Unless you’re an avid reader of British news you won’t know who Peter Mandelson is. He’s the only politician I know who has on three separate occasions held high ...
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Just as the US ambassador-designate Sergio Gor admitted to “minor hiccups” in India-US ties and assured that the two countries are “not that far apart right now o...
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I’ve decided to write about an odd subject this Sunday. It’s not political but it is topical and it’s certainly important. More than anything else it fascinates m...
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It’s time to address a question that’s been staring us in the face. Is President Trump being vindictive towards India? Has he got it in for our country? Because if ...
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Recently I’ve been thinking about Shimon Peres. When I first met him in the mid-1980s it was, I think, just after his first term as prime minister of Israel. He had m...
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Has Trump got it in for India? He’s slapped 50% tariffs, he’s suspended trade talks till the tariff dispute is resolved, he says he doesn’t care if India’s dead...
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I would argue that the most important issue that will determine how I view the special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls presently underway in Bihar is th...
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The United Kingdom has decided to permit 16-year olds to vote in general elections. Incidentally, they can already vote in elections to the devolved parliaments in Scot...
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Our democracy has a lot to be proud of but the opposite is equally true. Last week we added a terrible outcome to the long list of our failings. It will rest heavily on...
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We all know the Bharat Ratna is India’s highest award and we all hope it’s conferred after careful deliberation and close scrutiny. After all, you don’t want to s...
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