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China succeeded in bringing together various countries together on one platform for the OBOR project President Xi Jinping with leaders and delegates attending the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing. (Photo: AP)

Tackling China? See its history

The Chinese never liked the presence of foreigner in their midst.

29 May 2017 6:33 AM

We still live in the house Nehru built

Jawaharlal Nehru was a man with a towering intellect and a broad vision.

27 May 2017 12:49 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Brand Modi: The remaking of India

Modi projected a spring-cleaning of a nation which projected a new role for India in history, and Indians loved it.

26 May 2017 12:18 AM

3 years of Modi: Hype in the run-up to 2019?

The PM has been a larger-than-life presence since leaving behind his deeply-contested legacy in Gujarat, winning election after major election.

26 May 2017 12:16 AM

Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. (Photo: AFP)

Rajiv: A passionate crusader for women’s empowerment

Rajiv realised that no programme of rural development can ever be truly implemented without active participation of the local people.

22 May 2017 1:23 AM

How some Brits helped Pak grab Gilgit in 1947

Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel and even Lord Louis Mountbatten fixed the subversive political department under the wily Sir Conrad Corfield.

17 May 2017 3:14 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti during a meeting in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI/File)

What will New Delhi talk about on Kashmir?

There is no common ground on which a government in Srinagar can parley for Kashmir’s rights with New Delhi.

07 May 2017 12:24 AM

Indian farmers trapped in debts (Photo: PTI)

Loan waivers are a band aid, not cure

The problems of small farmers are complex and require a steely political will to be properly addressed.

10 Apr 2017 5:01 AM

Modi to become India’s third most successful PM, says Ramachandra Guha

Guha said the 66-year-old leader’s “charisma” and “appeal” transcend the boundaries of caste and language.

31 Mar 2017 2:41 AM

The British seized one of the richest countries in the world and, over 200 years of colonial rule, reduced it to one of the poorest, most diseased and most illiterate countries on earth.

Discourse: Forgive but do not forget

Shashi Tharoor is seeking precisely this when he demands that Britain apologise and compensate India for its outrageous plunder.

26 Mar 2017 3:26 AM

BJP workers carry a giant cut-out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they celebrate the party’s victory in the UP and Uttarakhand Assembly elections, at the party headquarters in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Of puja, politics and Bharat

Lok Sabha TV screened the film the very evening people were celebrating Narendra Modi’s spectacular sweep of the UP polls.

16 Mar 2017 2:17 AM

Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first PM, is mentioned in the book. The book, Love in the Time of Emergency, is set during the Emergency period (1975-77) imposed by the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi.

Tales of love at a stressful time

A collection of excerpts from S. Nihal Singh’s Love in the Time of Emergency.

10 Feb 2017 2:16 AM

The dangers of partisan bureaucracy

India needs an impartial and objective bureaucracy that attends to public welfare without displaying partisan bias.

31 Jan 2017 5:06 AM

Earlier, both the faction of NSCN has opposed the construction of border fencing which has started at Pangsha village on international border. (Photo: PTI)

Border fencing irks Myanmar Nagas

The forum urged both government of India and Myanmar to divert investment on border fencing.

30 Jan 2017 6:45 AM

Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh

BJP eyes Manipur, has advantage in Uttarakhand

Manipur, which was described by Jawaharlal Nehru as “jewel of India” has been under Congress rule for the past 15 years.

22 Jan 2017 5:32 AM

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi addresses at the party's Jan Vedna Sammelan at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Learn politics from scratch, you are 'mentally unstable': RSS to Rahul

The Congress vice-president on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the RSS have destroyed the core spirit of India.

12 Jan 2017 2:39 PM

This file photo taken in 1976 shows Fidel Castro and Indira Gandhi taking part in a meeting in the United States. (Photo: AFP)

Fidel Castro shared warm ties with Indian leaders

Castro’s relationship with India goes back decades when Nehru reached out to him.

27 Nov 2016 5:10 AM

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