Category: National Interest

The latest turn in the nuclear issue, with India’s top scientists going public with their concerns and insecurities, has brought...

I must begin this week’s National Interest with a note of apology. Who, but the most incorrigible party-pooper would begin...

So now we know what exactly it takes for our politicians to make common cause, sinking their differences, prejudices, competitive...

Finally, in this session we have begun to see glimpses of some of the old-style parliamentary brilliance. First, there was...

NATO’s earthquake relief effort in Pakistan did not even involve a thousand personnel. It is now winding up, completing its...

Politics in India is in grave danger of being trivialised by yet another factor’psephology. If every electoral verdict were to...

Driving around Bihar you couldn’t be faulted for wondering sometimes if finding a Congress flag even in times of election...

Looking back on the week, you can’t help thinking the windmills are really in fashion this season. Your television channels...

Nearly a decade of coalition rule now has produced many fundamental changes in our politics. But none of these is...

I suspect each one of us who covered the anti-Sikh riots as reporters in November 1984 has a persistent nightmare....