Cover Stories

I.N.D.I.A. and Its Discontents

PR Ramesh

An Opposition alliance has unseated a strong incumbent at the Centre only when it has had a promise to sell and a charismatic leader. The anti-Modi alliance has neither while its own contradictions threaten to pull it apart

The Limits of Moral Imperialism

Rahul Shivshankar

The Anglo-elite’s attitude towards an emerging superpower like India reeks of hypocrisy

Back to Punjab

Siddharth Singh

The state’s continuing political volatility has spawned a new Pakistan

The New Delhi Pushback

Rajeev Deshpande

India dismissed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations of an Indian hand in the killing of Khalistani leader Hardeep Nijjar and escalated the showdown with Ottawa to confront its support to terrorist-criminal gangs.

The Surrey Swamp

Rahul Pandita

How Canada became the operational base for terrorist-criminal syndicates working to stir up separatism in Punjab

How Khalistan Resides In the Anglosphere

Brahma Chellaney

The emergence of Canada as the international epicentre of Khalistan militancy should not obscure the broader role of its natural allies in sheltering and shielding Sikh extremists fomenting terrorism in India

Ladies First

PR Ramesh

Women’s empowerment has always been at the core of Prime Minister Modi’s vision for India

The Great Power Shift

Rajeev Deshpande

The overwhelming support for the Women’s Reservation Bill in Parliament marks the distance women have come in national life and is a big political victory for BJP

The Atmospherics

Reshmi Dasgupta

Will millet pudding with apricot compote shift the epicurean focus from DC to Delhi? Neither monkeys nor naysayers’ gripes about food and décor could spoil the party