NATIONAL INTEREST

Ravi Kant Veerappan

Imagine, for a moment, that R.K. Sharma, wanted for the murder of Shivani, was not an inspector-general of police in...

The UN would probably never accept it as a yardstick for its human development ratings. But put this away under...

When was the last time you saw a telegram? Not an e-mail, not even a telex, but the good old...

Whether Atal Bihari Vajpayee meets him one-on-one or not, US Secretary of State Colin Powell will find New Delhi a...

YOU can say three things with confidence about our governments. First, they believe a crisis is best handled by pretending...

There is this very special Indian trait of reacting with smug superiority to somebody else’s problem saying this could never...

There is one good reason why this cabinet reshuffle was not going to be like the old Kamraj Plan in...

The problem with writing anything about the Ambanis is, you are immediately expected to declare your interest. Which side are...

My favourite nuke story of all times goes back to 1987. Bundled up deep into the anonymity of the wide-bodied...

On ABC ‘Nightline’, one of America’s most watched news programmes last Sunday, Pervez Hoodbhoy, the reputed Pakistani nuclear expert and...

A useful principle to follow with most things in life is, worry less about any crisis, for ultimately it turns...

The prime minister has gone on his long weekend to Manali with the comfort of a man who believes he...