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Will Deepa Thoon Controversy Damage Stalin's DMK?

The Deepa Thoon controversy, if not allowed to die a natural death, could take the...

Putin Visit: The US-Pakistan Connection

Luckily for us, a Russia that is desperate to stay relevant in an emerging multipolar...

Trump's Language Of Fascism

'Non-compatible with Western Civilization' is about as vague and jingoistic as it gets...

The Dangers Of Sanchar Snoop

Once the OS layer is opened to the State, it doesn't close, notes Lieutenant General...

How Indian Institutions Can Shine On Global Stage

The recipe for Indian higher education institutions to succeed in the global markets is...

The Importance Of Putin's India Visit

The enduring relationship between the two countries have survived the disintegration of...

What Gave Birth To Maoists In Bastar

The Maoists in Bastar went from one village to another with kits providing badly needed...

India's Craft May Redefine 'Made In India'

What is currently perceived as a massive, low-tech liability could become a high-value,...

Time To Elect, Not Select Governors

In a federal democracy, the people must have a say (indirect or direct) in an office as...

Will D K Shivakumar Go The Sachin Pilot Way?

Even if D K Shivakumar wanted to oust Siddaramaiah, whose support would he take? The...

Why Is Media Silent On Kashmir Times?

It is shameful that Kashmir Times has been attacked in the way it has and that Anuradha...

Disruptor Or Decider? What Will Vijay Choose?

The likes of Sengottaiyan can help Vijay navigate it better and faster -- but not...

Why Educated Muslim Youth Join Terror Modules

Radical Islamist networks are deliberately targeting Muslim youths embedded within the...

No Full-Stop To Govt Versus Governors Tussle

The Supreme Court's opinion on the presidential reference can impact on any number of...

Will Xi Jinping's Enemies Stage A Coup?

If Xi Jinping is dethroned in the future, the instrument for that may well be embedded...

Arunachal Key To India-Japan Strategy Against China

If they act now, they can reshape the strategic map of Asia without firing a shot.If...

How IAF Will Investigate Tejas Crash

An IAF aircrash investigation typically concludes in two/three odd months. The reason...

Lessons India Taught China In 1962 War

The well-fought defensive battles in Aksai Chin and eastern Arunachal, in remote and...

The World Is A Dangerous Place

After Donald Trump became president of the United States, he unleashed economic...

After Bihar, Is It Target Stalin For BJP?

After big win in Bihar, the BJP is likely to push harder in Tamil Nadu, where the DMK...

Missing Thackerays And A Bulldozer At Marathi School

If the Thackerays don't save a Marathi school in their backyard, who will, wonders Syed...

The Secret US Hand In 1962 War

India emerged from the war militarily bruised and strategically altered.The United...

Modi's Message In A Battle For The Congress

The Congress's performance in the Lok Sabha elections showed that it may be down but...

It's Time For Rahul Gandhi To Step Aside

Democracy in India is too important to be left to a leader with a limited appeal.If...

Was US India's Ally Or Foe In 1962 War?

What appeared to be a generous act of friendship was, in truth, a manoeuvre within a...

Nitish Kumar Has The Opportunity Of A Lifetime...

If he cannot do it this term by using his bureaucracy and experts from different...

Bihar Electoral Tsunami No One Saw Coming

'Are elections still fair in India, or are we all witness to a macabre style of...

Vietnam Emerges As India's Key Defence Partner

The 15th India-Vietnam Defence Dialogue signalled a move from routine talks to deeper...

Trishul 2025 Signals New Era in Fighting Wars

After Operation Sindoor, the Army and Navy now view the IAF as not a supporting arm,...

Nitish Kumar Has Proved He Is Master Of The Game

This election is a thank you note to Nitish Babu from a grateful Bihari people, notes...

Nehru Should Have Retired In 1957

...a time when his legacy ledger was still positive and before the debacle against...

The Quiet Courage of Walking Away

Walking away is easier when nothing is at stake. It is far harder when you must break...

Why BJP, Nitish Need Each Other

Left to its machinations, the BJP would have loved to cut Nitish down to size, but it...

When Will Vijay Smell The Coffee?

TVK cadres are worried, the leadership looks weak, and the party is not fully prepared...

Asim Munir's Power Surge Splits Pakistan Military

Creating a powerful new chief of defence forces has split the Pakistan military into...

