'Chinese leaders rarely receive their foreign guests in cities other than Beijing. Such respect for India!' 'Does it mean that Modi could replicate "the warmth and unconventional way" by sending......
Fifty years ago, India's first prime minister passed into the ages. On his death anniversary, May 27, Lieutenant General Eric A Vas (retd) commenced rediff.com's series to......
There has been discussion and debate recently that India will have to be prepared for a collusive threat from China and Pakistan and measures have been suggested to face such an eventuality. As......
The prime minister, I believe, still enjoys a majority in the Lok Sabha if push comes to shove, but 'majority' and 'authority' are two different things', says T V R Shenoy. What is the best way to......
Rajeev Srinivasan wonders if the US is making a mid-course correction on Afghanistan. These are not good times for US President Barack Obama. Hailed as a saviour if not a messiah just 18 months......
We must use the crisis to find the sensible middle ground between finance fetishism on the one hand, and status quo statism on the other. This crisis is not over, by any means. The future may yet......