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Get out, leave Af to Pak

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...

Winning 1971 again

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.

No noose is good noose

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.

Sporting declaration

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.

Be very afraid

The Pakistani establishment knows only one trick works — in fact, it always works. It is a provocation, and an escalation of tensions with India.

Holier than cow

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.

The officer raj

The weakening of the political authority of UPA 2 has given the civil services a golden era of unfettered, unquestioned power.

Be Very Afraid

Pakistan has been back in the headlines lately, and we have nothing to do with it at all. You haven't seen it make headlines...

Decide on the doctor

Congress must make sure the prime minister’s writ runs, or people will choose another prime minister. People now have choices, and no patience.

The game’s gentleman

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.

On Camera

Dr Umar Nabi has shattered a popular misconception about terrorism

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.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

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.

IAF’s leased KC-135 lands in Agra, American firm’s pilots to man mid-air refueller

India’s refueller fleet comprises six Russian Ilushin-78 tankers, first inducted in 2003, which are facing huge maintenance and serviceability issues.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

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.