Chanakya’s View: Politics must not trump national interest

Mature democracies run as much by the letter of the law, as they do by the spirit of national interest.

Political Gup-Shup: A yagna for good luck

Shivraj Patil was much sought after by the media for his reactions to the acquittal of all the accused in the 2007 Mecca Masjid blast case.

The Indian diaspora in the Gulf has no reason to feel threatened by a holocaust.

Unlike the Cold War era when there were established mechanisms for talks, none exist now. Is the world becoming a more dangerous place?

The cash-based supply chain of goods and services is a subset of the demand for cash contributions, related to electoral politics.

Bloc by bloc those who comprised Mr Modi’s supporters are now beginning to turn bitter and angry.

The visa is one of the few single things that has the greatest capacity to eliminate global poverty.

Sometimes a rape is a hate crime, as in the brutal rape and murder of the eight-year-old Bakerwal community girl in Kathua.

Syria’s capacity as a potential crucible for the next world war has been far from exhausted.

Women are far more sensitive when the danger is not only to themselves but to the pre-pubescent body of their daughters.