Modi is cut to size
Is there any hope for democracy in South Asia? Imagine what conjectures would have been made in response to this question just one week ago. But many things, many minds…
Came Modi, and there was light?
NOBODY should take S. Jaishankar’s barbs to heart. The foreign minister has to say what he says because his job is to shore up Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s self-congratulatory foreign…
From ahinsa to terror
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is known in history, by and large as being a noble person. In fact the founding fathers of India were all noble individuals, Sans, Sardar Vallabhai Patel.…
Seizing the moment
India and Pakistan jointly make about a one-fifth of the world population. These two countries together are the largest importers of arms and ammunition. They possess hundreds of nuclear warheads…
Creation myths
IT started as a murmur. “Amit Shah’s insinuation, that Muslims shall not and cannot be safe and secure in India, will be widely acclaimed in one country: Pakistan,” wrote Indian…
A handy checklist of fascism
WHILE India’s communists may be grudgingly opening up to the probability, if they ever do, that fascism is knocking hard on India’s doors, a first-time woman MP from West Bengal’s…
Time to take a stand
Rahul Gandhi and Chandrababu Naidu standing together, shoulder to shoulder and in a single frame, waving to incredulous, rapturous crowds? Who would have thought this would ever be possible? After…
Elections in Gujarat
This past week saw elections for in the Indian state of Gujarat. The elections were held in two phases and vote counting will begin on Dec 18. But first some…
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…
After Imran Khan
Observers of Indian politics identify two major takeaways from the Bharatiya Janata Party’s resounding win in Uttar Pradesh. Firstly, the scale of the victory confirms PM Modi and the BJP’s…
