India emerged from the war militarily bruised and strategically altered.The United States, under the guise of friendship, had succeeded in achieving what open alignment never could: The......
As India and China continue to face off across the Himalayas six decades later, the echoes of that earlier conflict remain unmistakable. The core of China's sensitivity lies not in maps or mountain......
The Chinese see no need to fight directly. They have an able and willing proxy in Pakistan, points out Shekhar Gupta. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters History gives every war a name. Officially,......
Times have changed, situations have changed, but the basic nature of superpower geo-politics remains the same and so also India's diplomacy -- call it non-alignment, strategic autonomy or......
Kissinger asks Zhou Enlai, 'What do you think is the impact of the French Revolution?' Zhou, after a pregnant silence so beloved of statesmen,says, 'It is too early to tell.' This comment about......
Lee deserved to lead a bigger country than Singapore, the city of 5 million he ruled for three decades, says Rahul Jacob. One of the asymmetries of history is the lack of correspondence between the......
Image: Economic growth revived to 5.7 per cent in the first quarter of 2014-15. Photograph: Reuters The fiscal deficit of the Centre remains a worry, running at over 6.5 per cent......