PRIME Minister Mr. Narendra Modi’s meetings with the world leaders and the declaration at G20 Summit that today’s era must notbeofwar,reflectsonething for sure -- India has a strong leadership rooted in Indian values but transcending the boundaries of nation in impact. One more thing that becomes clear is that India is amongvery fewcountriesnow that have a strong leadership. For, much of the p r e s e n t - d a y world is bogged down by crisis. As is known, the world is passing through a phase of ..

AS INDIA continues to rise in the new global order on the strength of its traditional stability and spiritual thrust to decision-making for the benefit of the larger society, a dangerous dungeon is getting created around it. The cookie is crumbling at a brisk pace in the neighbourhood where Sri Lanka and Pakistan are wallowing in a meltdown of their own making. Driven by myopic policies and reckless economic dependence on a deceitful partner in China, both the Indian neighbours have weakened to a ..

Taken separately, all these developments appear separate verticals in the panoply of domestic Indian politics. If considered together, a dangerous connection emerges from beneath the surface to stun us, to threaten not just us the people but also hit at the very foundation of India’s sovereign system of democracy in which Parliament occupies a central spot as a peak symbolism of representative democracy. All these developments seem to challenge not just some laws passed by Parliament, but also challenge ..

  By Vijay Phanshikar :  No matter the justification various segments offer for their respective actions, the overall picture at least in Maharashtra for about the past one-and-a-half years is that cops are poised against cops -- thanks to ..

The detail of the form may differ from time to time, but the content has always remained the same -- giving the Congress party the look of a bizarre bazaaaar, where nobody knows what is coming next, which dangerous turn things are going to take the very next moment. This is what is happening there, in the country’s oldest political party. Everybody is shouting himself or herself hoarse, selling not an idea or a product but himself or herself as the most precious thing in the organisation. Rahul Gandhi, ..

Each time before entering the ring against a high-profile challenger, heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson would proclaim, “Everybody has a plan until they run into a punch in the mouth.” How the assertion holds true in the present situation in Afghanistan. As the conflict-torn country recoils in unabated violence unleashed by the Taliban militants, seeking absolute supremacy, all the lofty plans hammered out through an illusory truce process initiated at the behest of a home-sick United States ..

Eventually, the Opposition parties may be able to cobble what can be described loosely as a united front as the country nears the next Lok Sabha elections in the summer of 2024. But for the present, they are playing an interesting game whose name can be ‘splunity’ (a combination of split and unity). At least for the present, when the Opposition parties talk of unity, some among them are already talking of split in their ranks. This was the picture when Congress leader Mr. Rahul Gandhi invited Opposition ..

T HOUGH he may have describedhimselfina television interview before recent West Bengal elections as an “overrated” political strategist, Mr. Prashant Kishorewasobviouslytryingtofudge hispoliticalplans.Hiscurrentmeetings with various political bigwigs, however, indicate that he harbours a possible ambition of emerging as a leading Opposition figure in the fight against Prime Minister Mr. NarendraModi--obviouslywiththe 2024 Lok Sabha elections in sight. Much gist was added to this speculation particularly ..