How Shastri Buried Pakistan's Kashmir Dream

The high point of the 19 Shastri months was the 22-day war that he fought against great odds and won in principle, even if military historians often call it a stalemate. Pakistan saw a great......

The Nehruvian Who Fell Out With Sonia Gandhi

Because of his proximity to Indira Gandhi, he was able to intervene directly at the level of the PMO, which he did in the days leading up to the partition of Pakistan in 1971 when he transferred......

Many felt Nehruvian secularism was not fair, it led to backlash: Jaishankar

Secularism for India does not mean being non-religious but an equal respect to all faiths, but the ”appeasement” government policies of the past made the biggest religion of the country......

Time For India To Revisit Western Alliances

It's time India re-visited its Western alliances for the attitude and approach that the West reserves for the nation when it comes to security cooperation of the kind that they might not have......

Indian economy is like a man with aggravated hydrocele

'The Indian economy has become like a car that has the appropriate wheels on one side -- political liberalism -- and scooter wheels -- economic illiberalism -- on the other,' points out T C A......

'After saade saath saal, Modi govt has come of age!'

'It has taken 7-and-a-half years for this government to understand the fundamentals of economics.''If the prime minister wants to leave an imprint, he has to see to it that this succeeds.' IMAGE:......

How 'private' is India's pvt sector?

Back in the nineties, when the government started vacating swathes of economic activity, the private sector was viewed as the great hope for Indian consumers long harassed by the shoddy service and......

'Economy will run on its own despite collapses, failures'

'The government has realised that the finances of the government are in a precarious state.''We are borrowing to fund the ever-burgeoning revenue deficit.''Then you are paying interest on the fresh......