Trump Meets His Kejriwal in Zohran Mamdani

The mass of voters chose Kejriwal and Mamdani for the simple reason that they were sick...

Modi Updates Stalin's Election Strategy

'Stalin's intention is plain and simple.''The DMK wants to convert what is an...

What Democrats Can Learn From Zohran Mamdani

His victory means that his party will have to learn from him, because after the rise of...

Will Cash Transfer Win Bihar For Modi?

If women voters are mobilised in big numbers to the voting booths on November 6 and 11...

How Zohran Mamdani Went From 1% To Frontrunner

What an achievement it will be if a young Gujarati-Punjabi man is able to give the most...

What Canada Can Do To Revive India Relationship

For Canada, important steps towards containing domestic elements that fuel...

Why US-China Face-Off Is Advantage India

Amid US-China trade tensions and economic vulnerabilities, India must seize the 'China...

Will Nitish Surprise Modi Or Vice Versa?

The BJP's MoSha leadership are past masters in encouraging defections from their allies...

Dream On... Viksit Bharat

Can change happen? Not unless the changemakers themselves want it since they benefit...

Will Trump Pull The Plug On Russian Oil Sanctions?

Whether Trump will actually press ahead with the oil sanctions remains unclear, since...

Has Vijay Changed After Karur Stampede?

Vijay, despite the loud message from his delayed arrival at the road-show/stampede...

Bengaluru Faces Urban Breakdown

Bengaluru is at a critical juncture, where its economic model, reliant on attracting...

Is Pakistan's Rise Wake-Up Call For India?

New Delhi might have loudly welcomed an age of multipolarity, hedging and strategic...

From Gujarat To Global Stage: Modi's 25 Year Journey

'I disagree with much of Modi's politics, but it cannot be denied that in these years...

Russia-China Gas Pact Poses New Challenges For India

India should simultaneously prioritise domestic exploration and production of more oil...

Modi's Risky Gamble With The Taliban

Developing relations with the Taliban is needed, but plunging headlong into Afghanistan...

Why We Must Worry About India's Human Rights Record

In May, 40 Rohingyas were blindfolded and flown to the Andaman and Nicobar islands and...

Don't Expect A Reprieve From Trump!

'There are times when India should stand up without hesitation and voice its...

Why Modi Needs Mission-Mode Bureaucrats

Learning from East Asia, India must reform its district administration with...

Will Japan's Iron Lady Deepen India-Japan Ties?

As a protege of Shinzo Abe, Takaichi is expected to scale bilateral ties much...

Explained: Trump's H1 Order Decoded

A deep dive into Trump's new policy and what it means for Indian professionals and...

Pilot Training In India Is Below The Mark

The principal problem lies in lack of training infrastructure and relatively lax safety...

Can CBI Stampede Probe Impact TN Polls?

If the TVK joins the NDA, there is every likelihood of the AIADMK winning an absolute...

Visa Shock Stalls India's Talent Race

If the Indian government is indeed serious about reversing brain drain, it needs to put...

Afghans Are Adept At Playing India Against Pakistan

'During the 5-day visit, Amir Khan Muttaqi would have, conceivably, bumped into our...

Why Trump Wanted Nobel Peace Prize

Look at any picture or video of Donald Trump and infer if that inspires any thought of...

Why Has ISI Chief Been Given An Extension?

While Asim Malik's role in Pakistan's recent warming up of relations with the US is...

Will Vijay's Next Film Rescue His Political Career?

'Karur could still impact Jana Nayagan's box-office success if Vijay and the TVK do not...

India's Foreign Policy Panchnama

There has never been a moment in India's history when it has been so adrift in the...

'Pakistan May Get More Adventurous Towards India'

'What we need to watch is how Saudi Arabia's financial assistance will be used by...

V K Malhotra: Professor, Politician, Gentleman

In seniority in the BJP leadership team, V K Malhotra, who passed into the ages this...

When Indian Soldiers Went Through Hell

Can Imperial Japan be forgiven for what it did to Indian soldiers it was supposed to...

Has Karur Tragedy Halted Vijay's Political Rise?

The Karur tragedy has exposed the huge gaps in Vijay's understanding of realpolitik,...

How India Got The MiG-21 63 Years Ago

The MiG-21 episode demonstrates that procurement is always strategic. Choices about...

Vijay Or EPS: Who Will Fill Anti-DMK Space?

