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The writer is a former diplomat
June 12,2026 12:14:57 PM
Governance, political accountability and dreams of ‘Viksit Bharat’ are all victims of this attitude
Fri, Jun 12, 2026May 18,2026 06:22:30 AM
Neither comprehensive engagement nor kinetic force has deterred Pakistan from using terror. That is indicative of its desire to keep India on the defensive
Mon, May 18, 2026April 17,2026 06:09:37 AM
The US’s Modi-Munir balancing act leads to a very troubling India-specific question. Is the US going to a new variant of the past India-Pakistan hyphenation?
Fri, Apr 17, 2026March 21,2026 06:53:03 AM
The opposition must respond constructively, notwithstanding the coming state elections which will be contested bitterly
Sat, Mar 21, 2026February 27,2026 12:23:49 PM
The latest escalation in violence comes after months of tit-for-tat clashes over Islamabad’s accusation that Kabul harbours militants carrying out attacks inside Pakistan. But their issues are much deeper, explains a former Ambassador to Afghanistan.
Mon, Mar 02, 2026February 08,2026 19:47:20 PM
The terror outfits active in Pakistan and Afghanistan have a history of targetting Chinese projects and people. The Taliban government and Beijing, meanwhile, are trying to deepen engagement, cautiously.
Sun, Feb 08, 2026January 02,2026 07:10:22 AM
Will the road to shedding the slavish Macaulay mentality and getting rid of the vestiges of a thousand years of “foreign” rule be littered with Bareilly-like incidents?
Fri, Jan 02, 2026November 05,2025 17:14:29 PM
Dynasts belong to political families, while parachutists have an adoptive political parent. The fortunes of a parachutist are linked to those of his adoptive political parent. Indeed, parachutists generate resentment in a political party because the party does not really consider them as belonging to it
Thu, Nov 06, 2025October 16,2025 07:00:38 AM
Pakistan Afghanistan relations: Afghanistan was the only country to oppose Pakistan’s entry into the UN. Despite some shared ties, there has been much to divide Pakistan and Afghanistan. Here are the five broad issues.
Sun, Feb 22, 2026October 11,2025 07:10:07 AM
India’s Afghanistan approaches have to be framed within a changing environment in its western neighbourhood. A firm presence in Afghanistan is key to ensuring that India manages any negative impact
Sat, Oct 11, 2025June 17,2025 17:48:56 PM
PM Modi, like many of his predecessors, has tried to build bridges with Pakistan in the past
Tue, Jun 17, 2025April 29,2025 15:34:02 PM
Pakistan army chief should know that his invocation of the two-nation theory is short-sighted and counter-productive. His views are unacceptable to all Indians who believe that faith cannot define nationalism
Tue, Apr 29, 2025March 05,2025 12:12:57 PM
There is no need to confuse Trump’s abrasive style and articulation and his setting aside of diplomatic courtesies with the substance of his strategic approaches and his realism.
Wed, Mar 05, 2025February 04,2025 17:13:50 PM
The practice of designated places in the Mela ground for officials and the rich — as it was done in this Kumbh Mela but began on a smaller basis earlier — goes against the grain of pilgrimage and is part of a tourism whose objective is profit
Wed, Feb 05, 2025January 08,2025 07:03:03 AM
Despite the presence of a large Indian diaspora in Canada, bilateral ties have not been a priority for India. Canada’s handling of the Kanishka bombing embittered India; its latitude to Khalistanis has angered it.
Wed, Jan 08, 2025November 18,2024 16:36:25 PM
The implementation of ‘jumlas’ is not considered when they are asserted. As US voters and the media may not be as forgetful or forgiving as in some other countries, Trump has to demonstrate that he will fulfil his campaign pledges — from policing borders to ending wars
Mon, Nov 18, 2024October 16,2024 01:00:13 AM
The story spun by the Canadians cannot be taken seriously by anyone who has even a modicum of knowledge of how Indian diplomats, including Heads of Missions, function
Wed, Oct 16, 2024October 14,2024 17:19:33 PM
Jaishankar is perhaps right that Patel would not have favoured “socialist” socio-economic policies. Would he not have been appalled at the blatant display of wealth by the nation’s uber-rich and growing disparities in India?
Mon, Oct 14, 2024August 24,2024 16:26:34 PM
The fact is that on the Ukraine issue, the US and its allies on the one side and China and Russia on the other have locked horns. Ultimately it is they that have to unlock them. There is nothing to suggest that they want India and others to do anything but condemn Russian action and apply economic pressure
Fri, Aug 30, 2024August 12,2024 07:33:40 AM
This happened despite the large security structures that are now in place. Are “turf” issues responsible or were there misjudgements?
Mon, Aug 12, 2024July 22,2024 12:05:30 PM
Trump’s agenda is socially and politically the antithesis of the liberal values that were promoted domestically, since the 1960s, and which, in theory, the US also pushed abroad. Harris or any other Democratic candidate will face an uphill but not impossible task
Mon, Jul 22, 2024June 16,2024 18:00:22 PM
While on the two previous occasions Modi met many of them individually the day after his swearing-in, this time he did not. Opportunity for visiting leaders to hear directly from him on how India wishes to address issues in each bilateral relationship was lost
Sun, Jun 16, 2024May 20,2024 20:00:56 PM
His death is likely to reopen a succession tussle between hardliners and pragmatists in the country
Mon, May 20, 2024May 08,2024 13:32:31 PM
Jawaharlal Nehru’s impulses on India’s external orientation derived from the fundamental principles of the Freedom Movement. If the Modi government considers that it is following these principles, it would be unworthy of its members to claim that its predecessors did not do so
Mon, May 13, 2024April 20,2024 13:06:22 PM
Akhilesh Mishra could have emphasised that India’s concerned institutions have been taking action according to the law. Instead, he commented in a political manner on the current Opposition and once-ruling party in the context of corruption. This is unacceptable
Sat, Apr 20, 2024
