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If a peace deal is signed this week, what comes next? No amount of spin can gloss over the fact that the Americans will, for all practical purposes, be signing instruments of surrender on Feb 29. (Photo: AP)

Leap year charm: On Feb. 29, US may exit Afghan, devil in the detail

Controlled chaos in Afghanistan undermines stability in Pakistan and creates the case for stronger Indo-Afghan strategic...

28 Feb 2020 6:29 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

Modi, Trump take ties to a more robust level

The visuals were beamed live across India, the United States and at least half the world.

28 Feb 2020 6:25 AM IST

Ashraf Ghani (Photo: AP)

Can Afghans be ever free of the Taliban? Don't hold your breath

The latter condition could pose immediate problems, and not just because of the antipathy between the two sides.

27 Feb 2020 1:41 AM IST

Chief Minister Edappadi K Palanisamy after taking the oath of secrecy administered by Governor CH Vidyasagar Rao during the swearing-in ceremony at Raj Bhavan in Chennai. (Photo: PTI)

An accidental CM turns aspirational

The farmer image, Mr Palanisamy hopes, would help in the 2021 Assembly elections.

27 Feb 2020 1:36 AM IST

Humanity again turned towards liberal principles after the Second World War to recover from the ravages caused by conservatisms ascent.

The global deficit of ideas in the face of new challenges

Today, political, economic and social pillars are badly cracked as social, political and economic problems pile up.

26 Feb 2020 6:30 AM IST

The Shaheen Bagh women need to form a committee of their own to steer the protests, and to prevent troublemakers from hijacking the peaceful movement.

Violence in Delhi shows politics at boiling point

It's not necessary to talk in alarmist tones about the breakdown in law and order.

26 Feb 2020 6:27 AM IST

Ashraf Ghani (Photo: AP)

2019 elections have muddled intra-Afghan reconciliation

In the current environment, what are the options left for Pakistan? Complete detachment from the emerging situation in...

25 Feb 2020 2:51 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee (PTI file image)

A chance for Mamata to grab secular space?

West Bengal will be the most closely watched state in this contest.

25 Feb 2020 2:48 AM IST

Rahul Gandhi (PTI file photo)

Bid to shield' Modi over CAA; rank and file for new Cong prez

Punjab Congress leaders are secretly celebrating the party's dismal performance and the Aam Aadmi Party's victory in the...

24 Feb 2020 3:13 AM IST

Meanwhile, Kashmir, which we rightly believe is nobodys business, appears to be becoming everybodys business. In Davos, with Imran Khan by his side, President Trump volunteered not for the first time to mediate between India and Pakistan. What Trump will say during his much-publicised visit is anybodys guess.

Compassion only door to hope in the Valley

At this stage we could claim that the security paradigm has succeeded but it shelf life has run out.

24 Feb 2020 3:10 AM IST

Population explosion has been a regularly used trope to incite fear and panic in many Third World countries. (Representational Image)

A new bill that is loaded against marginalised

The Economic Survey 2018-19 clearly states that India is set to witness a sharp slowdown in population growth in the...

23 Feb 2020 1:50 AM IST

Women must get out of the self-pitying mode and change their weaknesses into their strengths.

Stop complaining, exit a bad marriage

Self-pity is the worst thing you can do to yourself. Women must get out of the self-pitying

23 Feb 2020 1:47 AM IST