BJP banks on Hindutva mobilisation and welfare schemes to maintain the Haryana momentum while the I.N.D.I.A. alliance rests its hopes on a mix of populist promises, caste and the muslim vote
15 November 2024Hundreds of Fact Checkers scanned every word Donald Trump uttered but missed the message American voters who flocked to hear the Republican leader were conveying
07 November 2024India wants an end to the war in Ukraine in its own interest. While a proactive role has its risks, there is room for creative diplomacy to meet Delhi’s geopolitical goals
31 October 2024Border breakthrough happened as keeping troops locked up in Himalayas delivered diminishing returns to China more than four years after the bloody clash at Galwan
26 October 2024The India-China border thaw indicates Chinese tactical incursions along the Line of Actual Control have reached a point of diminishing returns
25 October 2024India-Canada ties hit rock bottom as the Modi government draws a red line over attempts to implicate Indian diplomats in the murder of a Khalistani activist
18 October 2024Sonam Wangchuk’s demand for Sixth Schedule status for Ladakh is misplaced as the strategically sensitive region needs more, not less, integration with the rest of India
11 October 2024BJP regains momentum with its historic hat-trick in Haryana, allowing Modi to renew his attack on Congress as a party driven by a divisive agenda, while Jammu & Kashmir delivers a pro-development verdict
11 October 2024Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
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
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