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The writer, an author, former diplomat and is in politics.

Chanakya's View: Dialogue could resolve Ram temple issue

For Hindus, the site where Lord Ram was born irrespective of whether this can be historically proved or not has very...

18 Nov 2018 7:25 AM IST

Sardar Patels Statue of Unity in Gujarats Narmada district is twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty in the US. Iron was collected from all over the country to build the statue. (Photo: @PMOIndia twitter via PTI)

Chanakya's View: A befitting tribute to Patel was long overdue

Instead of that, we now have our PMs living in an improvised residence which clumsily combines thre bungalows.

4 Nov 2018 1:55 AM IST

Ashish Pandey had earlier claimed that he did not brandish his gun in the premises of Hyatt Hotel and carried it only for safety purposes. (Photo: ANI)

Lawmakers and their law-breaking progeny

The powerful need to have their egos massaged, and the supplicants must outdo each other in the most abject display of...

21 Oct 2018 1:29 AM IST

Rafale aircraft

Rafale deal not yet BJP's Bofors

The perception that there has been a huge defense scandal has hardly percolated down to the common people.

7 Oct 2018 12:46 AM IST

Chanakya's View: We need a more robust Pak foreign policy

Diplomacy to be effective must be embedded in a strategic matrix.

23 Sept 2018 7:22 AM IST

Telangana CM K. Chandrasekhar Rao with Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Chanakya's View: India needs dignity in its political repartee

There was a time in our country when even the most bitter political hostility was conveyed with civility.

9 Sept 2018 7:33 AM IST

In Budget 2017-18, finance minister Arun Jaitley has undertaken a comprehensive exercise to accelerate the Indian economys growth path.

Chanakya's View: Indian economy vs the Maya Jaal

The state of our economy is something like Maya.

26 Aug 2018 7:21 AM IST

Former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee

Atal Behari Vajpayee (1924-2018): A man of few words who left millions...

The poet in Atalji often made him reclusive, and prone to staccato sentences which he left to the intelligence of the...

18 Aug 2018 7:11 AM IST

NDA Candidate Harivansh Narayan Singh has been elected as Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman with 125 votes. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Chanakya's View: It's time to ruminate on coalition dharma'

Apart from the efforts of the BJP, much of the credit must go to Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, for his political acumen and...

12 Aug 2018 7:43 AM IST

Nowadays, it is so much easier to browse through the net and download books on smartphones or Kindles.

Lutyens' elite and English apartheid

English has, for historical reasons, become a language spoken by a great many people in the world.

29 July 2018 1:37 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi wields the broom during a surprise visit to the Mandir Marg Police Station after launch of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in New Delhi on Thursday. The nationwide campaign aims to clean up India in five years. (Photo: PTI)

Chanakya's View: Swachchh Bharat - A mere slogan

Launched with great fanfare in 2014, it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship programme to make India a cleaner...

15 July 2018 12:36 AM 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) .

Chanakya's View: Hyper nationalism can't secure our borders

To ask the right questions, even about national security, is the job of the political Opposition.

1 July 2018 12:31 AM IST