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After Pakistan, it is now the turn of Bangladesh to flex its muscles. Bangladesh’s army chief is seen on TV frequently. This is not surprising: after Asim Munir has become a public hero in Pakistan for allegedly engaging India militarily (which is further from the truth), the Bangladesh army chief is also showcasing his authority […]
Even as the war has become the top subject of discussion on national TV in South India, there is much concern in the region about the impending delimitation of Lok Sabha seats, which could result in massive changes to the electoral process and an increase in the number of seats across the country. The current […]
With India having struck Pakistan in a determined way, China is likely to benefit from this offensive. This looks very strange, but in the fallout of the ISI offensive, this is likely to have an impact. Some staunch nationalists are arguing that one of the results of the Kashmir offensive will be that for the […]
Indian Muslims are, for the first time, in such a pitiable position, being seen as ‘traitors’ by many of their countrymen. They are not directly responsible, but terrorists from across the border have taken them down, with evidence mounting in the public to this effect. TV grabs show pictures of tourists who were gunned down […]
The attack on tourists in Kashmir has shell-shocked the country, but analysts predict that this could ultimately degenerate into a conflict with China. It all began with the attack on a train in Balochistan, north of the proposed Chinese-funded Gwadar port. The attack was carried out by Baloch rebels—who may have escaped to neighbouring Iran […]
In some ways, Chandrababu Naidu, Andhra Pradesh’s Chief Minister, is caught between the devil and the deep sea. He is being cajoled into aligning with the powers that be—in this case, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by Narendra Modi and his associates. Naidu has no fundamental objection to this, except that he was once a close […]
A north–south divide is imminent in the country. This might place the ruling party, dominating in the north, at a disadvantage. The higher echelons of the ruling party are conscious of this and are trying to paper over it through various moves. But first, the problem and its various complications: Parliamentary democracy began in India […]
You may dislike or hate Prime Minister Narendra Modi but you have to credit him for keeping the legend of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose alive. Last year, Modi took a bold step of installing the idol of Netaji at India Gate where the statue of King George V once stood. That statue was taken down […]
There is no denying this fact: the original Islamic conquest of North India (beginning approximately 1000 AD), which brought new rulers from outside the Indian subcontinent, was quite violent. The signs are even there today in Delhi, which served as the place from where the invaders decided to administer their newly conquered territory. Telltale signs […]
Though the British who moved the Capital of India in 1911 had not intended it to be so, after freedom in 1947, Delhi became a refugee city. Full of Punjabis who had left their home and hearth and ran away for their lives and settled in Delhi for new beginnings, Delhi soon became a refugee […]
“The PM is very fond of Odia officers, it seems,” chuckled the representative of a prominent Ahmedabad company who has worked closely with Narendra Modi. The remark came after former RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das was appointed as Principal Secretary-2 to the Prime Minister. Das, a product of Delhi University, was a 1980 batch IAS officer […]
CP Surendran is a well-known journalist who has a way with words. He was the resident editor of The Times of India in Pune when I held the same position for the paper in Ahmedabad. Two days ago, he wrote a piece in The New Indian Express that caught my attention. He recounted an incident […]
Will Gujarat now come to Delhi? I posed this question to Rajiv Shah, a prominent journalist from Gujarat, even as the election results rolled in, indicating that the BJP had emphatically won the Delhi polls, ousting the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). While Narendra Modi and Amit Shah were firmly entrenched in the city, I asked […]
