Congress may be repeating BJP's error of 2003
The year 2008 has withered away. Shall the Congress party follow suit?The year has ended with two sets of elections, full-fledged assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir and a set of eight by-elect...- in Politics n government
What 'business as usual' means in India
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold.' W B Yeats's line from his poem The Second Coming seems eerily prophetic in the present time.
Take a look at the state of India's three largest parties ...- in Politics n government
Taliban spreads into Pakistan's heart
The bombing of a Shia mosque in Dera Ghazi Khan and an armed assault on a police checkpost in Mianwali by the Taliban in quick succession (February 5 and 7) could indicate the armed group's plans t...- in Politics n government
China mediating between India and Pakistan?
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei's visit to New Delhi has raised expectations that Beijing is mediating between New Delhi and Islamabad to resolve the crisis provoked by the Mumbai atta...- in Politics n government
Being a historic first entails both enjoyment of heady rewards and payment of a heavy price. The 44th President of the US, Barack Obama , who was rather messily sworn in on January 20, being the ...- in Politics n government
Why New Delhi fiddles when Lanka burns
When I was in high school, the then Tamil Nadu government used to shut educational institutions for a few days as a mark of protest against the genocide in Sri Lanka . Closing down schools and co...- in Politics n government
What exactly does Prakash Karat stand for?
Who do you think will come up with the most vicious Valentine greetings this Saturday? Shall it be the people protesting against the celebrations on the ground that it contravenes Indian culture? Or...- in Politics n government
Why Miliband tried to rationalise Mumbai attack
There has been considerable anger and indignation in India British Foreign Secretary David Miliband attempt last week to rationalise the terrorist attack in Mumbai , by the Lashkar-e-Tayiba of P...- in Politics n government
Lok Sabha is not the place for local politics
All politics is local politics.' So said Tip O'Neill, once the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the United States Congress.For various complicated reasons I have had a whirlwind tour of th...- in Politics n government
British kite flying on Kashmir
By a coincidence, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband was in India during the annual kite-flying festival and he did indeed do some of his own on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir . He proffere...- in Politics n government
The end of Prabhakaran?
There have been understandable scenes of jubilation in Colombo and other Sinhalese majority areas of Sri Lanka over the occupation of Kilinochchi, which used to be the administrative capital of the...- in Politics n government
Obama and hope: Some personal observations
On January 20 Barack Hussein Obama becomes the 44th president of the United States of America and history will be made in more ways than one. The White House will receive its first black occupant an...- in Politics n government
'Fantastic validation of Indian democracy'
Congratulating India's electorate for rejecting both the Left and the Right, leading Indian-American economists and the business chamber have hailed the Congress's resounding electoral win.
Econo...- in Politics n government
Afghan troop surge: Good, but not enough
Commentary: Wilson John
Is hard work worth it?
'And why did I slog so much? What for?' fumed Amit Agarwal. His anger and frustration was very real, though this is not so rare these days. We have good reasons to be angry, frustrated and yet h...- in Politics n government