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U.S. and India both want to ensure stability in Afghanistan
The United States and India have a shared interest in Afghanistan — and neither side wants the Taliban to take control of the country by...
Jul 29, 20213 min read


We have no uniform system of public library administration
Development, as it is sometimes interpreted, took a hit in Patna recently. The planned route of a flyover was changed to avoid...
Jul 3, 20213 min read


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...
Jul 1, 20215 min read


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...
Jun 21, 20214 min read


Time lost and opportunities missed do not come back
From where I sit, the summer afternoon is worthy of a Wordsworth. The dappled sunshine spells laziness; the buzzing of a bee heightens...
Jun 4, 20213 min read


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...
May 22, 20213 min read


Vaccine nationalism is shameless
The question at the cold heart of this debate is simple: Should money be made out of human misery? Should the worst health tragedy in a...
May 16, 20213 min read


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...
Apr 26, 20214 min read


Navtej Sarna on two men and their legendary bookstores
It was the fall of 1983. On my first visit to Paris, short on money but high on romance, I idled over a coffee in a wayside cafe in the...
Apr 18, 20213 min read
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