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The author is a Delhi-based commentator and analyst
    US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on stage at NRG stadium in Houston. (Photo: ANI)Opinion
    Small gains for Modi, Trump from Houston

    It turns out that Houston has ended up being a show of small or no gains, small thrills that could linger longer, and...

    25 Sept 2019 1:04 AM IST

    BJP president Amit Shah speaks to the press. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Does BJP desire to rule India like China's Reds?

    It is Shah's democratic right to cast doubts about the efficacy of the multi-party democratic system in India.

    20 Sept 2019 1:36 AM IST

    Hours before his death, he had greeted people on Diwali on his Twitter handle and Facebook page. (Photo: File)Opinion
    Hurdles for Modi 2.0: Economy, J&K, NRC

    Then there is the mess created by the National Register of Citizens in Assam.

    11 Sept 2019 2:38 AM IST

    Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Photo: File)Opinion
    Signs of pragmatism in steps to boost economy

    The Modi government's eagerness to increase tax collections could have made sense if the economy was doing well.

    26 Aug 2019 12:00 AM IST

    Former Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (Photo: Twitter)Opinion
    At home in court, Parliament, and the social circuit

    Like a good lawyer with a sharp eye, he could grasp the treacherous nuances of the social and political landscape.

    25 Aug 2019 12:07 AM IST

    The quickness with which Indian right-wingers and Pakistans hardliners bring in the nuclear option into the barbed exchanges between the two countries reveals that the leaders of these two countries behave like leaders of banana republics. (Representational Image/ Pixabay)Opinion
    India-Pak wrangling on N-weapons dangerous

    It is true that the Indian missile air, land and water programme has the aim of nuclear-tipped weaponry. But it is not...

    20 Aug 2019 8:12 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: ANI | Twitter)Opinion
    PM tries to inspire, but skirts the real anxieties

    Modi conveyed his greetings to Afghanistan, that will be celebrating its Independence Day a few days later, and skipped...

    16 Aug 2019 12:29 AM IST

    Kashmiris walks past paramilitary troops patrolling a street in Srinagar on Saturday. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Can Delhi deliver vikas to post-370 Kashmir?

    The rightness or wrongness of the decision will now depend on what it can accomplish in terms of making Kashmir a normal...

    12 Aug 2019 3:00 AM IST

    Sushma Swaraj said that she has directed concerned authorities to be cautious while processing applications of the affected persons for re-issuance of their passports. (Photo: File | ANI)Opinion
    A true-grit achiever, she was capable of more

    The party took full advantage, and rightly so, of her ability to speak loudly and clearly, with force and conviction.

    8 Aug 2019 12:05 AM IST

    People take part in a protest to express solidarity with the Unnao rape survivor at India Gate in New Delhi on Monday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Unnao: It's time to act, outrage is not enough

    So when help is denied to a hapless citizen at all levels, it could not but end in tragedy of enormous proportion.

    3 Aug 2019 1:16 AM IST

    Karnataka CM H.D. Kumaraswamy with his cabinet colleagues after the Assembly was adjourned in Bengaluru on Friday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    No early end in sight to Karnataka turbulence

    It is a moot question whether it would have survived if the coalition partners had done well in the parliamentary...

    25 July 2019 12:00 AM IST

    Speaker Ramesh KumarOpinion
    Can Speaker dictate terms of resignation?

    The Congress as a party would not want to be blackmailing the government.

    17 July 2019 2:45 AM IST

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