The sharply polarised political debate on the nuclear deal was the most significant instance of the so-called holy national consensus on foreign policy breaking...
The East Pakistani revolt has to be seen not just as a Bengali challenge to the politically and militarily dominant Punjabi West, but also as a questioning of the two-nation theory.
The debate on the role of the media and the need for regulation is specious, dangerous, self-defeating and anachronistic in a mature democracy in 2011.
Howsoever scandalous the management of our sports, it's wrong to believe that if only we fixed it we would become a sporting superpower while we rank 134 on Human Development Index.
Members of Team Anna are, individually, decent, well-meaning people. But the basic premise on which their politics is built on carries the trigger for self-destruction.
Apart from willing athleticism, Mansur Ali Khan Tiger Pataudi brought much more that was unfamiliar to Indian cricket. He brought a sense of aggression, and an intent to win.
The good and the bad in the Islamic tradition are so intertwined that there is no good Islam to fight the bad one. The way out is not the true Islam, but the true nationalisation of it.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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