M K Narayanan (also known as MK or Mike) and I were contemporaries in college, but we had not known each other as students. I met him for the first time in July, 1967, when I joined the......
The best judge to decide on the role and the relevance of the office of the National Security Advisor is Prime Minister Manmohan Singh himself. Just as it happened, in January 2005, during the......
The ex-envoy to China knows the Sino-India relationship is no video game according to India's top diplomat, patience will do the trick.When Nirupama Rao became India's foreign secretary in......
Pervez Musharraf is still living in a fool's paradise. He resigned as Pakistan's president not out of any guilt but he resigned under political pressure. Just a few minutes before his speech on......
India and China have agreed on a 10-pronged strategy to intensify cooperation in all areas, including civilian nuclear energy. The two countries also and downplayed the border dispute after the......
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will have to decide on several political issues as well as make a number of appointments in the forthcoming week.The appointment of a National Security Adviser brooks......
With China voicing concern over safety of the Olympic torch during its India leg, the governmenthas decided to shorten the flame's relay route from nine kilometers to about three kilometers. The......