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India was a miracle democracy. But it's time to downgrade its credentials

As a large, diverse multilingual political unit with a single market and free movement of people, India anticipated the European Union by many decades. But set against these achievements are three major failures.
Were I a biographer of the Buddha or a historian of the Mughals, there would be little overlap between my politics and my profession. However, as a historian of modern India, I find there is a continual and often agonizing tension between how I think as a scholar and h...

Invest in your children..!

Today's the day of the career dad and mom! Both work, both sometimes earn equal salaries, and both spend long hours away from home. "Why do you work such long hours?" I ask. "Bob, I want my kids to have a better life than I did," is the reply I get most often. Let m...

India may use nuclear option first to pre-empt attack of Pakistan

"Pokhran is the area which witnessed Atal Ji's firm resolve to make India a nuclear power and yet remain firmly committed to the doctrine of No First Use. India has strictly adhered to this doctrine. What happens in future depends on the circumstances," Rajna...

Were Kashmiris in chains then or are they so now?

Let it then be admitted that the reasons why of the 11 states in the Union which enjoy "special" provisions, only Jammu and Kashmir has come for correction lie elsewhere than in the claims being propagated. If integration was the issue why should all those mainstrea...

A blunt reminder

Since 1947, New Delhi has failed to learn anything from the past in Kashmir
The government's peremptory actions of abrogating the special status under Article 370 and bi-furcating the state of J&K into two Union Territories, have received an enthusiastic, if conditional, welcome. This decisive step comes after 72 years of "strategic paralysis"...

Is the removal of special status for J&K justified?

Article 370 marked a recognition of J&K's history and the circumstances surrounding its accession On August 5, the Centre decided to end the special status given to Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) under Article 370. In addition, J&K also lost its statehood and was re-organise...

Idea of India@Crossroads: Road ahead

As India celebrates the 72nd anniversary of Indian independence and the first full majority government of BJP has entered into the second five years in power, many are debating today on whether India should reinvent its idea in economy and socio-politics in totality or...

Good Looks!

'……May the outer and inward man be one..' —Socrates Years ago as a teenager, I remember seeing Gregory Peck in Mc Kennas Gold and telling myself that wow, I would love to be that man. He was one of the handsomest men I had ever seen on or off screen. But the most b...

An abrogation of democratic principles

The Kashmir move affects the robust nature of Indian democracy in addressing internal conflicts and alienation
The recent abrogation of Article 370 ending the special status of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) in the Indian Constitution along with the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019, bifurcating the State into two Union Territories (J&K and Ladakh), have delivered a knock-out ...

Never Grow Old..!

It was just the other day while shopping I noticed I was paying more attention to the pavement I was walking on then the display in the shop windows. I pondered over this for a moment and realized I was being so careful about slipping on the uneven tiles that I didn't...
 

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