From Deen Dayal Upadhyay's mysterious death and Madhavrao Scindia's plane crash to the Gandhi family assassinations, so much of what happens in politics has little to do with calculations and much more to do with fate.
Donald Trump seems to have rejected the old assumptions. He does not care that India is the world’s largest democracy. As for the Indian market, he wants access on his own terms.
The BCCI decision has given new life to the lunatic fringe of the Hindu Right. It now has the confidence to force policy changes in accordance with its communal campaigns.
The new rule for powerful persons, or those who serve a particular ideology, is: So what if you have been found guilty and sent to jail? We will get you out in no time at all.
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.
Isolate Pakistan as a terror state? Yesterday Saudi Arabia signed a treaty with Pakistan as a guarantee against the real terror state Israel – several other gulf states are looking up to Pakistan to provide security against Israel. the 4 day war against us that Pakistan fought has been successfully marketed by Pakistan internationally to win such trust of other countries. we won the war but our lukewarm marketing of the same has let us down, sadly.
Isolate Pakistan as a terror state? Yesterday Saudi Arabia signed a treaty with Pakistan as a guarantee against the real terror state Israel – several other gulf states are looking up to Pakistan to provide security against Israel. the 4 day war against us that Pakistan fought has been successfully marketed by Pakistan internationally to win such trust of other countries. we won the war but our lukewarm marketing of the same has let us down, sadly.