Li Keqiang’s India visit may not yield fruit on the border issue, but will be crucial for economic ties

The Chinese premier’s visit will be a balm to India’s recent wound

Nawaz Sharif has a ‘heavy’ mandate. Does he have the moxie to usher in a ‘Naya Pakistan’?

Israelis are a nation, and the State of Israel belongs to this nation. Every citizen, male or female, should be able to pray to whoever he or she wants, in any public place, including the Western Wall.

A cultural shift is needed to make consumers cognizant of the impact of their choices.

Civilisation is possible only if intellectuals stand in opposition to the demands of political “realism” by upholding universal principles. When scholars sell out, the consequences are grave.

We should make it clear to the visiting Chinese PM that his country must take the first step of exchanging maps of the LAC which have to be the basis of further negotiations.

The ‘restoration’ of democracy has done little to impede Pakistan’s hurtling flight into chaos in the past, and it would be delusional to believe that the present election has produced any magical solution to its enduring afflictions.

Nawaz Sharif’s likely return as Pakistan's new Prime Minister, should be good news for India. But it also comes with some serious concerns.

The fight for Bangla nationhood, will it be a modern state or a religious orthodoxy?

"The two-state solution is dead!" It reminds one of Mark Twain’s oft quoted words: “The report of my death was an exaggeration.”

Anti-Shia violence in Pakistan goes beyond being just another example of minorities being targeted.

An India-dubbed Doraemon irks Dhaka. So, the cat is banished.

Why does the Indian media always overreact over Pakistan?

There is no point at which those who accumulate money become satisfied.

The balm of talks during Salman Khurshid's visit, it is hoped, would help restore peace and tranquillity

After Syria, Iraq? Iranian-Saudi, Shia-Sunni rivalries drive greater Mideast conflicts

In maintaining silence in the face of the Taliban’s violence, the PML (N) and the PTI have been short-sighted in calculating their electoral gains of questionable value

Despite the debt crisis, Europe has chosen to modify, not end, social welfare programmes

Post 26/11, the LeT has matured 'from a Punjabi-based Pakistani terror group targeting India exclusively, to a member of the global Islamic jihad targeting the enemies of al Qaeda: the Crusader West, Zionist Israel, and Hindu India.'