The BJP has worked hard this past week: jumping to Baba Ramdev’s support before deciding the party line on the man, demanding a special session of Parliament on corruption, re-inducting Uma Bharati. Not to mention, dancing gracelessly at an ill-attended satyagraha in Delhi
Not so long ago, he was a mascot of the youth. Now he wants to be seen as the voice of the aam aadmi. Great branding it may be, but success is harder fought
Even after more than a decade of the Kargil War, uneasy questions remain unanswered. Why was the Pakistan army allowed in the first place to intrude into areas under the command of the Indian Army?
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