Columnists - Page 101

Opinion

Pavan K. Varma | It’s America that can end war in Ukraine

Last week I spoke at the launch of a new book on national security. It is titled: In Hard Times: Security in a...

19 March 2023 12:00 AM IST

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Padma Rao Sundarji | It’s possible to control gun violence, even...

To writer Isaac Asimov, violence was “the refuge of the incompetent”. But 9/11 changed all that. The...

18 March 2023 12:24 AM IST

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Farrukh Dhondy | Trouble grows for Sunak after Lineker stands up for...

“The blind singer urges the nightingale To fly from this veil of tears Urging her to fly to the land of springs ...

18 March 2023 12:19 AM IST

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Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Can Russians be tried for ‘war crimes’ in...

Amid the growing clamour in many countries, among politicians, opinion leaders and the media, that Russian President...

17 March 2023 12:03 AM IST

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Patralekha Chatterjee | Why will same-sex unions pose threat to our...

Aspirational India is on the global stage. Indians are joyously celebrating the country...

16 March 2023 12:05 AM IST

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Dilip Cherian | Ministers, babus concentrate on development at Chinese...

Some 70 ministers are heading to the India-China border, not to fight the enemy but to ensure that the huge number of...

16 March 2023 12:00 AM IST

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Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | ‘Not era of war’: India needs to push...

Going by what Mahatma Gandhi told Gen. L.P. (Bogie) Sen, he would not have approved either of India abstaining for...

15 March 2023 12:00 AM IST

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Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Export, monetise, privatise: The eco mantra India...

In India, the Union government takes on a much broader fiscal mandate than is necessary. Some of this is driven by the...

14 March 2023 12:27 AM IST

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Aakar Patel | India’s parties and politics of exclusion: How it...

One party appears to have the monopoly on bigotry in India. If you are not inclined to support the harassment and...

14 March 2023 12:05 AM IST

Opinion

Saeed Naqvi | Ukraine war: How perspectives differ in the West & rest...

Which of the two incidents at the recent New Delhi G-20 meeting was more important: the 10-minute Antony Blinken-Sergey...

13 March 2023 12:31 AM IST

Opinion

KC Singh | Iran-Saudi-China accord a wake-up call for India?

A “joint trilateral statement” issued by China, Saudi Arabia and Iran at the end of last week took the world...

13 March 2023 12:17 AM IST

Opinion

Shashi Warrier | Games universities play with students

My professor friend Raghavan dropped in with his wife a few evenings ago. Both looked downcast: indeed, so downcast that...

12 March 2023 12:05 AM IST