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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...
Oct 8, 20193 min read
The last red plastic straw
Many issues were no doubt covered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump during their recent conversations. It would...
Sep 28, 20193 min read
Howdy Modi: Houston, we don’t have a problem
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second visit to the United States during the Donald Trump administration got off to a dream start in...
Sep 23, 20193 min read


Bibi’s desperate move
Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking an unprecedented fifth term as prime minister of Israel tomorrow, barely five months after the April...
Sep 15, 20193 min read
The Arctic attraction
Just when you think things could not get more bizarre, they suddenly do. Recently, US President Donald Trump talked of purchasing...
Aug 31, 20193 min read
A letter from Mashobra, where time stands still
It’s a four kilometre walk through a thick Deodhar forest from my cottage to Mashobra, an almost continuous bazaar on a ridge. The slopes...
Aug 25, 20193 min read


A moving target | The Patient Assassin
Book: The Patient Assassin Author: Anita Anand Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pages: 384 pages Price: 599 On July 31, 1940, Udham Singh, the...
Aug 10, 20194 min read
For your eyes only
As assessments of the Trump administration go, Sir Kim Darroch, the British ambassador to Washington DC who resigned recently, was not...
Aug 3, 20193 min read
Belfast, Brexit and the border
Belfast, the gritty capital of Northern Ireland where I found myself last week, is watching the prime ministerial race in London with an...
Jul 6, 20193 min read
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