The two weeks that EPS took fending off the Sengottaiyan rebellion has since become...

Road Ahead For Nepal Not An Easy One

The GenZ violence that engulfed Nepal is not only against nepo-babies -- its anger is...

India Needs SuperGen To Fight Corruption

Correction of India's ills requires focussed direction of our energy.For this, we need...

Why Trump Has Waged A Tariff War Against India

The collective West has always opposed strong leaders and economic development in...

Weaker Nations Get Used. Warning For India

'Trump does have a master plan in mind to put pressure on India with the additional...

Is Arundhati Roy Scared Of The Really Powerful?

'Arundhati Roy is like a ballerina performing on a high wire, cool, supremely at ease...

India's Startup Dreams, Ready to Bloom

Let's work flat out and create a policy framework that fosters the growth of Indian...

How Modi Changed Indian Politics

In the last 11 years, India and the world witnessed what he stood for, what he promised...

The REAL Reason For Trump's Tariff Tantrums

'What the US appears to be doing is to force India to be "the buyer of last resort", on...

BJP-AIADMK Gift Stalin An Election Issue

Amit Shah seemingly encouraging AIADMK dissident Sengottaiyan after party boss Edappadi...

What Was The Need To Play Pakistan?

Operation Sindoor has not yet been formally called off.What was the crying need to send...

Modi@75: The Man Who Changed India

Let there be no doubt that Modi in these 24 years so far has reshaped politics and...

Nepal Crisis: A Wake-Up Call For India

Having control over both digital media and NGOs, it was easy for the US to topple the...

Can United Thackeray Cousins Take On BJP?

The numbers tell us the BJP's acceptability in Maharashtra is growing -- at the expense...

US Will Realise India Can't Be Bullied!

'Things may get much worse before they get better,' predicts Ajay Chhibber.

Turbulence In Tokyo: What It Means For India

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's sudden resignation after only a year in office has...

Narendra Modi: Why I Admire Mohan Bhagwat

'Mohanji is a living example of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, showing that when we rise above...

Has Modi Sacrificed Palestine For Israel Bonhomie?

It is high time India ends its silence on the human cost of the Gaza war and takes a...

Will Macron Be Ousted Before 2027?

France today increasingly resembles the Italy of the past, when governments fell with...

EPS Shows BJP Who Is The Boss in Tamil Nadu

'The EPS camp feels assertiveness will help the AIADMK keep the BJP's seat-share...

The Lessons From Nepal's Social Media Ban Protests

Monday's protests in Nepal may become the forerunner to many more agitations in future...

US Needs India As Much As India Needs The US

India-US relations, like Rome, were not built in a day, nor can they be demolished in a...

Are We Making A Chinese Mistake Again?

'Xi is an individual led by a harder calculus and would scoff at melting over...

Indira Gandhi Or Modi: Who's India's Strongest PM?

Mrs Gandhi's power ebbed and peaked with the times. Mr Modi's has almost been constant,...

Why J&K Border Villages Are Safe Haven For Terrorists

'Why have we failed to address the issue of ensuring a requisite buffer zone in...

Stalin Goes To Bihar: What Gives?

Like his father Karunanidhi and AIADMK rivals MGR and Jayalalithaa, Stalin would like...

A New Way To Retire Gracefully

This isn't just a home for the elderly. It's a place where life stories, generations,...

Modi And The Art Of Practising External Affairs

'Personalities are temporary, policies provide for stability.''With the former, when...

Unclear Goals Of The 130th Amendment

'Non-BJP state governments and their leaders, navigating today's political landscape,...

India Must Be Ready For Chinese Challenge

'One Chinese interlocutor said India should realise that "China can do without India,...

Trump's Tariffs: India's 2nd 1991 Moment

The crisis may not be as visible this time, but the stakes are just as high, points out...

Sindoor: Pakistan Air Force Was No Match For IAF

'Operation Sindoor had three objectives.''One, destroy the Lashkar-e-Taiba headquarters...

200-Year-Old Border Dispute Sparks India-Nepal Tension

Nepal's claim on Lipulekh and Kalapani reopens a 200-year-old border dispute, while...

Pandering To Trump Means Serial Humiliation

'No respite from economic pain is worth the loss of dignity and self-respect,' asserts...

Why Academic Freedom Isn't Absolute

Confusing academic freedom with the right to free speech of an individual and expecting...

