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Democracy in crisis: avoiding dictatorship
The President on March 2, 2020 by Gazette Extraordinary No. 2165/8 legitimately dissolved Parliament from midnight and fixed April 25, 2020 as the date for the…
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India’s descent from a 50-50 to a 30-70 democracy
Our democracy was always imperfect and flawed. It was the Congress which, when in power, first politicised the police and civil services, first destabilised elected state…
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In post-US Afghanistan, what are India’s options?
New Delhi has to move beyond its wait and watch policy The peace deal reached between the United States and the Taliban on February 29 in…
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India’s challenged foreign policy: Diplomatic missteps and domestic mismanagement
The domestic turmoil at the moment is not only reshaping the country’s foreign policy but also causing an inordinate impact on the trajectory of India’s international…
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SAARC meeting on COVID confirmed 2 things – Pakistan is petty and India isn’t as big as China
Pakistan’s petty behaviour on SAARC conference was a sign it doesn’t take coronavirus seriously. But India’s contribution of $10 million is also a pittance. AbhijitIyer-Mitra Decisions…
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CAA: Reading the UN body’s intervention in Supreme Court
The intervention doesn’t touch upon the sovereignty of Parliament. It may be prudent for the SC to allow it Jay Manoj Sanklecha On March 4, the…
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Modi’s canceled Bangladesh visit is an opportunity
Bangladesh’s decision to cancel the public celebration event of ‘the Mujib centennial’ due to public health concerns after the detection of three cases of coronavirus in…
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How the world, especially India, should read JeM’s celebration of US-Taliban peace deal
An article in Jaish-e-Mohammed journal ‘Medina Medina’ gives a sense of how the organisation is trying to survive. But its two crucial takeaways are in Indian…
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India’s Quest to Marginalize Its Muslims
Critics fear that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is turning the world’s largest democracy into a Hindu nationalist state. India’s 200 million Muslims no longer feel safe.…
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Delhi riots: How India has failed its riot victims?
No politician, from those in power to Opposition leaders, has reached out to the victims of the riot. Barkha Dutt After a week of reporting every…
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Delhi violence: ‘This is our version of the coronavirus. We are sick’
Beloved friends, comrades and my fellow writers, This place where we are gathered today is only a short bus ride away from where four days ago…
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President Trump getting a wall in India too
US President is due to visit India on February 24, but the trip may provide more optics than substance Saikat Datta US President Donald Trump is…