At a time when India’s ties with Pakistan have reached its lowest in backdrop of Pulwama attack, ThePrint recalls A.B. Vajpayee’s bus diplomacy of 1999.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
It requires both courage and statesmanship – what some call the high road – to talk about enduring peace between India and Pakistan. Not in a dewy, sentimental way, but fully conscious of the challenges and the pitfalls, and from a position of strength and deterrence. Vajpayeeji deserved his Bharat Ratna. UPA ought to have conferred it in 2005.
Jung is mehenga sauda indeed.
But we seem to be not interested in keeping ABV alive in us
It requires both courage and statesmanship – what some call the high road – to talk about enduring peace between India and Pakistan. Not in a dewy, sentimental way, but fully conscious of the challenges and the pitfalls, and from a position of strength and deterrence. Vajpayeeji deserved his Bharat Ratna. UPA ought to have conferred it in 2005.