How India Can Turn Tariffs Into Opportunity

To those who ask, "Is all this really worth it? Why can't domestic demand fill the...

Under New Bill Modi, Mantris Face Risk Of Arrest Too

BJP strategists are missing something somewhere, and they have not acknowledged it, to...

Thermostat Setting: India's Cool Move

'Are there other ways to reduce the energy airconditioners consume?' asks Ambi...

Asim Munir Shuffles His Generals

Asim Munir will have to find a well trusted aide to fill the crucial ISI post's when...

Munir's Moves: Why India Must Be On High Alert

A Pakistan that is more secure in its relations with the US is also one that might well...

Can Trump's Diplomacy End Ukraine War?

Trump has played throughout his career as a deal-maker who could deliver where others...

When Voter ID Matters And When It Doesn't

When the government chooses to either ignore or use identity documents only when it...

Never Before Has A PM Like Him Visited India!

Sitiveni Rabuka's visit to New Delhi marks a major shift in India-Fiji ties as the...

Will Wang's Visit Help Improve Relations?

The Galwan clashes indicate to the limitations in relations if they do not address...

Vijay's Political Ambitions Need Tough Resolve

Vijay, with his chief ministerial ambitions, is a one-man army, at least as of now, and...

The Dangerous Reality Behind Maha's 'Urban Naxal' Law

'The law under the guise of security represents a grave and unnecessary expansion of...

Why We Hurt Those We Love Is A Mystery

'We may rationalise that we say or do things to get those close to us on the right...

Is Modi's 'Mr India' Image Fading?

'The Election Commission's involvement in the avoidable SIR controversy has carried a...

Time India Learnt From China Playbook

If India caves in to US pressure as Trump hopes it will, he will further try to...

Modi's Diplomacy Needs To Get More Done

One must wonder whether Mr Modi's efforts to wine and dine the Big Two of today's world...

What C P Radhakrishnan's Choice Means For Modi, BJP

By naming a sworn swayamsevak for vice president, the Modi-Shah duo have sent out a...

The Alaska Fiasco: Lessons For India

The point to note for India is that we must not panic.The United States may be our...

How India Must Deal With Trump The Bully

The way to deal with a bully is to resist bullying, because submission in the first...

Why Is The US So Fond Of Asim Munir?

Sections in the US State Department and Pentagon have always felt more comfortable...

Trump's Tariffs: Why India Needs To Be Strategic

In trade negotiations, as in chess, sometimes you need to accept a temporary...

India's Foreign Policy Needs Strategic Expansion

The era where nations thrived through rigid alignments is giving way to an age where...

Why Chase The Black Box?

Why not stream all the data in real time to multiple recipients?It would make the...

US Wants To Undermine India Militarily, Economically

If the US' renewed closeness with Pakistan ends up strengthening Pakistan's military,...

Modi Isn't Going To Retire On Sept 17

'Mr Modi has the power and pre-eminence in the BJP-RSS to choose how long he wants to...

Why Is US Going Through This Madness?

The answer is to be found in the rise of the global south and in particular, the rise...

Why Calcutta Remains A City Of Bhoy

A year after the RG Kar rape-murder Swarupa Dutt/Rediff look at the city where it...

Wanted: A Safe Seat For Superstar Vijay

This is important because he is to be seen as a sure winner before criss-crossing the...

Trump Taunts Modi, But India, US Still Do Business

India and the US have collaborated through the past one month on launching a powerful...

Mumbai, Malegaon Verdicts: Collective National Failure

The blame must be shared by the investigating agencies, the government of the day and...

How Will Nuns' Arrest Affect Kerala Politics?

The current situation in Kerala politics is perhaps best described as a case of the...

Why Trump Turned on India, Embraced Pakistan

Trump's new rules for how countries should treat him have led to the current breakdown...

Operation Sindoor: Why Was ISI HQ Not Targeted?

What was the aim of Operation Sindoor? Why was the operation halted so soon? asks...

Abrogation Article 370: Delhi Plays Cat-and-Mouse Game

New Delhi looks to be testing Omar's endurance with unconcealed glee, never feeling shy...

Has Rahul Gandhi Forgotten The Malegaon Blasts?

For Malegaon's Muslims, Rahul Gandhi's remarks were simply one more indication that the...

What's Trump's Real Game Plan Against India?

By threatening to punish India with high tariff, Trump is actually planting a...