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Kathmandu's strategic choice
20 Dec 2016 3:13 AM ISTNepal is frantically getting wooed by two opposing suitors, the historical partner in India and the proverbial ‘option’, China. Landlocked and...
Mosul, and the day after!
24 Nov 2016 2:25 AM ISTArguably, the three most violent conflict zones in the world are the ISIS-led Syrian-Iraqi swathes, the unforgiving terrain of the Taliban-led Af-Pak...
The forgotten Dogras
17 Sept 2016 3:41 AM ISTArmed militancy, growing religious extremism and cross-border firing have hijacked the headlines of the state of Jammu & Kashmir, since the early...
Shame of sporting administration in India
3 Sept 2016 3:37 AM ISTThe Caribbean islands of Grenada, Bahamas, and Jamaica are among the top three countries in terms of “Medals per Capita”, whereas India was 86th or...
Veteran affairs – A glaring contrast
28 Aug 2016 3:24 AM ISTThere is an interesting parallel in the electoral culture of the two largest democracies of the world, the rival political parties in both India and...
Respecting a soldier’s code of honour
21 Aug 2016 4:36 AM ISTWhen Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the United States of America, his first pit stop of symbolic diplomacy was to invoke the American conscience...
Pakistan plays Agent Provocateur
14 July 2016 4:04 AM ISTAs Kashmir valley remained on the edge with the neutralisation of the Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, the various stakeholders played to the...
No long-term plan in Middle East
3 July 2016 3:27 AM ISTReports of the Islamic State’s apparent retreat from the previously held-swathes in Syria, Iraq, and Libya have to be treated with caution. The terror...
Drone war in the neighbourhood
30 Jun 2016 3:11 AM ISTDrone wars typify the intrigues and the cloak and dagger nature of the war by the Af-Pak-US protagonists, to take on the militants on both sides of...
Coarse texture of Pakistani diplomacy
25 Jun 2016 3:44 AM ISTInternational diplomacy is a visible tool of governance – the long-term direction and intents are usually invisible and masked in palatable...
Regressive phenomenon of cults
17 Jun 2016 2:27 AM ISTPolitical correctness in the West necessitates the term “New Religious Movements” (NRM) instead of “cults” to define movements that are rooted in...
‘Aya Ram, Gaya Ram’, Redux
12 Jun 2016 3:30 AM ISTHassanpur is a nondescript state constituency in Haryana Vidhan Sabha that has the notoriety of adding a deliciously nimble-footed term in Indian...