Jyoti Malhotra

Afghans see India as a benign power and the powerful Americans as both protectors and subversives.

India must take responsibility for itself.

In his 94-minute speech, the PM spoke about everything from LED bulbs to overhauling agriculture and even Bhimrao Ambedkar, but the K-word wasn’t mentioned once.

India's stakes, along with that of Iran and Afghanistan, in the great game have only become larger.

Clearly, the state's political parties have realised that the medium is the message.

After the campaign stops, parties woo voters with cash, liquor and food because ideology and promises are simply not enough.

If Chennai’s bars are any indication, she is.

Win or lose, a new avatar awaits Draupadi.

At Burdwan, the universe shifts from that at the Jadavpur University.

'Ai baare poribortoner poriborton hobay (people will change the government brought on the promise of change),' says a voter.

If the Left wants to survive, it needs to fight TMC today, and not leave it till 2021.

If the Security Council were to be revamped as a reflection of today’s power structures, it would be the first country to be dropped.

Something has shifted and we can dare to believe that we have dared to participate.

What happened to the absolute right to absolutely dissent, as long as it’s peaceful?

'The public expects the PM to take the lead in managing public opinion. But Modi has never spoken.'

Both ministers were not part of a meeting called by the prime minister last week in which the decision to invite the Pakistani SIT was taken.

For the first time in several years, India’s political leadership is thinking with its head.

A full-blown constitutional crisis has begun in Arunachal Pradesh after governor JP Rajkhowa's overzealous remarks.

The 98,000 crore rupees Shinkansen will all look glorious, but these two cities are connected in so many other ways already.

Enough of the old. Hopefully, a new era will now begin.

If the Indian PM can break the ice with Pakistan, he would have gone where no BJP leader has gone before.

Could the PM consider a change at the top to shake off his publicly stated dependence on the party's president?

The only solution for PM Oli is to open serious talks with the Madhesi leaders and amend the Constitution.

Will she be able to tell Uddhav Thackeray her story of unconditional love through sign language?

This questions not only the hype surrounding our ties with America, but also Obama's 'short-term foreign policy interests'.

Feting more than 50 African leaders in one room is one good way of telling the world that India cannot be ignored for much longer.

The real problem with the PM’s Neighbourhood First policy is that it is excitable and episodic.

If India insists on showing its neighbour the mirror, it should look into it as well.

Going missing in action when there is a war to be won in the state is simply not going to cut it.

The overwhelming personality of party chief Amit Shah seems to have subsumed the smaller partners.