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Pass the baton, adversary’s turn

In a week of polarised politics, Naga accord is a reminder of Indian establishment's continuity of big national issues.

Masaan and the new middle India

Change that 1991 started is now, in the 25th year of reform, trickling into the small town and the rapidly rurbanising village. Indian cinema, or...

Art of big picture leadership

Can Modi take a cue from friend Barack and prove he does not fear to negotiate with his own adversaries?

Life, mind and times of Lalit Modi

He refuses to accept the reality that politicians hang together in the BCCI-and they win.

Why rural India matters

Agriculture's share in economic GDP may be below 15 per cent. In the electoral and political equivalent of GDP, it is about 60 per cent.

Abki Baar, U-turn sarkar

In his first year, Modi has shown boldness and pragmatism, whatever the static over cow meat, ghar wapsi, and has successfully pulled his government from the set RSS/BJP construct of ideas.

Reclaiming the road

Why the Salman saga is also about the sidewalk and roads that everybody deserves to share, irrespective of his net-worth or stardom.

Fear of buying

India's military purchases, or lack thereof, show that Jaswant Singh was right — there is no military strategic doctrine.

Big cities, capital drain

Our biggest cities have continued to rot away in the last decade, but why should the future of India's urbanisation policies remain bleak too.

The man who got it right: Poet, pragmatist, always political

Atal Bihari Vajpayee's greatest, durable legacy is to show that India is best governed with a large heart.

On Camera

Lebanon gadget attacks aren’t just a foreign problem—India is at risk too

The entire electromagnetic spectrum, including radio frequencies and the internet, poses potential security risks for India’s defence, scientific, and economic systems.

After a brief surge, private investment & hiring has again turned cautious. Focus is on cutting debt

Financial year 2022-23 saw private investments & hiring surge, but since then firms are using cash to reduce debt. General elections didn’t help matters, either.

Indian envoy in Oman dons Army combat print for photo ops, sparks controversy

Ambassador Amit Narang wore combat uniform at closing ceremony of India-Oman joint military exercise. Only serving personnel can wear service uniforms, say veterans.

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?