The Maldives offers Modi one of his gravest foreign policy challenges to date. He had made a reputation as a man of iron. Let him not let that iron go to rust.
The FATF decision is bad and good news for Pakistan. Getting grey-listed is much less serious, particularly on reputational levels, than getting blacklisted.
These IIT & IIM degree holders settled in the US often support aggressive Hindutva, hate Muslims, support Trump & Modi, and lord over other Indians in the US.
Directors would brief Sridevi and wonder if she really understood them, because she would have a blank expression. But she was a master when facing the camera.
What many commentators seem to have overlooked the fact that constructing national majorities is no longer just an arithmetical formula consisting of seat-by-seat verdicts.
Indian exporters do not have strong negotiating positions with buyers, and therefore tend to get squeezed out disproportionately when trade hits a rough patch.
The ‘Sparrows’—the signalmen of the Indian Army— were known for their swiftness and agility in establishing secure and reliable communication in battle zones.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
Another academic giving unsolicited advice to Pakistan. Pakistan has never cared about world opinion either Muslim or non-Muslim. It does what it does, irrespective of world opinion. The problem has always been India, always looking for world approval. Right from approaching the UN in 1948 to constantly looking over the shoulder now, India has tied it’s own hands. There is no point in pontificating to Pakit, that’s like water over a duck’s back.
Another academic giving unsolicited advice to Pakistan. Pakistan has never cared about world opinion either Muslim or non-Muslim. It does what it does, irrespective of world opinion. The problem has always been India, always looking for world approval. Right from approaching the UN in 1948 to constantly looking over the shoulder now, India has tied it’s own hands. There is no point in pontificating to Pakit, that’s like water over a duck’s back.