I’m not a historian and certainly no expert on Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. I only know of him as the Father of Hindutva and the first proponent of the two-nation theory...
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Last week, when the Modi government de-operationalised Articles 370 and 35A and demoted and divided the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories, I was in ...
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‘What is the meaning of a word?’, Ludwig Wittgenstein once asked Karl Popper. He must have had English in mind because in that wondrous language not only can words ...
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I’m concerned about the future of our uniform services and, in particular, the army. Children of soldiers often sense danger when it’s only lurking ...
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Oh dear, what a frightful kerfuffle! Donald Trump’s comments claiming Narendra Modi asked him to “mediate” or “arbitrate” over Kashmir are a h...
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Is history repeating itself? I have a horrible feeling it is. What I’m not sure of is whether it will be as tragedy or farce. Last week BJP Rajya Sabh...
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Perhaps because I’m a hypochondriac I have great faith in medicine. Whenever I pop a pill I do so in the full confidence it will work. To my horror, I now discover th...
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It’s odd that 50 years after his death the question ‘Did Nehru mishandle Kashmir or is he being unfairly blamed?’ is being asked. But since Amit Shah has raised t...
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Prime Minister Modi’s phrase ‘one nation, one election’ sounds beguiling and perhaps that’s why many people think they’ve understood it. But its neither as si...
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In established western democracies the Leader of Opposition is an important person. He or she is looked upon as the prime minister in waiting. In Britain, for example, ...
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