Jawaharlal Nehru
Sunanda K Datta Ray | Compromise vital as India tries to expand global role
Similar credibility issues in explaining India’s foreign policy face Modi and Jaishankar as Nehru did
Pavan K. Varma | Govts a continuum: Modi, Nehru face-off ill-advised
Comparing leaders like Nehru and Modi is facile; history should be judged in context. Both have strengths and weaknesses
AA Edit | Bharat Ratna for Karpoori well-deserving recognition
His ideological, political and social impact is best gauged by the sheer number of politicians he inspired
Book Excerpt: In his own words: How Gandhi stayed true to his ahimsa ideal
IF FOUR SCORE IS IMPERTINENCE, FIVE SCORE WILL BE INTOLERABLE
Mohan Guruswamy | The Narendra Modi style of governing a complex nation
The PM is number one and the organisation is flat after that
Manish Tewari | Why South Asia in dire need of statesmanship
South Asia requires statespersons who can look beyond the horizon to the future that beckons rather than remain stuck in the history
AA Edit | Much ado about ‘Sengol’
The symbol’s value is just one of historicity as it was associated with India’s tryst with destiny as a nation freed of the colonial yoke
Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Amidst waffling over China, US-India embrace deepens
It is India’s permanent dilemma that complacency about foreign policy alternatives leads to a fatal complacency about defence
AA Edit | PM’s Mann Ki Baat sets one-of-a-kind milestone
Mann Ki Baat must be one of the world’s most prolific, versatile and engaging political conversations
Praveen Davar | How Ambedkar ensured Hindu society’s reform despite all odds
A saffron-clad swami went to the extent of saying “an ‘untouchable’ had no business meddling in matters normally the preserve of Brahmins”