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Parliament lament

India is now far from setting the standards for the newer, less mature democracies to aspire to. It has regressed.

A Bharatiya Janata Pity

Perhaps such is the bitterness at losing power, so powerful the need to live in denial, that BJP has begun to lose its balance at all levels, and, obviously in case of the Naqvi/Naidu types.

Borderline headline

Things are slipping in the Northeast. The Centre needs to build a larger team and back it with political clout. However, the larger Pakistan issue is a little more complex.

Playing with water – no, fire

The resolution on Sutlej-Yamuna Link Canal could scar, blight and bedevil the entire nation for decades to come. So, how come nobody in Delhi figured what was going on?

UPA needs an MBA (Coalition)

Congress can legitimately claim it’s been too busy putting the government together, but it cannot carry on by giving an impression that the Left is being excluded, ignored or taken for granted.

It’s the Broker AND the Farmer

The NDA’s big failure was wooing the broker & ignoring the farmer. At some point, in the euphoria of one year of growth, it stopped talking to, and even talking of, the poor.

PM as Political Manmohan

This politicisation of the scholar is a good thing but it must not stop here. Now that he is prime minister, he should embrace the politics and ceremony that goes with it willingly.

A hotline to Burkina Faso

The last thing we need is the return of that old, suspicious, paranoid third-worldist rhetoric when the western world is actually worrying about us taking away their skilled jobs.

Step out, there’s fresh air

From Michigan to Madrid and from Ankara to Auckland, voters are beginning to factor in foreign policy issues as they go out to decide who they should hand over power to.

Best bakery vs upper crust

Discourse on 2004 election has been about how the poor have spoken, created political space for poverty, & how the verdict is against policies inspired by World Bank, IMF and WTO.

On Camera

Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination underlines Israel’s military supremacy. Will it win peace?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no intention of being drawn into another attritional war with Hezbollah. His commanders they are unlikely to win.

10 yrs ago, battery leasing failed to boost demand for EV cars in India. Now, it’s making a comeback

Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?