We have risen to the occasion to actively engage oil-rich neighbors to our west, where over six million Indians reside and remit back over $50 billion annually. We can also be proud that we have […]
Bundle of nerves: Are we getting paranoid about freedom of speech? The rise of Modi and the continued Cabinet slots for those preaching sectarian hatred is not much different from President Trump listening to the whisperings […]
US President Donald Trump sounded upbeat as he addressed a joint session of Congress for the first time. He condemned the murder of Srinivas Kuchibhotla, who was shot dead in Kansas by a white veteran, […]
The contradictions within this class will now set the future course for Pakistan’s economy and its politics Attempts to quantify Pakistan’s middle class, largely based on income and the purchase of consumption goods, show that […]
Sheila Chaman, the one time most admired newsreader on Doordarshan and now a Delhi based freelance journalist sent me, the other day, a piece ‘Huge blessing in small virtues’ by Maj Gen SPS Narang (Retd). […]
With Pakistan on the back foot, the time has come for New Delhi to make use of the aversion for jihadi groups in Pakistan over the Sehwan outrage. A carefully crafted approach to relations with Pakistan […]
Despite judicial rebuffs on his ban on immigrants, President DonaldTrump appears to be intent on waging war on the American society’s most vibrant elements: the immigrants. The Department of Homeland Security is reported to have […]
The Indian media display certain defects. These should ideally be addressed and corrected in a democratic manner. But if the media prove incorrigible, harsh measures may be called for. The time has come when some […]
The undeserving Donald Trump pretty just keeps on proving to America that his presidency was just going to be a pathetic continuation of his presidential campaign, squashing all hopes that he might suddenly come to […]
President Donald Trump‘s executive orders are ill-conceived and deeply flawed. They speak volumes of the style of governing of a man who won his race to the White House more as a populist that as […]
Mutual hostility between two nations that have in the past shared a common heritage, culture and history is self-defeating. A united subcontinent can be a formidable force. Can two poor nations so situated afford to be […]
His hardline policies go against the West’s political, economic philosophy Phobia: There is a mix of anger, frustration, and a sense of foreboding “The areas of particular concern include his protectionist economic agenda; threat to […]
The U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) commended the 2017 Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, saying the budget has a forward-looking outlook and builds off the economic reforms enacted over the last three years […]
The Trump presidency in the U.S. is less than two weeks old, but it is already clear that it represents an unusually fierce assault on civic, political, and moral values “President Trump is not an […]
“Today, our politics has become so divisive and toxic that any ‘reform’ becomes suspect. There is no ‘JRD’ today who would be able to tell the Prime Minister that he would be funding his political rivals. […]
That Donald Trump‘s skepticism about climate change will adversely impact policies to address global warming became abundantly clear minutes after his swearing-in as U.S. President. The White House website quickly deleted all mention of climate change. […]
With respect to the best, unlike a president who has spent decades cultivating the hard skills that lend themselves to complex bureaucratic management and quantitative acumen, Trump consistently boasts of shunning hard analysis and expert opinion […]
America is going through, what historian Arthur M Schlesinger Jr. calls “cycles” in American history, when the tide of action, passion, idealism and reform gives way to seasons of drift, quiescence, hedonism, and cynicism. The cheapness […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spelt out the nation’s foreign priorities at the second Raisina Dialogue, an initiative by the current government which it hopes will eventually rival the conclaves in Munich and Singapore (Shangrila Dialogue). For […]
Soaring oratory and strong emotions marked the farewell speech of the 45th US President, Barack Obama, 10 days before his successor is sworn in. The tradition dates back to President George Washington, reflecting the concerns […]
Navigating the college process can be challenging for students and their families. As the first person in my family to go to college, I know how stressful this process can be. As Chancellor, getting every […]
A cost-benefit analysis of demonetization needs to take into account the inconvenience caused and the millions of man days lost in queues and lay-offs. The honorable Prime Minister promised the people an India of their […]
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