The Roadmap We Must Make As We Go

Massive challenges face the Narendra Modi government. Here are some of our bigger ailments that need...

The Nu Era

India-US nuclear deal stirred the torpid opposition parties into action, particularly the Left, and nearly...

Been So Long, Archiekins

Indo-US relations have traversed tough terrain and endured

Marks Of Insecurity

Why do top results-- in boards, JEE or UPSC-- matter to us so much?

Fission And No Fizz

N-power status put India back a notch on all counts. What saved us from the hole: the economy.

'The Film Will Encourage Cynicism'

With a scary political prescription, its message is: Don't think too much, just get on with it

A Lengthy Courtship

We in India lack contemporary history of the digestible, Datta-Ray kind. This book will sit well on our...

A Concerto For Violence

The shock of 9/11 and the US military presence in the region might have helped pacify this turbulent zone; it...

"Court Martial"

Transcript of Televison Talk Show Court Martial broadcast on SAB TV  where the foreign secretary, recently...

Train To/From Pakistan

If both India and Pakistan have easy travel regimes, they'll earn goodwill among ordinary citizens who may...

Inside The Pakistani Mind

Welcome notes on the eve of the Pakistani general's visit

Dialogue, Not Revenge

Kanti Bajpai, Kamal Mitra Chenoy, Praful Bidwai and Achin Vanaik suggest a peace plan

Lahore Balance-Sheet

There's a sense of relief about the decade's first bilateral meet. The bad news:nothing to capture the...

Missing In Action

Singh's polemical thesis suggests an absent strategic culture

Touring The Decades

Neither subtle nor flashy, a hard-nosed look at foreign policy

Cut Out The Bombast

To declare that India needs the bomb to deter Pakistan's bomb is rather perverse. For, if New Delhi did...

India In A Diplomatic Soup