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Manish Tewari
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Manish Tewari is a lawyer and a former Union minister. The views expressed are personal. Twitter handle @manishtewari
    US President-elect Donald Trump. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    State of the Union: Why Trump rubbished party's loyalty oath

    The March of history evidences that individuals have invariably been loftier than the political parties they...

    12 Nov 2016 12:53 AM IST

    Indian Army soldiers guard in Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    State of the Union: Talk to Pak, it's not a sign of weakness

    History is replete with examples of nations at war continuing to talk to each other concurrently.

    29 Oct 2016 12:27 AM IST

    Indians living close to the border with Pakistan return to their village for regular check ups in the morning, after spending nights in the camps in in Pallanwal, about 65 Kilometers (40 miles) from Jammu. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Can India, Pak stumble into a war?

    If the World Bank is to be believed, automation threatens 69 per cent of jobs in India and 77 per cent in China.

    13 Oct 2016 12:58 AM IST

    Top defence experts on Thursday termed the surgical strikes on terror launch pads across the LoC in PoK as an operational necessity. (Photo: PTI/Representational)Opinion
    State of the Union: Has India now called Pak's nuclear bluff?

    Since Pakistan has denied that any surgical strike had taken place there seems to be no immediate danger.

    1 Oct 2016 12:42 AM IST

    Sunday marks the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the United States that left nearly 3,000 people dead. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    State of the Union: The post-9/11 chaos

    Post 9/11, the US response was swift and severe.

    17 Sept 2016 12:21 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti at a meeting in New Delhi on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    State of the Union: J&K is waiting for an emotional outreach

    It is slowly becoming a redundant oxymoron that Kashmir requires a political solution.

    3 Sept 2016 12:30 AM IST

    Under the Corporate Law, an Independent Director can be held liable only if omission or commission by a company occurred with the directors knowledge. (Representational image)Opinion
    State of the Union: An injudicious delay

    The government is the country's largest litigant.

    20 Aug 2016 12:20 AM IST

    Pakistan has therefore chosen to needle Afghanistan on the Durand Line, perhaps to draw US attention to its sensitivities on this issue. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    State of the Union: Avoid Trumpification of India-Pak dialogue

    South Asia is the world's least integrated region, hostage to the zero-sum game between India and Pakistan.

    6 Aug 2016 12:21 AM IST

    India and Pakistan last month mutually agreed to a short deferment of Foreign Secretary-level talks after the Pathankot terror attack. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    State of the Union: Bridge the Partition

    Only a minuscule number of India's population have actually seen or met a Pakistani.

    24 July 2016 12:17 AM IST

    Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid her homage to the victims of the Dhaka cafe attack victims during a memorial service at the Army Stadium in the city.Opinion
    State of the Union: Terror live on TV puts everybody in danger

    There is an urgent need to find a golden mean on this issue.

    9 July 2016 12:23 AM IST

    BJP workers shower milk on a cut-out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to celebrate the completion of two years of NDA government, in Patna. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Another year of empty promises

    There are abysses and crevices in the hearts and minds of people.

    26 May 2016 1:51 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other NDA members at Rajya Sabha in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    State of the Union: Judicial over-reach or executive paralysis?

    Legislative institutions became irrelevant to the lives of citizens.

    14 May 2016 1:12 AM IST

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