Modi’s mission in Delhi was threefold: political, economic, and cultural. And he was destined to do things on his own terms, transforming the entire country by first dismantling the cosy club that thrived in the national capital
Examines the legal and political storm over the private papers of India’s first prime minister and why they remain at the heart of a battle for legacy and control
Fear is the price to pay for jihadists and their enablers in Pakistan as Operation Sindoor cements a new doctrine of deterrence through disproportionate response
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle