Afghans see India as a benign power and the powerful Americans as both protectors and subversives.
...Full StoryIndia must take responsibility for itself.
...Full StoryIn 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.
...Full StoryIndia's stakes, along with that of Iran and Afghanistan, in the great game have only become larger.
...Full StoryClearly, the state's political parties have realised that the medium is the message.
...Full StoryAfter the campaign stops, parties woo voters with cash, liquor and food because ideology and promises are simply not enough.
...Full StoryIf Chennai’s bars are any indication, she is.
...Full StoryWin or lose, a new avatar awaits Draupadi.
...Full StoryAt Burdwan, the universe shifts from that at the Jadavpur University.
...Full Story'Ai baare poribortoner poriborton hobay (people will change the government brought on the promise of change),' says a voter.
...Full StoryIf the Left wants to survive, it needs to fight TMC today, and not leave it till 2021.
...Full StoryIf the Security Council were to be revamped as a reflection of today’s power structures, it would be the first country to be dropped.
...Full StorySomething has shifted and we can dare to believe that we have dared to participate.
...Full StoryWhat happened to the absolute right to absolutely dissent, as long as it’s peaceful?
...Full Story'The public expects the PM to take the lead in managing public opinion. But Modi has never spoken.'
...Full StoryBoth 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.
...Full StoryFor the first time in several years, India’s political leadership is thinking with its head.
...Full StoryA full-blown constitutional crisis has begun in Arunachal Pradesh after governor JP Rajkhowa's overzealous remarks.
...Full StoryThe 98,000 crore rupees Shinkansen will all look glorious, but these two cities are connected in so many other ways already.
...Full StoryEnough of the old. Hopefully, a new era will now begin.
...Full StoryIf the Indian PM can break the ice with Pakistan, he would have gone where no BJP leader has gone before.
...Full StoryCould the PM consider a change at the top to shake off his publicly stated dependence on the party's president?
...Full StoryThe only solution for PM Oli is to open serious talks with the Madhesi leaders and amend the Constitution.
...Full StoryWill she be able to tell Uddhav Thackeray her story of unconditional love through sign language?
...Full StoryThis questions not only the hype surrounding our ties with America, but also Obama's 'short-term foreign policy interests'.
...Full StoryFeting more than 50 African leaders in one room is one good way of telling the world that India cannot be ignored for much longer.
...Full StoryThe real problem with the PM’s Neighbourhood First policy is that it is excitable and episodic.
...Full StoryIf India insists on showing its neighbour the mirror, it should look into it as well.
...Full StoryGoing missing in action when there is a war to be won in the state is simply not going to cut it.
...Full StoryThe overwhelming personality of party chief Amit Shah seems to have subsumed the smaller partners.
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