Lessons For The World From 2023

One looks upon the coming new year with foreboding as current wars in Ukraine and Gaza spill over and escalate and new ones erupt in incipient fault lines across the world, notes former foreign......

Kashmir Politics Stands Bereft Of Its Propellers

At the moment, there appears to be no alternative political narrative to the one lying buried under the debris of havoc caused on this front by the fallout of 'August 5, 2019', asserts Mohammad......

Modi's Kashmir Invite: What Lies Ahead?

All old signposts have been uprooted and milestones bulldozed.New ones have yet to emerge.The old order stands degraded in the new landscape whose contours are indistinct, observes Mohammad Sayeed......

Rajapaksas return, a blow to India's prestige

'Rajapaksa's victory poses a serious foreign policy challenge for the Modi government,' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka's new president, right, with his......

Column: Greek lessons for India

The wisdom of capping FII access to local debt, restriction on ECBs, etcetera is now apparent, writes Suman Bery. What is at the heart of the Greek crisis? What are the important lessons for India?......

Reason triumphs over Bt brinjal!

By embargoing Bt brinjal, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh may have done a greater service to democracy than he intended, says Praful Bidwai. India has done something unusual in defying the......