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The writer is an independent security and political risk consultant.

former Army officer Lieutenant General D S Hooda (retired) said it was natural to have initial euphoria about the success but the constant maintenance of hype around the military operations was unwarranted. (Photo: ANI)

Pak at crossroads after India's paradigm shift

The Line of Control has for various reasons been considered sacrosanct by most Indian governments.

28 Feb 2019 2:23 AM IST

Hambantota port in Sri Lanka, which was built with Chinese collaboration as part of the Belt and Road Initiative.

Will the Chinese Belt and Road change the geopolitical game?

The Belt and Road is more a concept than a legal or economic blueprint signed and sealed by its conceptualisers,...

22 Feb 2019 2:01 AM IST

Members of Kashmirs Lakes and Waterways Authority collect weeds lying on the surface of Dal Lake. (Photo: AFP)

Kashmir: A land with a rich history is now in turmoil

The Tamil, Telugu, Kalinga, Bengali and other civilisations all have histories that go back several millennia.

8 Feb 2019 1:24 AM IST

Noting that Al-Qaeda still maintains a presence in South Asia, the UN report said the terror group adapts to the local environment, trying to embed itself into local struggles and communities and is closely allied with the Taliban. (Representational Image | AFP)

Afghan: Should India talk to the Taliban?

The United States, Russia and Iran are all talking to the Taliban leadership.

22 Jan 2019 1:30 AM IST

Robert Clive and Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey in 1757

Masterful historical fiction in the backdrop of mid-18th century...

It hurtles the reader down a trail of action and adventure unadulterated by long soliloquies, philosophising or literary...

18 Jan 2019 12:32 AM IST

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

In Bangla, India needs to explore alternatives

The Indian establishment nevertheless needs to be more sensitive of Bangladeshi sentiments and aspirations.

12 Jan 2019 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Anarchy on the rise in a disordered republic

India is one of the few countries in the world where income inequality is growing the fastest.

5 Jan 2019 12:00 AM IST

Army soldiers raise their guns to celebrate the killing of four top Jaish-e-Muhammad militants, including one Pakistani commander, at Hajin Payeen area of Pulwama district of South Kashmir on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

The divide is growing in a fragmented J&K

The BJP in the state represents mainly the Jammu region, which generally does not support the insurgency.

31 Dec 2018 12:00 AM IST

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe (Photo: AFP)

India gets a reprieve in Sri Lanka & Maldives

The Maldives is estimated to have racked up over $1.3 billion in debt to China.

20 Dec 2018 12:23 AM IST

Chinese currency notes: The yuan

A wake-up call on the growing threat to India from China

The Chinese threat has not receded and the Chinese leadership still looks to Mao for guidance, the author argues.

14 Dec 2018 12:34 AM IST

Lord Curzon and his wife Mary Curzon on a tiger hunt in 1902

A well-researched compendium of the people who ran the Raj

David Gilmour, one of Britain's most accomplished historical writers, has however decided to ignore all that and dive...

23 Nov 2018 12:39 AM IST

Indian purchases of Iranian crude increased from 12.7 million tonnes in 2015-16 to 27.2 mt the next fiscal. Today, Iran is Indias third largest oil supplier after Iraq and Saudi Arabia. (Representational Image | AP)

Iran's oil and India's fragile energy security

Washington's decision to dishonour its nuclear treaty with Tehran and hammer on economic sanctions was sudden as well as...

7 Nov 2018 12:45 AM IST