The uphill road that awaits PM Liz Truss
Even as Liz Truss enters 10 Downing Street as the United Kingdom (UK)’s fourth prime minister (PM) in the last six years, she will be...
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All Writings
- Aug 31, 2022
- 4 min
Bhai Kahan Singh, the Renaissance man
Max Arthur Macauliffe, acclaimed British scholar and author of the six-volume monumental work, The Sikh Religion, had this to say of Bhai...
- Jul 1, 2021
- 5 min
बाइडेन-पुतिन मुलाकात के बावजूद अनिश्चित हैं अमेरिका-रूस संबंध
पहले किसी को सोललेस किलर यानी निर्मम हत्यारा कहना और फिर उसके साथ चार घंटे बैठकर बातें करना आसान नहीं हो सकता, लेकिन अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति...
- Jun 21, 2021
- 4 min
US-Russia Ties May Still Be Uncertain Despite Biden-Putin Meet
It couldn’t be easy to call someone a soulless killer and then sit down with him for a four-hour chat. But that’s exactly what President...
- May 22, 2021
- 3 min
India walks the tightrope, again
In East Jerusalem, tensions run barely below the surface at the best of times. During Ramadan, the slightest provocation can lead to a...
- Apr 26, 2021
- 4 min
India and the S-400: US CAATSA Sanctions or a Waiver at the Door?
The U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, visiting India last month, predictably raised the issue of India’s purchase of the Russian...
- Mar 28, 2021
- 4 min
Netanyahu’s nine lives ending? Israel deserves better than a fifth election
Israel’s fourth election in two years has again delivered a stalemate, leaving Israelis with an understandable sense of déjà vu. Bibi...
- Jan 2, 2021
- 4 min
When the Arctic warms, it will affect sea levels and precipitation patterns globally
In my school geography books, the Arctic was a frozen fastness, the distant domain of polar bears and fur-clad tribes, or the occasional...
- Dec 2, 2020
- 4 min
The other side of the Covid pandemic
When the new dawn breaks, as it inevitably must, it will reveal a tired world. A world in which millions will be struggling to pick up...
- Nov 7, 2020
- 4 min
Can Trump Afford to Lose?
Giovannino Guareschi, the wry Italian writer who created the Don Camillo series, lived by a personal credo under Nazi persecution – I...
- Sep 2, 2020
- 2 min
নোট পড়া শেষ করেই বাংলা উপন্যাসে মন
প্রাক্তন রাষ্ট্রপতি প্রণব মুখোপাধ্যায়ের প্রয়াণ-সংবাদটি যখন প্রথম কানে এল, বিশ্বাসই হচ্ছিল না। উনি ছিলেন যাকে বলে এক চিরস্থায়ী ব্যক্তিত্ব।...
- Aug 18, 2020
- 4 min
Kamala Harris and Her Race to the White House
At one level, we are a simple, sentimental lot. When our cricketers return after a win abroad, thousands greet them with garlands at the...
- Jul 15, 2020
- 4 min
Neither East, Nor West, Only China
“Neither East, nor West” was Ayatollah Khomeini’s slogan for the reconstruction of a post-revolution Iran. This no longer seems to hold...
- Apr 8, 2020
- 4 min
An appeal to SGPC for bolstering healthcare
The Sikh community is known today the world over for its spirit of service. Sikh organisations and individuals have been proactive in...
- Apr 6, 2020
- 2 min
Chinese Coronavirus Whistleblower: ‘The Dog It Was That Died’
Its lockdown on a cold day in the Shimla hills. There’s not a soul in sight. No construction workers at the house that threatens to take...
- Feb 28, 2020
- 4 min
President Trump’s visit had the right optics. Attention must now turn to India-US priority areas
Finally, after the hype of the Trump spectacle, some grunt work will need to be done with the Democrats, and also with the liberal US...
- Feb 22, 2020
- 4 min
Will Trump's India visit be high on hype but low on substance?
US President Donald Trump should be in a good mood when he lands in India on February 24. The impeachment drama is behind him; even if...
- Nov 5, 2019
- 3 min
As Delhi chokes on its air, the lessons Gabon, a West African country offers
It’s a Friday evening and I am watching captivating television. No, it isn’t Netflix. Not even KBC, but a programme on the successful...
- Nov 2, 2019
- 5 min
In the Guru’s footsteps
When Guru Nanak’s 550th birth anniversary is celebrated in countless gatherings this November, the following shabad [hymn] written by...
- Oct 8, 2019
- 3 min
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...
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