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Turning nukes on their head

India's diplomatic shift after Pokharan II has now acquired doctrinal maturity. The upshot is, Pakistani nuclear bluff has been well and truly called.

Pressure’s working, don’t snap

A useful principle to follow with most things in life is, worry less about any crisis, for ultimately it turns out less worse than...

Doing the ‘Right’ thing

A government’s internal stability or strength does not always determine its ability to deal with the world, particularly on issues where there is broader consensus.

Press and prejudice

The sangh parivar’s own obsession with the media brings a peculiar new dimension to this government’s distrust of the press in general.

Desi Punch, Italian Judy

Ask Chandrababu Naidu who gets nightmares over what might happen in the polls the next time round and you were to get closer to power at the Centre.

September 11, February 28

Globalisation & India's quest to be taken seriously as a world power go hand in hand. But India must conform to certain minimum standards of modern ideas of equality & governance.

The Hindutva rate of growth

We now face the prospect of our politics receding into the 1989/90 phase of bankruptcy and stagnation when we kept on fighting over mandir and Mandal.

Guiltless in Guwahati

Assam no longer holds the country to ransom by choking oil supplies or by chanting the mantra of anger and alienation. The old story of the state, the guaranteed front page, has disappeared.

Pot’s blacker than the kettle

That the Congress has no business complaining about Gujarat given its own role in the 1984 riots is a sound argument. But if you witnessed 1984, you wouldn’t accept this as complete truth.

Kalam’s banana republic

The armed forces wait on forever while the DRDO, a banana republic thriving on 'we have to do it-we will do it' promises, carries on merrily, accountable to none and hailed as a great national reservoir of scientific achievement.

On Camera

Don’t deride public sector. Evidence shows commercial banks in woeful state—Indira Gandhi

On 29 July 1969, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi delivered a speech in Lok Sabha on the nationalisation of 14 banks, saying the move was 'totally justified to ensure that hopes and aspirations of millions of our people are not sacrificed'.

Govt has reduced time taken to finalise GDP data by an entire year. Here’s inside story of how

This year, govt announced that 2nd and not 3rd revised estimates would be final. Here’s inside story on how this was achieved without compromising on quality of data.

Army chief Gen Pande gets extension, Govt seeks merit over mere seniority

Last time such an extension was granted was in the case of former Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw when he was Army chief for period of six months.

Abki baar 90 paar for Congress? Why even 30 more seats will ruffle BJP

Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?