Vijay Dandapani

My salute to arguably India's greatest military hero

In super-human acts of valour, Havildar Abdul Hamid personally knocked out five tanks over two days, effectively derailing the enemy offensive in the 1965 Indo-Pak War. 'Decades later, I realised not only how much the nation owed to this great son of India but also that my entire family was probably alive thanks to him,' says Vijay Dandapani.

India most privatised country for education

Many Indians live under a comfortable, though wrong notion, that education is not a 'commercial' service and cannot be regulated.

Pakistan's lies, exposed again

'Zahid Hussain lays out, in considerable detail, the extent of Pakistan's involvement and active support for terrorism.'

Musharraf and the deepening divide

Pakistan will continue with the mischief

Insults to the Mahatma, ignored by India

The difference between India and Pakistan

India & Iran: 'Look beyond energy needs'

India needs engagement, not hostility

Arafat's death: New start in Middle-East

What can India offer the US?

Lessons for India's new rulers

Pauper or sovereign?

Economic growth is the best contraceptive