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Cool Breeze: Gehlot’s Cheat Sheet
Gehlot’s Cheat Sheet While one is not quite sure what transpired between Sonia Gandhi and Ashok Gehlot, one can get...
Justice Abhijit Ganguly opens a Pandora’s Box in Bengal
Apart from the corruption in the School Service Commission’s recruitment process, there are reports of rampant instances of mining coal,...
In Gandhi’s footsteps, for our health
Gandhi walked for his health, to save money, as a tourist, in war, and with his children. And most tellingly,...
Historically, Congress Presidents have made way for Nehru-Gandhi family or its appointees
The post of Congress President held at one time by Jawaharlal Nehru, Subash Chandra Bose, Maulana Azad has been reduced...
Supreme Court anchors law in the 21st century
A bench of Justices Chandrachud, Bopanna and Pardiwala have done not just the higher judiciary but India proud with a...
Cool Breeze: Selection by Election
Selection by Election While the Gandhis have prevailed upon Ashok Gehlot to contest the party’s presidential poll, other names could...
New regulations for the cadre ahead of China’s party Congress
Absolute powers accorded to Xi Jinping in the selection of cadres is demonstrated by the fact that the 2022 ‘Regulations’...
Two letters from Indira Gandhi
‘Lord Louis is, as you know, incorrigible. He is friends with all the wrong sort of people and presumably believes...
Narendra Modi: From grassroots struggle to global success
NEW DELHI: Power, prosperity, and peak-success are important, but that is possible through the ability to struggle and the persistence...
Accession of Hyderabad: The Nizam’s conspiracies
This is the first of a two-part article on the Nizam’s surrender on 17 September 1948, thus paving the way...
Ukrainian counter offensive is another shift in the war
The war is unlikely to end with this offensive, but it has placed Ukraine in a stronger position. It has...
India’s role in global digital development is getting stronger
The government has recently funded in New Delhi a new regional Area Office and Innovation Centre of the International Telecommunication...
The BRI agenda: China’s friends too are at peril
China has launched a worldwide Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) since 2013. It was in 2013 that current President of...
First democratic-dynastic succession took place in Jammu and Kashmir this week, 40 years ago
Farooq was sworn in 90 minutes after Sheikh passed away: template was set for post-Indira scenario. Governor B.K. Nehru...
China’s grand strategy and Taiwan imperatives
China has a long-term and deeply nuanced understanding of ‘comprehensive national power’ (‘zonghe’) and its projection. The analysis here...
