Who could stand up to BJP in foreseeable future?

Hidden in plain sight is the news that Trinamool Congress (TMC), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Communist Party of India (CPI) could soon lose the tag of being a...

BIMSTEC and India’s waterways strategy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Mutli-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) leaders for his second swearing-in ceremony...

India runs on Railways; so please be mindful Ms. Sonia Gandhi

Railways was in news for different reasons last week. It wasn’t rail-budget (that the NDA government did away with in 2017 after 92 years); any train accident or...

Prashant Kishor: Why this man has India’s political class in thrall

Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has put Prashant Kishor on her burning deck. Everyone connected with the Trinamool Congress (TMC)—EVERYONE—would listen...

Much to US’ chagrin, India buys into Eurasia project

It all started with the Vladimir Putin–Xi Jinping summit in Moscow on June 5. Far from a mere bilateral, this meeting upgraded the Eurasian...

Manmohan Singh and the winter of public life

The winter of public life is setting upon Dr. Manmohan Singh.  By all accounts, it is doing no good to his feeble frame. Or self-esteem, never mind it wasn’t...

India has moved away from US orbit for good

Mike Pompeo, US secretary of state, finishes his three-day visit to India today and a beaming him has made it to the front pages of all the dailies. Don’t be fooled...