Creating history for its own sake

'In a relationship that does not permit cricket, how can the prime ministers embrace and send a false message,' asks Ambassador T P Sreenivasan. Breakfast in Moscow, lunch in Kabul, evening tea in......

The Last among our Liberals

The nation has many individuals like Kuldip Nayar to thank whose idealism and honour has helped keep the country on the path of freedom and democracy, says Ambassador K C Singh. Kuldip Nayar's......

Abduct, demand and thrive: The new Maoist mantra

Philosopher George Santayana's prediction that those who forget history are condemned to repeat it is coming eerily true in the jungles of east and central India, where state governments have......

US policies to be blamed for Pak's double game

'Those who cannot learn from history are condemned to repeat it.' If ever there was a poetic affirmation of philosopher George Santayana's time-worn aphorism, it is the saga of United States policy......

REVEALED: What went wrong with bank loans

'Flush with funds, lending became a cash management exercise.''Road projects, power generation plants, airports etc were financed left and right with apparently no regard for the projects' ability......