The Kasab verdict alone is not enough

It is time we moved beyond abstract wooly notions and formulate a sound plan of action that produces concrete results. For all the brouhaha that followed the Mumbai massacre we have let things slip......

Emerging India: Insecure and unsafe

Colonel Anil A Athale (retd) says India's indifference to strategic and defence requirements can cost it dear. A two-part column: A student of military history would be justified in feeling a......

BJP and resurgent India: Are they incompatible?

The fire of the Bharatiya Janata Party's post election purgatory refuses to expend itself, fuelled in part by an ugly self-destructive internecine fracas, sustained to a degree by the relentless,......

Rao's name will be written in gold

When in 2047, the history of the 100 years of Independent India is written, P V Narasimha Rao will occupy a pivotal place and in some senses is likely to be ranked far ahead than those held in high......