With some variations, all regional political formations, whether in power presently or out of it, share some common features: Tight family control of the political apparatus, key members in elected......
Would Ukraine be such a pushover if it had that nuclear stockpile?, asks Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: A pro-Russian soldier drives an armoured vehicle in the separatist-controlled village of Bugas in the......
Xi or Imran? Merkel or Putin? Ghani or Oli? After Donald Trump declined India's invitation to be the chief guest at the Republic Day parade, the Narendra Damodaras government ponders which leader......
The ultimate was surely Yudhishthira's immortal "Aswathama hatha...", followed by a whispered "iti narova kunjarova..."," says Sunanda K Datta-Ray.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com ......
'Till today, we don't know what PM Modi discussed with Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, but we have been told that the relations have been reset.''We have no evidence from China to show that anything......