Donald Trump's ‘My way or highway’ approach leads to discord and heightens prospects of conflicts. It isn’t diplomacy, it's dadagiri! And India, led by PM Modi, must stand up to it.
...Full StoryThe editor-writer-politician was once an awe-inspiring figure. Today, hit by a series of serious harassment charges, he evokes the opposite response.
...Full StoryThe speech was a win-win for all: RSS, BJP and Congress can each cherry-pick what they like from it.
...Full StoryThe US president and the North Korean ruler have kept the world on the edge with their unpredictability and volatility.
...Full StoryDoes an issue which involves the export of around 3,700 Harvey-Davidson motorbikes from the US to India deserve to be raised by the US president publicly in such a farcical manner?
...Full StoryFrom 40,000 Americans marching against white supremacists to influential CEOs quitting the President's council, there is much to be understood.
...Full StoryA Congress-mukt Bharat is no longer a distant reality today.
...Full StoryPrime Minister has struck an instant rapport with world leaders like US President Donald Trump and Israeli counterpart Netanyahu.
...Full StoryWhile Trump might carry Washington and his ultra-right constituencies with him, the country doesn’t seem to support his decision, not even his daughter Ivanka.
...Full StoryIn the globalised world of the 21st century, Modi has been trying to make India great using today’s tools and addressing aspirations of 1.3 billion people.
...Full StoryWithout any impartial study, malicious canards are spread that beneficiaries of caste quotas are incompetent and inefficient.
...Full StoryUnbridled vigilantism poses the gravest threat to PM’s vision. He must rein them lest it is too late.
...Full StoryReports suggest that Jared Kushner will be helped by iconic CEOs like Bill Gates, Elon Musk to help find solutions.
...Full StoryPM's supporters must not allow recent successes to go into their heads.
...Full StoryIn the last two weeks, the world has witnessed Trump’s capacity to threaten, antagonise, divide and take extreme positions.
...Full StoryAnd he has pledged to work for improving Indo-US relations further.
...Full StoryDoes the life of a common man mean nothing?
...Full StoryThe overzealous implementation of a sensible initiative has created havoc.
...Full StoryThere is bipartisan support for closer relations with India in the US Congress and the Senate.
...Full StoryOnly a long-term, multipronged policy utilising all bilateral, regional and international leverages might work.
...Full StoryBreakthrough with Russia notwithstanding, the PM will have to come up with an out-of-the-box approach for China.
...Full StoryPM also benefited personally, as he emerged as a mature leader.
...Full StoryIf Saudi Arabia and Iran come on the same page and the US and Russia get over their mistrust, they can degrade the terror group irreparably.
...Full StoryThe outgoing president has opened doors of friendship with countries which long perceived the US as hostile.
...Full StoryA little introspection and soul-searching will do us no harm.
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