Do citizens of India have the right to peacefully and non-violently call for azaadi for Kashmir and Bastar or advocate separation and division? Most lawyers will say th...
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With less than a week for the state election results it’s time to try to answer a contentious question. Is it the case demonetization has not diminished the BJP or Mr...
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Let me start with an admission. I don’t use Twitter and often joke that those who do are twits. Indeed, for me, the term hashtag used to be rather misleading. So I ha...
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Congress is hopping mad. The Party’s fury has been roused by Narendra Modi’s rhetoric. It believes he’s been rude to Manmohan Singh. It’s demanded an apology an...
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I guess it was bound to happen. Arun Jaitley’s steps to clean up political funding have met with a sharply polarized response. His admirers claim they are a far-reach...
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Perhaps because I’m an army son it rankles and I wince each time I see a civilian attempting a military salute. The sad but brutal truth is they don’t know how to d...
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Does Donald Trump present an opportunity or a challenge for India? That depends on how seriously you take what he’s said. Until he acts we’ve nothing else to go by....
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Are reports of the slowing down of the economy post-demonetization anecdotal, as the Finance Minister has claimed? Or are they substantial and credible? Seventy five da...
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Two months into demonetization is an opportune moment to assess what we’ve achieved. I plan to do so in terms of its main aim to eliminate black money which, undoubte...
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For over thirty years I’ve made a point of celebrating the new year in London. When asked why I do this I’ve replied, tongue-in-cheek, because I believe it’s impo...
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