Editorial
Illusions about Taliban dangerous
What’s in a name? Very little, in the world of terror groups. Changes in the labels affixed by groups are...
Speak up against China
The People’s Republic of China seems to have suddenly upped its ante not just against Taiwan but also against India....
Temples should welcome all believers
As has been pointed out by scholars of Indian civilisation, ancient wisdom goes that “Janmane jaayeti shudra, karmane jaayeti bahuda”....
Gender equality backed by the SC
The Supreme Court of India has once again affirmed in the National Defence Academy case that gender equality is an...
Sanction Pakistan’s maestros of terror
There is a grave in Afghanistan that contains the remains of Prithviraj Chauhan, the king who repeatedly defeated and subsequently...
US must change its Afghan policy
Those who favour a conciliatory policy towards the Taliban, or in other words, a continuation of the policy adopted by...
Speak softly but carry a big stick
India has a chequered history of dealing with groups that are implacably opposed to the interests of the world’s most...
Free Assange, the truth-teller
That there is a chasm between the declared values of the member-states of that constantly bumbling alliance, NATO, is evident...
President Biden, redeem yourself now
Judging by his recent actions, US President Joe Biden’s problem is that he forgets nothing. Several times during his career...
Listen to Afghans, not to expat ‘experts’
It is small wonder that the USSR lost the war of occupation that it was waging in Afghanistan in 1988,...
Big Tech or Orwell’s Big Brother?
There has been considerable focus since the dawn of the SARS2 era at the close of 2019 on the manner...
Fight India’s enemies, not ourselves
Although the government led by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru saw itself as the inheritors of the British raj, the reality...
Protect Afghanistan to protect the world
The 45th President of the United States, Donald John Trump, was no politician. Before his swearing-in on 20 January 2017,...
IMPORTANCE OF IRAN IN INDO-PACIFIC
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has demonstrated strategic independence in ensuring that a message from him has been delivered to the...
Avoid past errors in confronting the Sino-Pak alliance
For several decades since General Zia-ul-Haq took over power in Pakistan in 1977 and soon afterwards hanged Z.A. Bhutto, the...
