Vajpayee ex-aide's book blames Musharraf's K-stand for Agra Summit collapse

Pakistan's then President Pervez Musharraf's "overreach" in publicly airing his hawkish views on Kashmir, his lack of intent in containing terrorism and insistence on a formulation linking forward......

Why a second term for Modi seems IFFY

'Poor home work, and a subsequent loss of nerve.''This sums up the Modi government's current travails, the stall in key sectors, fading momentum, irritability,' points out Shekhar......

Vajpayee, a master of realpolitik

'I was present at a meeting where he decided to permit the IAF to strike at Pakistan positions in Kargil, with the caveat that they should not cross the LoC.''Confident that the Indian Army would......

What was Vajpayee like as prime minister?

Former RA&W chief A S Dulat, who served as Atalji's adviser on Kashmir, gives us an insider's glimpse of a prime minister he has hailed as the 'greatest after Nehru'. IMAGE: Movie legend Dev......

Forget 'Bhai Bhai,' focus on business!

Few turned up to listen to former National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra speak at a seminar organised by the Observer Research Foundation on India-China relations at Calcutta University's Alipore......