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Anand K Sahay
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Anand Sahay is a senior journalist based in Delhi.
    After taking over as the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has strived to better ties with China. However, Beijing has been unrelenting on quite a few issues including Masood Azhar and Indias NSG bid.Opinion
    Far & Near: China's Doklam gambit misfires

    If India stays the course in Doklam and Afghanistan, the dynamics in the South China Sea could change.

    30 Aug 2017 6:39 PM IST

    The Indian Army had last month made its first-ever military intervention of sorts on behalf of Bhutan by physically blocking Chinese troops from constructing a road in the Bhutanese Doklam area border territory near Indian border defences. (Representational image) .Opinion
    Far & Near: China's Doklam gambit misfires

    The difference is that churlishness and desperation is making Beijing sound like North Korea these days.

    29 Aug 2017 12:46 AM IST

    Nitish Kumar and Shushil Kumar Modi after they were sworn-in as Bihar CM and Dy CM respectively, in Patna on Thursday (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Far & Near: Nitish's dodgy Total Revolution'

    The CM has now inextricably placed himself in a position of servility to his saffron friends.

    31 July 2017 12:44 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the special ceremony in the Central Hall of Parliament for the launch of Goods and Services Tax (GST), in New Delhi on Saturday. The GST comes into effect on Saturday after the midnight. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Lessons from Gandhi that Modi could learn

    Can Mr Modi understand that? Can his party? Can the RSS? The question is important because these entities are in power.

    3 July 2017 2:48 AM IST

    Reporting Pakistan, by Meena Menon Penguin Random House India 384 pages; Rs 599Lifestyle
    Book Review 'Reporting Pakistan: Joys & travails of being an Indian...

    Alas, just reporting the politics in our context sharpens bellicosity in the reader's mind and does not draw in the many...

    18 Jun 2017 2:58 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Far & Near: India in 2017 - Almost Orwellian

    In layman's terms, on account of faulty policies, jobs have been lost, capacities are languishing and businesses are not...

    5 Jun 2017 1:24 AM IST

    For all practical purposes Beijing has criticised India for keeping away from OBOR which, it says, will be a significant factor for stability and meta-regional development, and therefore peace and prosperity.Opinion
    The Chinese way or highway

    It can be argued that what China, along with Pakistan, wants to see most dearly is the closing down of SAARC and luring...

    21 May 2017 6:08 AM IST

    Kashmir Valley received fresh snowfall overnight even more wet weather has been forecast over the next 24 hours. (Photo: PTI/File)Opinion
    Far & Near: The return of the djinn to Kashmir

    As the flower of Kashmir's youth is mowed down, India will lose its democratic shine.

    8 May 2017 12:57 AM IST

    BJP logoOpinion
    Far & Near: Is a second republic' looming?

    The only foreseeable problem for the saffron camp is that the entire edifice rests on one man.

    10 April 2017 12:41 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves to people during his road show in Varanasi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Far & Near: Is Ram Mandir next on the agenda?

    The victory is Mr Modi's, after all, not the BJP's.

    13 March 2017 1:32 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    PM doesn't know it, the joke's on us

    The words made commonplace by Mr Modi have produced no dividend for the people.

    13 Feb 2017 2:28 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah during the Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting for Uttar Pradesh state elections at BJP headquarters in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Will BJP fall into own trap in UP?

    The floor of the House is not like a public rally where anything goes.

    16 Jan 2017 1:23 AM IST

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