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Reflections: A setback for May, but she'll battle to carry on

Some Brussels officials are eager to get on with the Brexit negotiations with a Prime Minister in command of her party.

10 Jun 2017 12:39 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Reflections: A puzzling silence, and the way to achche din

A possible explanation for their reticence could lie in the origin of Narendra Modi's winning slogan.

6 Jun 2017 12:46 AM IST

The refusal to have anything to do with Xi Jinpings ambitious One-Belt-One-Road mega-infrastructure project for which nearly 70 countries and international organisations have already signed up and which might cost up to $8 trillion can only be put down to pique.

Reflections: India's OBOR boycott - Was it misjudegment?

Realism demands that we face up to the stark truth that India lags far behind China.

23 May 2017 6:08 AM IST

Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi briefs the media after the hearing on Presidents Rule in Uttarakhand by the Supreme Court, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Let's admit our flaws, work to correct them

We are not yet a developed nation and need not pretend to be one.

9 May 2017 2:17 AM IST

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Photo: AFP)

Reflections: Can Erdogan's Turkey be India's credible ally?

Mr Erdogan did indeed obtain popular endorsement of his ambition to become an all-powerful executive President.

25 April 2017 12:26 AM IST

BJP MP Tarun Vijay. (Photo: PTI)

Reflections: Racism in the land of Gandhi and Buddha

The latest round of atrocities has prompted demands for a law banning race discrimination.

11 April 2017 12:13 AM IST

Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in 2012 in the case, but an appeals court ordered a retrial which dismissed the charges two years later. (Photo: AP)

Reflections: The perils of choosing religion over politics

Hundreds of Brotherhood activists were killed when Mr Morsi was toppled; thousands more are languishing in jail.

28 March 2017 12:23 AM IST

Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar

Reflections: Indians head to US in search of a better life

Mr Jaishankar can tell Mr Shannon that 65,000 H1-B visas are issued annually only because the Americans need Indian...

28 Feb 2017 12:11 AM IST

Former Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann (Photo: AP)

Reflections: Lessons from the past for West Asian peace

The US is the power behind Israel's imperial throne.

14 Feb 2017 12:55 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Reflections: Dangers many from a partisan bureaucracy

The rationale is that an official's ideology is not his private business but a public attribute.

31 Jan 2017 12:32 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Central Election Committee (CEC) for Uttrakhand state elections, at BJP headquarters in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Ordinance rule: A throwback to Raj?

President's Rule was imposed five times between 2011 and 2016, including three times by the BJP after coming to power in...

17 Jan 2017 12:44 AM IST

The stricter the immigration laws, the more migrants are in violation of them.

Reflections: Europe can save or kill globalisation

The year that has just ended marked the end of willing globalisation.

3 Jan 2017 1:28 AM IST