As Kolkata marches towards modernity, it is hard to imagine its streets without these...
In days of smart, networked technology and no shame over collateral damage, what will...
Asim Malik's shift to the important DG, ISI post comes as something of a surprise now,...
Today even those who support Prime Minister Modi feel there is a certain sense of...
For India to view the new Sri Lankan leadership only through the prism of the past or...
The TIME 100 AI list is an interesting assortment of titans.Indians make up about 20...
There are few leaders in the Opposition line up who can claim a path to party...
India should encourage the second coming of SAARC with climate change as an urgent...
Delhi's appeasement strategy may now translate as more mega arms deals with the US,...
Saturday's Quad meeting in Delaware is taking place against the backdrop of China's...
The recent 'revelation' by TN fishers freed by Sri Lanka after they had paid up Lankan...
Over the years, India has enjoyed bipartisan support in the US and this asset must be...
'I would think that India faces less damage from opinions voiced overseas compared to...
'The world cannot remain a mute spectator. We could have televisions blowing up in our...
With Atishi at the helm it will not be easy for the BJP to continue using the LG's...
The nature of war and its purpose remains unchanged.The change is in the character of...
By proposing the addition of six permanent members this year, it may appear that it was...
Times have changed, situations have changed, but the basic nature of superpower...
Questions that the state had come to recognise over time but consistently delayed...
It's intriguing that the prime minister now wants his American partner to help protect...
The avoidable stresses and strains in ties helped in one way.It showed for the entire...
Every trick in the trade is being tried unabashedly. In simple arithmetical terms every...
'The consensus was that the debate was between looking backward and looking...
Why did the political system in the country react to these two decisions of the Modi...
'Don't be surprised if the Census forms come with a caste box.''I will be surprised if...
Vijay has a lot of young and middle-aged women fans, but as voters, they are possibly...
Since it was formed 58 years ago, Haryana has had Jat chief ministers for 33 of those.
In the event of the BJP's poor performance in the assembly polls this year and in early...
De-centralised execution should drive the operational concept and support military...
'Violence is the human abuse of power and rape is one of its worst...
I am happy I didn't knock anyone down, driving recklessly or trying to show...
The PDP looks a distant third in the race, observes Mohammed Sayeed Malik, the...
With the fight now having been taken to the seizure of nuclear plants, it is one more...
In private, questions are being raised about the wisdom of a 'dual-SIM' leadership...
'...We should first look at and acknowledge what we have done to ourselves.''To not do...
Always interesting, DMK politics is going to get even more absorbing in the days to...
The fundamental construct of India's neighbourhood policy still needs to be what...
In retrospect, it appeared that the bitterness of the war was still strong and the...
The coaching-tuition-profiteering model built on the back of a broken education system...
Muhammad Yunus proved that he was neither an armchair economist nor a slogan mongering...
The prime minister and his cabinet will be compelled to do what governments in other...
The compulsion behind India and Japan to deepen security cooperation is in response to...
Modi can abandon the path of Hindutva only at risk to his position within his own...
New Delhi -- which has had a disastrous neighbourhood policy that has alienated almost...
The BJP's strategy seem to be to wean away allies from the Congress, in Dravidian Tamil...
Kolkata hangs its head in shame as the hope of a government with a moral compass and a...
'If, as happened in Baramulla during the 2024 Lok Sabha election, the youth in the...
'BJP insiders acknowledge that the party needs to be helmed by someone who can match...
Pakistan wanted to be constitutionally communal, India wanted to be secular but is...
'Days ago, India witnessed the horror of the brutal rape and murder of a woman doctor...
It seems in the geopolitics of the 21st century, we can see the subcontinent acting as...
Where do Vijay and his TVK expect to get their votes from?Vijay has a huge fan...
'With continued focus on votes, upcoming by-polls and purchasing politicians, the...
Former ISI DG Faiz Hameed's arrest sends a strong message to PTI supporters that Imran...
Bangladesh is in turmoil, which is not good news for India, which shares a porous 4000...
Crucial reforms in Muslim personal law, especially laws related to inheritance and...
'With all outlets of public expression virtually choked for the last five years,...
Pakistan may want to undertake a 'false flag' operation in J&K to divert attention from...
As the 240-seater prime minister attempts to moderate his image of hardline hero, he...
'The larger story of systematic destruction, which can and has been quantified, goes...
'Is the Agniveer scheme or their post-retirement re-employment in paramilitary forces...
That he hasn't done so yet, has continued to be active on the political street, in...
'Union Budgets are often used as political instruments and that was the intention of...
India failed to extract the 'price' from Pakistan for its Kargil misadventure. The...
With the reality of coalition politics staring the BJP in its face, this was...
India's tactical and operational response demonstrated its ability to prosecute...
NEET is a court-ordered examination, supposedly aimed at meritocracy. However, over the...
'It is in the interest of China and Pakistan to give a bad name to the Indian Army and...
'I think of that young baby, still in her diapers, balancing with her arms held up by...
The trigger that led Japan and the Philippines to ink the deal was because of the...
For now, Modi's government appears singularly focussed on demonstrating that it is not...
'She's been a terrific advocate for women's rights in recent months and her...
'The lack of a majority isn't the issue. He has enough in 240, especially as none of...
'There is one way to defeat the intention behind this directive: To patronise Muslim...
