Indian intelligence officials being expelled from Australia, Germany and elsewhere is an avoidable embarrassment. Friends sometimes spy on friends. Just that it needs sophistication and discretion, always weighing risk and benefit especially with strategic partners. Indian intelligence would do better focusing more on real adversaries such as China and Pakistan.
ThePrint’s analysis shows PM pulling back on ‘400 paar’ slogan. It’s an understandable retreat
PM Modi pulling back on ‘400 paar’ slogan, as analysed by ThePrint, is a curious yet understandable retreat. This triumphalism feeds into opposition’s counter by red-flagging radical Constitutional changes. Even to the voter it sounds way too presumptuous. No party should give an impression of taking the voter for granted.
Most democracies have parliamentary oversight for the intelligence services. Ours do not even have a formal charter. Perhaps that is the direction to move in. One does not read of the FBI preparing reports on how many seats the Republicans and Democrats will win. Although the CIA must be having a pretty good idea of what 4th June will bring.