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Sanjaya Baru
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The writer is an economist, a former newspaper editor, a best-selling author, and former adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
    In politics today, there isnt a single South Indian or East Indian political leader of any consequence at the national level. (DC File Image)Opinion
    Sanjaya Baru | The geography of power, in North, South & West India

    Many political leaders from southern states have been articulating their concern about the impact of a new delimitation...

    11 Dec 2023 7:16 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets as he addresses at SCO Summit via video conferencing, Tuesday, July 4, 2023. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Sanjaya Baru | Towards the Amrit Kaal': A Boston Plan for Bharat

    There was a time when Indian political & intellectual leadership had the self-confidence to think long-term about...

    30 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Even today, the Delhi and Hyderabad airports outshine Frankfurt and JFK. (AP File Image)Opinion
    Sanjaya Baru | Don't look Westward: The Sun still rises in the East

    It's true that Europe has many rundown airports and many European cities have depressed neighbourhoods.

    16 Oct 2023 12:25 AM IST

    School students offer floral tribute to Mahatma Gandhi ahead of his birth anniversary, in Surat (PTI)Opinion
    Sanjaya Baru | India's influence has always far exceeded its hard...

    Along with Indian music, dance and cuisine, the legacy of the Mahatma was effectively deployed at the G20 to project...

    2 Oct 2023 12:06 AM IST

    The regional signatories to this agreement, namely India, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, have not just adequate resources among themselves, but long-standing historical trading links for them to have implemented this sea-land connectivity project, along with the European Union, on their own. (File Image: Twitter)Opinion
    Sanjaya Baru | After Look West, Modi govt now Acts West too

    Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced in July 2005 a Look West policy

    18 Sept 2023 12:00 AM IST

    An installation outside Rajghat ahead of the G20 Summit, in New Delhi, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023. (PTI Photo/Kamal Singh)Opinion
    Sanjaya Baru | How we view ourselves and how the world views India

    It appears from the Pew data that the image of the country is tied to that of the Prime Minister.

    4 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

    This is the second time that PM Modi will be chairing the BRICS Summit, the first being the Goa Summit in 2016. (PTI)Opinion
    Sanjaya Baru | Why Brics is still relevant in a divided, post-G20...

    Why would an increasing number of countries wish to join an anachronistic group?

    21 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets as he addresses at SCO Summit via video conferencing, Tuesday, July 4, 2023. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Sanjaya Baru | In India's border states, Centre isn't peripheral

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement last week blaming state governments for lapses in ensuring the rule of law, was...

    24 July 2023 12:24 AM IST

    Shinzo Abe (AP file photo)Opinion
    Sanjaya Baru | Shinzo Abe's role was key in normalisation of Japan

    He re-energised a nation that had begun to stagnate through the 1990s, shaped the geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific...

    10 July 2023 12:48 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Joe Biden during the State Arrival Ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington DC, Thursday, June 22, 2023. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Sanjaya Baru | Modi's Mission America: The dragon in the room

    Can US-India co-production eventually help make India truly atma nirbhar ?

    26 Jun 2023 12:12 AM IST

    Congress workers holding the party flag celebrate the partys win in Karnataka Assembly elections, outside Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru, Sunday, May 14, 2023. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Sanjaya Baru | Karnataka helps breach a psychological barrier

    There is no better evidence of this change than the response of the Bengaluru voter to Mr Modi's heavily garlanded...

    15 May 2023 12:10 AM IST

    Crowd of BJP supporters during Union Home Minister Amit Shahs election campaign rally, in Bhojipura, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Sanjaya Baru | Return of class in India's caste-obsessed politics

    Almost all political reporting in the run-up to an election is focused on caste

    1 May 2023 12:05 AM IST

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