THE RSS SURGERY: WILL IT HELP REVIVE BJP?
A few months back, senior BJP leader Arun Shourie had asked the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS) to bombard the headquarters and take over the BJP. Being an insider who was privy to the steep... An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world. Read Full Story
AKBAR TURNS JINNAH, ASKS FOR A MUSLIM STATE
"What the Muslims... are looking for... is a defined political space within which they can find food-and-faith security." Were these words uttered by MA Jinnah a little before he formally articulated... An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world. Read Full Story
CAN CHINA'S MIGHT A MONK'S POWER FIGHT?
China seems to be more afraid of the Dalai Lama than most of us suspect. The Tibetan spiritual leader has been troubling them no end for decades, and their apprehensions are only increasing with... An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world. Read Full Story
BYPOLLS: MANY SURPRISES, MORE IN STORE
In the recent bypolls in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, Mayawati and Mamata have emerged triumphant. While Mamata Banerjee was expected to do reasonably well, many believed that the Congress would... An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world. Read Full Story
JAMIAT ULAMA-I-HIND: GHETTOISING INDIAN MUSLIMS
How often do we hear that Muslims are being discriminated against, and that it is this that has led to their extreme poverty and backwardness? This seductive argument has been used, once again, by... An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world. Read Full Story
JAMIAT ULAMA-I-HIND: GHETTOISING INDIAN MUSLIMS
How often do we hear that Muslims are being discriminated against, and that it is this that has led to their extreme poverty and backwardness? This seductive argument has been used, once again, by... An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world. Read Full Story
MS ARUNDHATI ROY'S WAR
Long before many of us were born, there lived a man in India who raised his voice against exploitation of India's resources and its citizens by the state that was then run by a colonial power. This... An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world. Read Full Story
MS ARUNDHATI ROY'S WAR
Long before many of us were born, there lived a man in India who raised his voice against exploitation of India's resources and its citizens by the state that was then run by a colonial power. This... An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world. Read Full Story
LEADERSHIP VACUUM AT THE HT SUMMIT
If a picture can say what a thousand words can't, this is one of them.Taken at the recent Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in New Delhi and given top billing across six columns on a page that bore... An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world. Read Full Story
LEADERSIP VACUUM AT THE HT SUMMIT
If a picture can say what a thousand words can't, this is one of them.Taken at the recent Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in New Delhi and given top billing across six columns on a page that bore... An analysis of the political, societal and security related developments that affect India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world. Read Full Story