Asia is comparable…
The Chinese ‘cure’
Our prime minister is back in form, emerging from the dark days of dharnas, starting to feel victorious. He has swatted away the gas and electricity tariff hikes, and given…
