Gurmeet Ram Rahim is just the most colourful and blingy of north India’s Godmen. He is also the first one...
Category: National Interest
PUT THE DOG DOWN
A Supreme Court bench faces both flak and praise for not letting a 24-year-old lead life her own way The...
DO MINORITIES MATTER?
Hamid Ansari’s concern over unease among Indian minorities came just after Pakistan swore in its first Hindu cabinet minister in...
When you cry havoc, but leash the Dogs of War
Chinese coercive diplomacy is using its official media as a weapon. They can misconstrue our selective outrage as weakness LET...
HAMARA DESH BADAL GAYA HAI
Why Nitish’s latest defection is actually a desertion of an ideological offering which has run its course in the new,...
THE JUGULAR AS THE ACHILLES’ HEEL
China reminds us of internal vulnerabilities close to Doklam. Most can be fixed if BJP puts national interest above politics...
KEEPER OF INDIA’S FAMILY SILVER
Naresh Chandra (1934-2017) wasn’t an ordinary patriot. A big-hearted problem-solver, he had the trust of 9 prime ministers The description...
BREAKING THE TWO AND A HALF FRONT SIEGE
A powerful nation’s Army must be able to fight on multiple fronts. The question is must it be made to...
A CASE FOR DEHYPHENATED LIBERALISM
Liberal on society and economy, uncompromising on national security. Downside: Will be trolled by both, Left and Right Canada’s...
CV AND STATURE
What makes one tick as Rashtrapati, and what doesn’t, is determined by the incumbent. It’s for Kovind to prove sceptics...