Resistance by other means
ON his first visit to Srinagar after he was re-elected prime minister, Narendra Modi declared that elections in occupied Jammu and Kashmir would soon be held. He also indicated that its statehood…
Deniable truths
THEY are all dead: the feisty Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci and her 14 interviewees — prominent amongst them Henry Kissinger, King Hussein of Jordan, Yasser Arafat, Mrs Golda Meir, Indira…
Slog sloganeers
AS was expected, the BJP, or should one say, Narendra Modi, has won the general election in India. What has proven wrong are assertions like ‘abki baar, char sau paar’,…
Critical days for Modi and rivals
THE underplayed defeat for his government by 32 seats in the parliamentary elections, with a whopping loss of 63 BJP MPs from the previous tally, may have reined in Prime…
State’s failure
A THRONG of men encircle leaping flames. They are energised, holding mobile phones aloft to capture the moment. By now, we all know what they are filming, and we are…
India and transnational terrorism
The Indian government and Indian media have sharply reacted to allegations made by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his foreign minister, and the Canadian police chief. The allegations are that…
Geo-economics over geo-politics
The strategic shift from geo-politics to geo-economics is a welcome initiative. In a world where the relative importance of a nation is determined primarily by its economic strength, the focus…
Travelling to India
Frankly, it’s unbelievable (especially to those who don’t live in either country) that Pakistan and India – countries with a collective population of approximately 1.7 billion and with tens of…
Golden opportunity
Hosting the Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the most significant top-level international forum that consists of 10 member states and two observers from Eurasia, at the federal capital of…
Ram won’t help but Nitish might
IN the end, the bluster of Ram temple could not lift Narendra Modi’s spirits and he had to turn to Nitish Kumar for help. The chief minister of Bihar is a crucial…
