Global leadership will require the ability to mediate conflicts and anchor policy in ethical reasoning. The intellectual resources for such leadership exist within India’s civilisational heritage.
Sovereignty, traditionally, means independence in domestic and foreign affairs, but today's global trade reduces countries to being sovereign only in theory, not in practice.
Whenever a new individual comes to power in China or North Korea, the recognition of their govts is never questioned despite the absence of democratic legitimacy.
Electoral competition now appears dominated by welfare delivery and governance metrics, but ideology has not disappeared in Tamil Nadu. Instead, it has become strategic.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
How long will it take to admit that Modi has failed on the global stage to promote Indian perspectives. Talking to two fighting parties for self interest is not ethics but using a situation for your own benefits. Self interest is the goal for which the two parties are fighting. If the mediator is also present for self interest there is nothing good coming out of it. We need to move beyond nationalism as Tagore had correctly identified a century ago.
How long will it take to admit that Modi has failed on the global stage to promote Indian perspectives. Talking to two fighting parties for self interest is not ethics but using a situation for your own benefits. Self interest is the goal for which the two parties are fighting. If the mediator is also present for self interest there is nothing good coming out of it. We need to move beyond nationalism as Tagore had correctly identified a century ago.