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Dreams and a carnival
The Jaipur Literary Festival is often called a mela, usually by people who haven’t been able to attend it that year. There’s something to...
Mar 22, 20203 min read
Shades of blue
Green has long been part of the strategic lexicon. Green politics, green banking, green insurance, green architecture, green audit, green...
Mar 14, 20203 min read


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 28, 20204 min read
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...
Feb 22, 20204 min read
We are all in this together
The novel coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak and its recent predecessors—SARS, Ebola, Zika—should teach us that pandemics view the...
Feb 15, 20203 min read
No quarters at headquarters
Before Donald Trump mercifully dropped a presidential-sized damp squib on the matter, the tit-for-tat strikes by US and Iran had the...
Jan 18, 20203 min read


Grey is the Colour of Ash
November 1984 will remain one of the darkest chapters in the history of free India. More than 3,000 innocent Sikhs were murdered on the...
Jan 5, 20203 min read
Trumped – Emerging Powers in a Post-American World | USIofIndia
President Trump’s recent visit to India has been described as “a visit like no other.” The metaphor could be extended to say that Trump...
Jan 2, 20202 min read


Sikh heritage brought to life in 229 great photos | Asian Age
Heritage, as this beautifully produced book defines, is “the entire collection of quantifiable symbols handed on by the past to each...
Dec 12, 20193 min read
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