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The writer is a senior foreign correspondent and the author of Sri Lanka: The New Country

Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom (Photo: PTI)

Surprise in Maldives: Road ahead is thorny

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, too, peppered his congratulatory phone call to Mr Solih with key words like...

27 Sept 2018 1:07 AM IST

Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa

At last, Delhi asks Mahinda Rajapaksa for a dance

Then came Narendra Modi and things appeared to change. Mr Rajapaksa attended the PM's inauguration in 2014.

12 Sept 2018 2:01 AM IST

Late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Photo: PTI/File)

Delhiberations: The Vajpayee I knew was a hardcore feminist' too

He died at age 93 last week, after a full life and a tall career.

20 Aug 2018 1:11 AM IST

Since the Doklam standoff last year made it clear that China was heightening its surveillance on Indias border troops, New Delhi is hardly going to roll out the tarmac to aid the PLAs arrival on its doorstep. (Photo: AFP)

India must act alone in Asia's new Great Game

The United States will set aside $113 million for its Indo-Pacific Economic Vision.

6 Aug 2018 12:56 AM IST

Congress president Rahul Gandhi waves at farmers during Kisan Samriddhi Sankalp rally at Khokhra in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. (Photo: PTI)

Delhiberations: Rahul should be Congress' face', not its voice'

Rahul Gandhi has worked at politics diligently and for 14 long years.

25 July 2018 7:34 AM IST

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe (Photo: AFP)

An empty Lankan airport holds promise for India

If Mattala airport is well marketed and incentivised by Sri Lanka's tourism authorities, it may well be a commercial...

9 July 2018 4:12 AM IST

Destroying our heritage: Why don't Indians care?

Reports suggest that there were 823 heritage structures still standing in Bengaluru in 1985.

25 Jun 2018 6:53 AM IST

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (Photo: AFP)

Delhiberations: Why India, Pak can't do a Trump-Kim on J&K

Mr Trump and Mr Kim seem to have a recipe and no matter how tart it tastes, nobody can take that away from the two men.

13 Jun 2018 1:09 AM IST

German police have detained a 22-year-old Syrian man who is believed to have been preparing a bomb attack. (Photo: AP)

Delhiberations: Is Germany's Saxony a failed state'?

Saxony receives significantly lower numbers of Syrian and other refugees compared to other parts of Germany.

19 Oct 2016 12:54 AM IST

Pushpa Kamal Dahal has served as Prime Minister once before, after the Maoists won elections in 2009, but only lasted nine months in office before resigning. (Photo: AFP)

Delhiberations: Prachanda, Prabhakaran hold lessons

India's own underground Maoist insurgencies have raged for nearly 40 years and more than 13,000 people are estimated...

21 Sept 2016 12:58 AM IST

Sports minister Vijay Goel has ostensibly gone to the Olympics to inspire athletes and assess their progress.

Delhiberations: Indian sports - Status quo ante

Mr Goel suffered nonchalant amnesia over the names of our sports stars.

23 Aug 2016 1:22 AM IST

The initiatives to realise the IoT include smart bag tagging to enable continuous tracking, which is planned by 61 per cent of the airlines by 2019

Delhiberations: Forget flat beds, drill in safety tips

From the departure gate to the arrivals luggage belt, we are largely unbearable.

9 Aug 2016 12:39 AM IST