This is not an argument about Islam, the faith. This is about political Islam, where the faith is the state religion, defines a nation and/or maintains its mostly unelected leaders in power.
Congress refusal to attend Ram temple inauguration triggers questions, including one on its post-1996 ideology in face of today's electoral politics. Could it have joined celebrations with Hindu majority while also criticising Modi, BJP, RSS?
Smarter opposition leaders could pick an issue with emotional potential & conjure up a campaign pitch, a line, to convince a large enough body of voters that it mattered to them.
A DDA flat was a privilege in a city where almost nobody could build anything. Its inventory of unsold flats now exceeds 40,000 at a value of Rs 18,000 crore, and it's still building more.
India’s political geographies display BJP’s strengths & vulnerabilities. Nobody understands this better than BJP and it is because of this hard-headed realism that it keeps winning.
Situation calls for bringing focus back on Punjab. Working with credible political forces, even adversaries, would serve national interest better than fighting in New York courtrooms.
It was probably the setback in Karnataka that shook Modi & the BJP. As is a pattern in our politics, the loser searches for external factors to blame rather than look within.
At the point you are reading this, Indian team holds #1 spot in ICC rankings in all 3 formats of the game. The biggest reason behind this success is the rise of a true meritocracy.
By reigniting Middle East just when we had begun to believe it had gone into deep sleep, Hamas has also underlined the many contradictions within, and questions about, Islamic world.
Over the last decades, club sport and professionalism have softened hard nationalism. It began with football and much of that is playing out in cricket now. The ongoing World Cup is proof.
Japan’s technological sophistication align with India’s growing blue-water reach and central geographic position. Together, they can act as a counterweight to the Chinese navy.
November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
I have read a couple of your articles Mr Gupta and I find them to have valuable insights. Here’s my thoughts on the politicization of Islam. Many of the teachings in the Quran have complete solutions to the challenges in running a community, leading all the way to society and beyond. It’s a disservice to the Muslim majority nations to ignore the guidelines laid out in their book. Western ideology is for the West where it works and is accepted. A hybrid governance may be suitable to not cause division and only astute leaders from both secular and religious backgrounds working together can establish this.
Secondly, being a resident Bangladeshi, I see first hand the rampant corruption and fascism by the current rulers which is a problem for Washington not because of how morally upright they are, which we all know is a big joke, but because it does not align with its interests. Bangladesh consorting with like minded Russia and China, who patronise one party governments like their own, draws much ire from Washington. It’s quite tragic, although inevitable, the way the skirmishes are escalating to full-blown wars. Whoever wins we, the public, lose.
Iran is one country with which India can forge a more durable friendship. A reliable source of oil and gas till the transition to renewables is complete. Relations with Saudi Arabia and UAE are already very good. Which can be used to stabilise the relationship with Pakistan.
I have read a couple of your articles Mr Gupta and I find them to have valuable insights. Here’s my thoughts on the politicization of Islam. Many of the teachings in the Quran have complete solutions to the challenges in running a community, leading all the way to society and beyond. It’s a disservice to the Muslim majority nations to ignore the guidelines laid out in their book. Western ideology is for the West where it works and is accepted. A hybrid governance may be suitable to not cause division and only astute leaders from both secular and religious backgrounds working together can establish this.
Secondly, being a resident Bangladeshi, I see first hand the rampant corruption and fascism by the current rulers which is a problem for Washington not because of how morally upright they are, which we all know is a big joke, but because it does not align with its interests. Bangladesh consorting with like minded Russia and China, who patronise one party governments like their own, draws much ire from Washington. It’s quite tragic, although inevitable, the way the skirmishes are escalating to full-blown wars. Whoever wins we, the public, lose.
Iran is one country with which India can forge a more durable friendship. A reliable source of oil and gas till the transition to renewables is complete. Relations with Saudi Arabia and UAE are already very good. Which can be used to stabilise the relationship with Pakistan.