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Oct 26, 20193 min read
The formality of informality
The strategic gains of the recent Narendra Modi-Xi Jinping informal summit may take time to roll out, but the optics got high marks. The...
Oct 8, 20193 min read
Trump finally faces the impeachment challenge, but plans to brazen it out
This one has truly come in from the outfield. While impeachment has been whispered around the corridors of Washington DC since the...
Sep 28, 20193 min read
The last red plastic straw
Many issues were no doubt covered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump during their recent conversations. It would...
Sep 23, 20193 min read
Howdy Modi: Houston, we don’t have a problem
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second visit to the United States during the Donald Trump administration got off to a dream start in...
Sep 15, 20193 min read
Bibi’s desperate move
Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking an unprecedented fifth term as prime minister of Israel tomorrow, barely five months after the April...
Aug 31, 20193 min read
The Arctic attraction
Just when you think things could not get more bizarre, they suddenly do. Recently, US President Donald Trump talked of purchasing...
Aug 25, 20193 min read
A letter from Mashobra, where time stands still
It’s a four kilometre walk through a thick Deodhar forest from my cottage to Mashobra, an almost continuous bazaar on a ridge. The slopes...
Aug 10, 20194 min read
A moving target | The Patient Assassin
Book: The Patient Assassin Author: Anita Anand Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pages: 384 pages Price: 599 On July 31, 1940, Udham Singh, the...
Aug 3, 20193 min read
For your eyes only
As assessments of the Trump administration go, Sir Kim Darroch, the British ambassador to Washington DC who resigned recently, was not...
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