Only two leaders have the strength, appeal & political wherewithal to break the two-decade stalemate in Indian politics with a big new idea: Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi.
Manmohan Singh is not a mass leader or public speaker to rival Atal Bihari Vajpayee. But what Vajpayee had by way of political instinct, Singh has in intellect.
f Vajpayee is to be repudiated for defying political ideology, Narasimha Rao was made to pay for not kowtowing to his party’s first family. The Family is to Congress what Hindutva is to RSS.
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.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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