Navjot Singh Sidhu: An Optimist or a Parochial Sub- Nationalist?
Given shared ancestry and blood lines, common language and habits and cultural affinities, the Pakistanis are unable to separate themselves from India and create...
No Guns, Only Fist Fights: The Novelty of Skirmishes on India-China Border...
Guns, grenades, tanks and artillery. This is what comes to one’s mind when trained professional soldiers engage the enemies on the border. Be it...
Political Elites of India: The Shifting Dynamics
The composition of power elites in India has significantly changed. Now, former businessmen like Amit Shah and Nitin Gadkari are the key government functionaries...
‘Swadeshi’, Globalisation and ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat’: Why India Fails to Learn...
To an average Indian, the very mention of the word ‘Swadeshi’ reminds of India’s independence movement and nationalistic leaders like Mahatma Gandhi; courtesy collective...
The Sordid Saga of Indian Baba
Call them the spiritual gurus or thugs, the fact remains that the babagiri in India is today mired in obnoxious controversy. There is a long list...
The Offensive Verse from Tulsi Das’s Ramcharitmanas must be deleted
Swami Prasad Maurya, a leader of Samajwadi Party of Uttar Pradesh who champions the cause of backward classes, has demanded the deletion of "insulting...
R.N. Ravi: The Governor and his Government of Tamil Nadu
The tussle between Governor and the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu is becoming murkier day by day. The latest in the series is Governor’s walk...
India’s ‘Me Too’ Moment: Implications for Bridging the Power Differential and...
The Me Too Movement in India is certainly helping ‘name and shame’ sexual predators in work places. It has contributed in de-stigmatising survivors and...
India, Pakistan and Kashmir: Why Any Opposition to Abrogation of Article...
It is important to understand Pakistan’s approach towards Kashmir and why Kashmiri insurgents and separatists do what they do. Apparently, both Pakistan and the...
Will Rahul Gandhi Emerge as Oppositions’ Consensus PM Candidate
Not so long ago, around the middle of last year, there used to be mention of Mamta Banerjee, Nitish Kumar, K Chandra Sekhar Rao,...