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| September 05, 2008 | |
View: The ONLY way out in Kashmir
The Indian state must radically rethink its Kashmir policy. It must reach out to the Kashmiri people with the offer of a dialogue in earnest and put the issue of autonomy up-front on the table. Such a dialogue must include even extremist pro-azadi leaders.
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| August 29, 2008 | |
Nuclear deal in dire trouble
If the UPA government signs the nuclear deal with onerous conditions, its credibility will be undermined. If the deal collapses, the UPA stands to become the nation's laughing stock.
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| August 08, 2008 | |
Why it's crunch time for Pakistan
The people of Pakistan are in a dark, foreboding mood. According to an International Republican Institute opinion poll, as many as 86 percent of Pakistanis believe their country is headed in the wrong direction.
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| July 18, 2008 | |
The true costs of the nuclear deal
'The Congress-Samajwadi Party alliance will shift the centre of gravity of Indian politics to the right, with harmful consequences for the mass of the population which has a stake in Left-of-Centre policies. This shift can only facilitate the rise of the already buoyed-up BJP, and could prove a big setback for secularism.'
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| April 15, 2008 | |
Advani's book exposes his pettiness
'The most nauseating part of the book pertains to the Gujarat riots. Advani rejects the settled truth that the post-Godhra violence was State-sponsored.'
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| March 13, 2008 | |
It's not a farmer's Budget!
The United Progressive Alliance's last full Budget was to be "people-friendly" and correct these distortions. It has comprehensively failed to do so. Indeed, it continues with the neo-liberal policy orientation and will create more problems than it solves.
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| October 17, 2007 | |
India's policy flounders on Burma
'Nothing has exposed the grave failure of India's recent policy towards its neighbours as its support for Burma's military dictatorship.'
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| August 27, 2007 | |
The new form of McCarthyism
We are witnessing the most vicious attack on the Left's patriotic credentials. This is a new form of McCarthyism
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| April 29, 2007 | |
When the State turn lawless
'This insanity must stop. Or else, the State will lose its legitimacy in the eyes of the people. Then, the Maoists will have achieved their purpose of discrediting not just the State, but democracy itself.'
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| January 15, 2007 | |
Saddam's execution was illegal, vengeful
'The grotesque irony is that while Hussein was hanged for killing 148 people, the leaders of the US and its allies won't be tried for killing half-a-million Iraqi children through the post-1991 sanctions, nor for the death of 655,000 Iraqi civilians.'
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| August 17, 2006 | |
From farce to tragedy
The number of working days during which Parliament meets has shrunk by a fifth. Parliament now devotes only 14 per cent of its time to legislative business.
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| August 01, 2006 | |
Perils of the Israel model
If India emulates the Israeli model, it will discredit itself as a irresponsible nation and a brigand, and promote lawlessness and unspeakable violence in its neighbourhood.
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| July 03, 2006 | |
Why V P Singh Remains Relevant
The real reason lies in his special, probably unique, role as The Transition Man, who spanned many divides in India.
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| May 30, 2006 | |
The anti-quota stir is misguided
'The agitation was driven by a highly individualistic urge to defend and extend privilege against the common good.'
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| March 06, 2006 | |
A global bully as a friend
'All that India will have gained if the nuclear deal is ratified by the US Congress is legitimisation for its weapons of mass destruction and second/third rate status as a US ally.'
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| February 27, 2006 | |
Armed forces are not a Holy Cow
'The armed forces cannot be an exception to the concept of citizenship in a multi-ethnic society. Nor can they demand to be shielded from scrutiny just because they perform a role in India's defence.'
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