Surely, the PM didn't cancel Taseer's OCI!

'That would be ridiculous and uncharacteristic of the PM.''It is also not how things happen in illiberal States.''In such places, lower-level functionaries of every rank and hue seek to ingratiate......

'There would have been no India without Patel'

'Most Indians know very little about Patel which is a great shame.' IMAGE: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel being sworn in as a Cabinet minister by President Rajendra Prasad, January 30, 1950. Photograph:......

Pakistan's real 1,000-year war

'Pakistan needs to be constantly at war with somebody, ultimately resulting in it waging war on itself and its own people,' says Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: The aftermath of the terrorist attack at a......

'Sanskrit had become more a symbol than a language'

'On both sides of our cultural divide, it roused strong emotions that had very little to do with the language and its literature.' 'I felt Sanskrit had been removed from the realm of thought, and......