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The writer is former lieutenant-governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Puducherry
    Bhopinder Singh | Is the ‘marketplace of ideas’ beginning to get diminished in India’s democracy?Columnists
    Bhopinder Singh | Is the ‘marketplace of ideas’ beginning to get...

    Democracy, in an ideal situation, ought to be a contest of ideas, and not a public relations competition. The electoral...

    15 May 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Bhopinder Singh | Amid talk of India’s rising global role, not even a whisper on China intrusionColumnists
    Bhopinder Singh | Amid talk of India’s rising global role, not even a...

    There was a time when socio-economic desperation relegated foreign policy to the backburner during election season. Not...

    1 May 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Bhopinder Singh | Why the Indian armed forces need to hold the line, at all timesColumnists
    Bhopinder Singh | Why the Indian armed forces need to hold the line,...

    All Indian military personnel, whether they be jawans or officers, swear allegiance only to the Constitution of India,...

    7 April 2024 11:41 PM IST

    Bhopinder Singh | Trump vs Biden: Democracies can be fickle making critical choicesColumnists
    Bhopinder Singh | Trump vs Biden: Democracies can be fickle making...

    Participative democracies tend to be loud, impressionable and extremely fickle while making critical choices....

    22 March 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Bhopinder Singh | The politicisation of Bharat Ratna awards is getting more pronouncedColumnists
    Bhopinder Singh | The politicisation of Bharat Ratna awards is getting...

    Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation and a global apostle of peace, never got the Nobel Peace Prize. Nominated...

    26 Feb 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Bhopinder Singh | Looking back… Those in high office kept State & religion apartColumnists
    Bhopinder Singh | Looking back… Those in high office kept State &...

    While escorting (walking, as he would insist) President K.R. Narayanan at the Mughal Gardens, when it was still called...

    11 Feb 2024 1:54 AM IST

    External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar delivers a lecture on Bharats Rise in Geopolitics, in Nagpur, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Bhopinder Singh | Quad shouldn't allow group to get derailed by...

    Speaking at the launch of his latest book Why Bharat Matters, external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar...

    13 Jan 2024 10:50 PM IST

    Bhopinder Singh | Indias inclusiveness is at risk as leaders push intoleranceOpinion
    Bhopinder Singh | India's inclusiveness is at risk as leaders push...

    With all eight major religions of the world, 780 languages (according to the People’s Linguistic Survey of India)...

    1 Jan 2024 12:04 AM IST

    A file photo shows the Indian army personnel carring out drills at Kibithu close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh. (PTI File Photo)Opinion
    Bhopinder Singh | As institutions get trivialised, selfie points'...

    To believe that there is no deliberate diminishing, misuse or even usurpation of various governmental institutions is to...

    29 Nov 2023 12:06 AM IST

    Bhopinder Singh | Delhi May Need West Asia Policy Shift Amid Support for IsraelOpinion
    Bhopinder Singh | Delhi May Need West Asia Policy Shift Amid Support...

    In past decades, Israeli commentators would often rue that New Delhi treated Tel Aviv like a “mistress”:...

    23 Oct 2023 12:02 AM IST

    Bhopinder Singh | Standoff with Canada to test new approach to diplomacyOpinion
    Bhopinder Singh | Standoff with Canada to test new approach to...

    India was no lamb and was often the contrarian voice

    4 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

    Bhopinder Singh | Where Is Paks Establishment Headed as the Country Nears Brink?Opinion
    Bhopinder Singh | Where Is Pak's 'Establishment' Headed as the Country...

    The late Gen. Zia-ul Haq’s whispered words in the ears of his one-time mentor Lt. Gen. Faiz Chisti...

    22 Sept 2023 12:18 AM IST

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