While China is bigger and feels mightier at the moment, Beijing's rulers would be well advised not to be tempted to provoke India, for that would only trigger a chain reaction around the world that would not serve anyone's interests, says Sanjaya Baru.
The EU is still an India in the making.
India's foremost grand strategist shaped policy from the outside, seeking to enhance India's power without seeking any for himself, says Sanjaya Baru
Many will hope this is the beginning of a new phase in Dr Singh's tenure, when he lets his office, the government, his council of ministers, his party and coalition and the country know that he means business, that the buck stops with him, that his colleagues and officers must shape up or ship out, says Sanjaya Baru
Mr Obama's wish list for India will not be as daunting as the one he has for China.
A Left-Right tactical unity is emerging as the Opposition's strategy to deal with a resurgent Congress, writes Sanjaya Baru
France and India have become partners in building a multipolar world.
Every financial crisis has political and geo-political consequences.
Manmohan Singh and Yusuf Raza Gilani hold the key to South Asia's progress, observes Sanjaya Baru, former media advisor to the Prime Minister.
The Kochi IPL controversy also draws attention to the clout of Gulf-based Keralites
India is not particularly enamoured by the AMF idea and would much rather see the Fund revitalised and reinvented as a multilateral institution. Indeed, there could be a meeting of minds between India and the US on the IMF's future.
The global financial crisis has empowered fiscal conservatives in India.
Will the finance minister present a legacy-seeking Budget?
A personal tribute to a guru, a great economist and a nation-builder
A WTO ruling opening up China to Hollywood should help Bollywood too
In a rapidly urbanising India, the future of cities is as important a policy priority as the issue of backward areas' development. India needs more viable, modern and cosmopolitan cities and Hyderabad was emerging as one. It has been fortunate so far not to be destroyed by the kind of chauvinism that is contributing to the decline of Mumbai and the slow growth of Chennai, or the politics and economics of negativism that has stunted Kolkata.
India has to catch up with East Asian regional economic integration.
India's political and economic business cycles enter fiscal correction phase
The Indo-Asean FTA provides an opportunity for India to be more engaged with the region, says Sanjaya Baru.
New Delhi can be neutral in the dollar-euro-yen dance, but it has a stake in a stable US currency.
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