Friday, Jun 21, 2019 | Last Update : 03:27 AM IST
Pavan K Varma
Rethink line, explore Track 2 diplomacy
A sensible policy would be to have talks on our terms and agenda at a time of our choosing.
16 Jun 2019 6:39 AM
2019 signals decline of caste, dynastic politics
Tejaswi Yadav in Bihar, at the helm of the RJD only because he is the anointed son of Lalu Prasad Yadav, could not win a single seat in Bihar.
02 Jun 2019 12:11 AM
Wrong to paper over Pragya’s take on Godse
It is good that the Supreme Court (SC) directed that Priyanka Sharma be immediately released.
19 May 2019 1:01 AM
Whither a chaiwala in a society as ours?
Today, the caste system is officially frowned upon, and democratic empowerment has loosened its asphyxiating stranglehold.
05 May 2019 12:36 AM
Opposition remains disunited as ever
To an objective observer this is unbridled divisive cacophony which seriously undermines the macro attempts to project a larger unity.
21 Apr 2019 12:45 AM
Why is EC mum in face of flagrant foul play?
The EC derives its powers from a categorical provision in the Constitution.
07 Apr 2019 12:00 AM
Talks with Pakistan a weapon, use it wisely
The recent veto by China on the UN’s banning of Masood Azhar, and our reaction to it, presents a good example of what is realistic appraisal.
24 Mar 2019 12:00 AM
A shrill campaign won’t fetch BJP Balakot votes
The controversy about what damage was caused by our airstrike, is entirely irrelevant.
10 Mar 2019 12:32 AM
A prosperous Kashmir is India’s best riposte
It is a little surprising, therefore, that in his first reaction our Prime Minister has said that our armed forces have been given a free hand.
24 Feb 2019 12:15 AM
Centre-state war may destroy the executive
The SC’s directive was hailed as a victory by both the opposing sides — the BJP and Ms Banerjee.
10 Feb 2019 12:00 AM
Claims of mass rigging of EVMs are laughable
It is utter nonsense to postulate that EVM machines are capable of mass hacking.
27 Jan 2019 2:30 AM
The CBI director’s removal was unfair
The CVC finding is that it could not look into these allegations for want of time, and that further inquiry is needed.
13 Jan 2019 2:05 AM
A wishlist for 2019: To brighten India’s future
Let us hope that the parliamentary elections in 2019 throw up a result that is good for the country.
30 Dec 2018 12:10 AM
BJP gets wake-up call, Cong needs an agenda
In Madhya Pradesh the fight went down to the wire, a see-saw battle where sometimes the BJP was ahead and sometimes the Congress.
16 Dec 2018 12:10 AM
The art of civilised dialogue is dead
When our political leaders are culpable in taking discourse to its lowest common denominator, TV channels do the same.
02 Dec 2018 12:23 AM
Dialogue could resolve Ram temple issue
For Hindus, the site where Lord Ram was born — irrespective of whether this can be historically proved or not — has very special significance.
18 Nov 2018 12:05 AM
A befitting tribute to Patel was long overdue
The BJP, which is joined at the hip to the RSS, has internalised a convenient amnesia about what Sardar Patel actually thought of the RSS.
04 Nov 2018 12:05 AM
Lawmakers and their law-breaking progeny
The powerful need to have their egos massaged, and the supplicants must outdo each other in the most abject display of sycophancy.
21 Oct 2018 12:24 AM
Rafale deal not yet BJP’s Bofors
The perception that there has been a huge defense scandal has hardly percolated down to the common people.
07 Oct 2018 1:34 AM
We need a more robust Pak foreign policy
Diplomacy to be effective must be embedded in a strategic matrix. The question is not whether we should talk to Pakistan or not.
23 Sep 2018 2:32 AM
Columns
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The BJP has an advantage in its parliamentary numbers and time is on its side.
Both the PML-N and PPP have ratcheted up pressure only when they lost hope of staying one step ahead of their legal problems.