It is when one or more of the institutions of democracy—the legislature, the executive and the judiciary—stop performing their task scrupulously, that the latent role of the President gets activated.
Diplomats will have a hard time explaining our shifting posture on CTBT. We will have to counter the inference that our concern for justice lasted until we joined the haves.
The vicious circle must be broken somewhere. If Pakistan wants to start with Kashmir, why not? What is more urgent than cross-border terrorism? Pakistan must choose between proxy war and talks.
Montek wanted to think and write. Now he can wield the pen. N.K. Singh isn't much of a writer, and he will continue to wield power. In economics, that's called comparative advantage.
Renowned economist Amartya Sen, 65, has been called a prophet of his times. In an interview to Sagarika Ghose, the Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, reiterates his commitment to public welfare:
The Sophia Loren of India and the neo-classical dancer. They careened wildly through life, deliberately choosing uncharted pathways. With their passing the world is a drabber stage.
