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About the AuthorManish Tewari
Manish Tewari is a lawyer and a former Union minister. The views expressed are personal. Twitter handle @manishtewari
    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: News diplomacy

    The media, at the end of the day, is a business.

    30 April 2016 12:27 AM IST

    Sir creek (Photo courtesy: Google Maps)Opinion
    State of the Union: Sir Creek still waits

    The dispute is about delineating the borders of India and Pakistan.

    16 April 2016 12:46 AM IST

    Representational imageOpinion
    State of the Union: Siachen & the lines that divide

    The ceasefire line was ratified by both sides and placed with the United Nations Commission on India and Pakistan.

    2 April 2016 12:34 AM IST

    Intelligence Bureau logoOpinion
    State of the Union: Time for intelligence reforms?

    The bill also provided for the constitution of a “national intelligence and security oversight committeeâ€.

    19 March 2016 1:00 AM IST

    Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presenting the Annual Budget 2016-17 in the Lok Sabha. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    State of the Union: Honey, I shrunk the economy!

    StatThe Budget has some paragraphs devoted to public investment which, in any case, cannot kick-start the economy.e of...

    5 March 2016 1:29 AM IST

    JNU teachers and students form a human chain inside the campus in protest against arrest of JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    State of the Union: Pulp patriotism

    First and foremost, the progenitor of the BJP, the RSS, has a visceral hatred for the JNU.

    20 Feb 2016 1:10 AM IST

    The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India as the regulator of the backend of the broadcasting sector was at war with the broadcast industry. Representational imageOpinion
    State of the Union: Media ethics & self-regulation

    Media freedoms are too fragile and precious to be left to the tender mercies of the state.

    6 Feb 2016 1:26 AM IST

    Soldiers keep guard at the perimeter fence of the Air Force base in Pathankot, Punjab. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    State of the Union: The geopolitics of Pathankot

    Pakistan buried Ufa by ordering proxies to attack Gurdaspur.

    23 Jan 2016 1:52 AM IST

    State of the Union: Talking some sense into the talksOpinion
    State of the Union: Talking some sense into the talks

    Patronise the Khalistanis and every other insurgent who is willing to take up arms against the Indian state.

    12 Dec 2015 6:42 AM IST

    State of the Union: Make ‘Indo-Pacific’ meaningfulOpinion
    State of the Union: Make ‘Indo-Pacific’ meaningful

    The net upside for India would be transforming the ‘Indo-Pacific’ from an abstract into a strategic reality

    28 Nov 2015 7:18 AM IST

    State of the Union: The sum of Modi’s diplomacy is zeroOpinion
    State of the Union: The sum of Modi’s diplomacy is zero

    It belittles India to witness the Prime Minister working as a cheerleader for some sheikhs in the Gulf by getting the...

    3 Oct 2015 12:07 PM IST

    Fortress EuropeOpinion
    Fortress Europe

    If Europes becomes impenetrable, the multitudes would inevitably turn East

    20 Sept 2015 12:39 PM IST

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