India aims big on defence exports in Africa

A little-reported event of DefExpo which concluded in Lucknow on weekend was the presence of 14 defence ministers and 19 defence chief from Africa.

Anniversary of Kashmiri Pandits’ exodus: Jagmohan’s bitter words to Rajiv Gandhi

You have virtually forced me to write this open letter to you. For, all along, I have persistently tried to keep myself away from party politics and to use whatever...

Lessons to learn from the coup in Bolivia

(A brilliant piece in Moon of Alabama is reproduced here with gratitude as it holds lessons for India’s democracy and gives the readers an insight why the EVM...

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar: Justice at last

(There is much heartburn on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) putting forth its resolve to grant much-maligned Veer Savarkar with Bharat Ratna in the near future. Vaibhav...

Greta Fable: The Green makeup of predatory Capitalism

The true ecologists of this world are the people who fight against the depredation perpetrated by the multinationals: those who give their lives for their communities,...

September 27: When Modi and Imran would address the UN

On September 27, Indian and Pakistan’s prime ministers, Narendra Modi and Imran Khan, would address the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Much would be...

United Nations: Is it still relevant for the future?

The 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly is upon us So is a new international “political season.”