NATIONAL INTEREST

A Week in politics

Pranab Mukherjee’s Budget is the third of the significant developments over this week that, in their own different ways, mark...

Let me begin with a disclosure. I have always believed Sharad Pawar is one of our most fascinating politicians. To...

The talk among global leaders now is all about exiting. Except this is not about exiting from the economic stimulus...

Responding to an IPS probationer’s question as to what was the reason we had been able to prevent any terror...

Over the past two weeks I have had to field several calls from Pakistani TV channels seeking a comment on...

To be honest, we do not exactly have a pressing reason or provocation to assess the performance of UPA-II exactly...

Big cities have been the object of political greed and envy through the history of mankind. In older times, cities...

Just when the three basic postulates of India’s post-Cold War geostrategic position were becoming established comes the game-changer. How does...

Justice Liberhan has delivered only two real surprises in his report. It is also entirely understandable why only one has...

My alma mater of 12 wonderful years in journalism, India Today, just came out with a provocative idea on its...

The China Factor has staged a dramatic comeback in our minds, hearts, in public debate and, regrettably, as a negative...

This is obviously not my year for catching up with a drought. It is not as if the facts, or...