Reading his memoir 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows at a time when China's new helmsman threatens the world

The PLA looks impressive in ceremonial parades, but unlike the Indian Army it has no battlefield experience

The profound arrogance that sometimes manifests itself in supposedly knowing what is good for others

The world will be lucky if it turns out to be a mere Covid flu

Why the idea of total war against a disease boomerangs

As Twitter’s CEO, he will have to navigate a political minefield

The philosophy and geography of soul cleansing

It’s time we took India’s greatest football rivalry to the world

Renaming Indore after the 18th century queen of the Maratha empire, Ahilyabai Holkar

As Bangladesh turns fifty, India learns to count on its friendly neighbour

If Xi Jinping stays on his present path, open conflict with the West, and with India and Japan, will become inevitable