The only way to preserve our newly acquired freedom is to put power where it belongs—to the people.
Post-revolution challenges and the new generation’s role in shaping our future
Democracy cannot operate as a simple majority steamroller, as we also saw in the early days of our independence.
The July-August uprising cannot afford to falter in the face of an entrenched opposition within political parties.
The mutilation done to the nation would require more than run of the mill actions or traditional approach.
Isn’t it time for India to come to terms with the reality about its neighbours, particularly about its most strategically located neighbour, Bangladesh?
Reform is not only overdue, but it has also become urgent given the rot that has engulfed the security sector, particularly over the last 15 years of misrule.
Former army chief Moin’s excuse of following the chain of command betrays his puerility at its worst.
While some of the 27 points were related to public interest, and one must appreciate the police's concern in this regard, one wonders whether such conditions had also been put on other political parties holding public gathering in the past; and will this be applicable to all such meetings in the future.
It was beyond the imagination, even of the many diehard 'Trumpians' who, reportedly, were invoking a miracle for a Trump win.
We are now confronted with two very different findings of two investigations on the killing of the Italian Aid worker Cesare Tavella, shot dead by some assailants in Gulshan diplomatic zone on September 28 last year.
First it was an Indian government official belonging to the “National Institution for Transforming India” berating SAARC mercilessly and
When we speak of SAARC, we usually hear two reactions – cynicism and skepticism,” Modi had told the 18th Kathmandu summit, which was to be held in 2012 but postponed to 2014.
Peace in South Asia is a direct function of the Indo--Pak relational dynamics.
Like language politics cannot be taught – it has to be learnt. And one thing that one must learn in politics, as much as in war, is that a weak front should not be invested in and vulnerabilities plugged.
John Kerry had listed the areas that the US government had aided Bangladesh in since its independence. But if it really wants Bangladesh to develop, the only policy that will make US' role as our development partner meaningful is a 'hand up' rather than 'handout' policy; handout is what foreign aid turns out to be in the long run.
Today's piece is not remotely connected with the name of the column. But I couldn't pass up the chance of putting to paper some random thoughts about the just concluded quadrennial sports extravaganza and the performance of the organisers and the sportsmen and women in Rio.
To express support for a breakaway group on the soil of that country would be a diplomatic incivility, but the shield of technicality was invoked to show that the premises of the Pakistan High Commission were the territory of Pakistan. But be that as it may, there is no doubt that the incident has brought about a complete 'rerouting' of India's policy towards Pakistan.