This is the guy who might be one feeble, McDonald's-fueled heartbeat from the...
'The Indian private sector knows how to build and run educational organisations, what...
There is no use of the BJP targeting the likes of Mamata Banerjee and M K Stalin,...
'Under the circumstances, this announcement may remain limited to bravado and little...
Electoral setbacks and thwarted ambition can have an unpredictable effect on leaders,,...
In the volatile international situation where 'nativism' is on the rise and immigrant...
The two major parties offer the United States choices that are basically unacceptable...
It's obvious to all that the Congress is overestimating its success and the BJP is...
The US needs to understand that it could potentially lose out on attracting several...
The Democrats have elected a set of state representatives who will act as an electoral...
Now, every state election -- first up, Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand later this...
Such public domain discussions affect their morale and dedication -- and that, if...
Modi's inability to make peace with a renewed Opposition will only embolden his...
Wednesday's Vikravandi by-election has become a referendum on the Stalin government,...
Disengagement from the LAC will remain a chimera because China has given enough...
...Kids, jobs, emigration, notes Ajit Balakrishnan.
New Delhi has reached out to Moscow while waiting for a new president in Washington.New...
Beyond a point, competition is boring. The fun is in the doing, irrespective of...
Is it is necessary to play divisive politics to succeed in the next general elections?...
One hopes the new Lok Sabha will mark a break from a dismal tradition -- lack of...
For the first time, Modi is eyeball to eyeball with his bete noire, sitting a few feet...
It was almost as if we were back to 'acchey din', when Parliament was a forum where two...
A new entrant, whether a popular actor or not, has not been able to sweep the polls, as...
Astronauts aboard the space station have found themselves facing a foe far tinier than...
'The BJP's numbers in this government are almost the same as those enjoyed by the...
On June 26, for the likes of me, the music died.Any impression of potential change held...
'The election results mean that the Opposition can no longer either be ignored or...
Those familiar with intricate Kashmir politics do not rule out further delay in the...
Occasional lovers' tiffs have marked the history of RSS-BJP relations.To think that...
'Episodes of targeted attacks on Muslims established that for a section of people and,...
The climate for 'doing business' remains forbidding, taxtortion is still rife,...
Russia's unprecedented rapprochement with North Korea has raised concerns about the...
As Singapore, New York and Melbourne have shown, cities can mitigate the impact of...
The Speaker is the final authority to take a call on cases of defection.Although this...
In focus are the assembly polls in 2026.From a BJP perspective, their attack on the...
The strong message from the prime minister is of continuity of policies he considers...
There is little doubt that the prime minister's own charisma exceeds that of his party,...
Ms Swaraj was a conscientious woman who understood suffering and pathos and attempted...
Ironically, rival Tamil Nadu governments expend the most on social welfare schemes,...
It is possible to be blind to this and pretend to carry on as if nothing has happened...
The go-ahead given to prosecute Arundhati Roy would be seen by supporters of freedom of...
In the event that like in the 17th Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi again gets locked out of the...
If the concerns over risking political capital are overcome, the long-term gains for...
The crises of the 21st century, 9/11, the economic meltdown, COVID-19, Russia-Iran war...
The coming weeks are sure to have a lot of drama unfolding in Maharashtra, predicts N...
Please promise, especially those millions who trust you with their hard-earned money,...
It will be in Modi's interest to reinvent his party, read the writing on the wall that...
One would have expected Rashtrapati Bhavan and not the Delhi police to settle the...
'The 2024 election results will lead to much intense targeting of Modi, more intense...
Even as the dust settles on one election, glory in Thiruvananthapuram has come with a...
Six decades and more later, we are now captives of our identities.Every poll is based...
If Tamil Nadu voters preferred the DMK combine, it owed to the Modi-Annamalai combo's...
'Besides Ayodhya, the BJP lost in nine other constituencies with a Ramayana imprint; it...
'The word 'ally' in a coalition is misleading because it suggests someone who is always...
The biggest challenge will be to convert his regime into a coalition of minds.But given...
Modi has proven to be a past master in the art of political survival.This means that...
Unfortunately, the best man does not always win, but I feel enriched by the experience...
'The West has always opposed a strong nationalist leader in India and Narendra Modi is...
Engagement with neighbours is a strategic imperative, and not an option, asserts Rup...
'Commentators have said that dealing with allies as equals will make Modi more...
Despite failing to secure a simple majority in Parliament, we will continue to see him...
Politely decline to be prime minister, and hand the baton to someone else in the BJP --...
He will be around for another crack at the elections, and a clear majority, predicts...
At least one commentator felt that both the BJP's reach and popularity had been...
For the first time in his political career, he failed to carry his party to even a...
The TDP and JD-U will have a lot to answer inside Parliament, day after day, session...
The lack of clarity on who is next in line, when the time comes, as indeed it will one...
The Vishwaguru who addressed the maximum rallies and boasted of being blessed with...
The BJP often forgets that in Dravidian Tamil Nadu, the voter does not mix religion,...
24 hours was all it took for the Congress to overturn its decision to boycott the TV...
'Imagine what the BJP's urges would be if India's electorate awarded it truly brute...
'The Opposition will continue to be attacked through misuse of agencies, civil society...
Today in 2024, the BJP jails its opponents during an election and still believes, or at...