Why a second term for Modi seems IFFY

'Poor home work, and a subsequent loss of nerve.''This sums up the Modi government's current travails, the stall in key sectors, fading momentum, irritability,' points out Shekhar......

Vajpayee, a master of realpolitik

'I was present at a meeting where he decided to permit the IAF to strike at Pakistan positions in Kargil, with the caveat that they should not cross the LoC.''Confident that the Indian Army would......

What was Vajpayee like as prime minister?

Former RA&W chief A S Dulat, who served as Atalji's adviser on Kashmir, gives us an insider's glimpse of a prime minister he has hailed as the 'greatest after Nehru'. IMAGE: Movie legend Dev......

'We have enough thermonuclear bombs'

Were the May 1988 nuclear tests a success?20 years after Pokharan, a look back at those decisive atomic tests through the eyes of someone who knew. IMAGE: From right, A P J Abdul Kalam, then......

Forget 'Bhai Bhai,' focus on business!

Few turned up to listen to former National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra speak at a seminar organised by the Observer Research Foundation on India-China relations at Calcutta University's Alipore......