Nexus in Lutyens: Meet the Forces that Conspire Against India
Why are liberals, leftists and most mainstream journalists arrayed against progressive Indians? Why are these groups so out of sync with the mood of the people? How could they rush to declare demonetisation a failure, More...
Looking Back At Linguistic Prejudice Against ‘Hindi Medium’ Prime Minister Modi
Note to the readers: On 26 May 2017, the third anniversary of the Modi Government, PM Modi was in Assam where he inaugurated India’s longest bridge and also laid the foundation for an AIIMS and an AIRI for the More...
Narendra Modi as Metternich
Prime Minister Modi’s diplomacy invites comparison with some of the past greats of the profession. Of all the issues articulated by the BJP election campaign of 2014, diplomacy was not prominent enough to demand More...
The Man Who Turned Down the Skull Cap- How India Sees Narendra Modi
What makes Modi what he is? That is a million dollar question today. Is it his Hindutva image? Is it his development politics? Is it his suave diplomacy? These are heady times to address this issue, but it needs More...
Why I am scared of liberals
Legendary newsman Walter Cronkite once said, “I think being a liberal, in the true sense, is being non-doctrinaire, non-dogmatic, non-committed to a cause — but examining each case on its merits.” And More...
Demonetisation – A Dharmic Perspective
Demonetisation is the reneging by a government of its promissory undertaking in regard to currency. The recent scrapping of Rs 1000 and Rs 500 notes is not demonetisation because the government still promises More...
Understanding Modi’s Sanskrit Epithets – Part III
[contextly_sidebar id=”YPYgy8PlwsdfTBekRhBBfSTHnQKCPCRx”] With a desire to unlock the meanings of Sanskrit phrases often quoted by India’s Prime Minister Narendara Modi, in Part I of this article More...
Duplicity, Ignorance & Fear Causing Dirty Politics Around “Surgical Strikes”
The political Opposition of India must be held guilty of dirtying the lustre of our rarest or rare “surgical strikes” undertaken in the wee hours of September 29, 2016. That was when some 200 Special Forces More...
Army’s surgical strikes on PoJK are an opportunity to change the narrative about India
Certain events in a nation’s history are etched deep in its collective consciousness and have the potential to set the tone for future narratives. Quite often, we Indians have squandered away the positive opportunities More...
Is Uri the beginning of the end for Pakistan?
Immediately after the Pakistan-backed terrorist attacks in Mumbai, November 26-29, 2008, my country dispatched Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to New Delhi “to ease tensions.” I was furious and asked if More...