The Afghan failure shows America never had the stomach for a fight with the real enemy—Pakistan
Close encounters from the Soviet occupation to the rise of the Taliban
We may have failed to do justice to the Shivalinga at the Varanasi temple
Goan musings on Rao’s wisdom and the unending march in Afghanistan
What matters most is not the divinity of elections but the dignity of winning as well as losing
There’s not a dull moment in the spiciest of subcontinents
Yet it needs Delhi to counter the growth of communist China