What Was The Most Dangerous Decade Post Independence?

The competition for the worst or most perilous 10 years has always been between the 1960s and the 1980s, points out Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: An Indian soldier walks past destroyed Pakistani tanks in......

When IAF Secretly Brought Prabhakaran To India

'With butterflies in our stomachs, but confident of our mission, we took off for Jaffna on the morning of 24 July 1987.'IAF Veteran Air Commodore Nitin Sathe recalls a conversation with Air Vice......

Tamil sentiment strongly backed the 7 Rajiv case convicts for 31 years

A G Perarivalan alias Arivu is now a free man following a legal battle, and that long fight provides scope for throwback moments of Tamil sentiment that propelled the struggle which was backed by......

Why PM V P Singh avoided Nuclear Tests

'With Punjab and Kashmir in flames, it would not have been politically wise to alienate the West.''It would have inclined Western countries towards Pakistan.''It would have been a self-goal.'A......