Relations with India
Ever since the establishment of Pakistan on 14, August 1947 its relations with India have been at best cold and at worst hostile. All attempts by both the civilian and…
Rise & fall of a Shakespearean hero
To those few who have closely watched his rise and fall in the ebb and flow of Indian politics, Jaswant Singh embodies thinly camouflaged elements of Shakespeare’s tragic heroes. The…
RSS, BJP & Modi
Narendra Modi’s anointment as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate shows that while the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has tightened its grip over its political front (the BJP) Modi…
Modi’s media apologists
When Indira Gandhi imposed the Emergency in 1975, the vast majority of Indian intellectuals and media commentators refused to support her. Most newspapers carried sharply critical comments and truthful accounts…
Will the BJP lose by gaining?
When the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ordered the Bharatiya Janata Party to nominate Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate six months ago, neither organisation could have imagined that this would…
Dalit view of Pakistan
It may not be a mere irony that two leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who have faced the maximum humiliation with the rise of Narendra Modi’s dictatorship are…
The story of Pakistan
Every nation has its own national narrative that serves to legitimise the state and its interests. But in Pakistan, this ideology is premised on the deeply problematic notion of Hindu…
The BJP`s dilemma
Whatever else Narendra Modi, chief minister of Gujarat, accomplishes in his fiercely ambitious drive to lead the Bharatiya Janata Party and to become prime minister of India, he has succeeded…
The BJP`s dilemma
WHATEVER else Narendra Modi, chief minister of Gujarat, accomplishes in his fiercely ambitious drive to lead the Bharatiya Janata Party and to become prime minister of India, he has succeeded…
Party vs government
In India the established principles of the parliamentary system governing the relationship between the ruling party and its government in power have been subjected to great stress. A recent clash…
