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......

Does Rotational Chief Ministership Work In India?

A rotating chief ministership as a way to appease factions can work only if there is a credible guarantor, explains Aditi Phadnis. IMAGE: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, right, and Deputy......

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......

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......

Kelkar, Narayan, Pant may be on their way out

With a Congress-led alliance set to form the government at the Centre, several high-profile political appointees in the Prime Minister's Office and the finance ministry will have to bow out.Among......