Narendra Modi

Make a Joke, and don’t forget to Chuckle

Bennett Voyles

A strange aspect of the Obama case is that unlike most pop stars who have fallen off the charts, he doesn’t seem to be anxiously plotting a comeback

AMERICAN BLITZ

PR Ramesh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaches America at a time when the relationship between Washington and Delhi is at a low ebb. Beyond the spectacle starring a man who loves performance lies a harder challenge: Can the enchanter redeem an alliance gone astray?

The Pathology of Anti-Americanism

S Prasannarajan

Narendra Modi’s American journey should be the beginning of a historical correction. The one who could be India’s Reagan should remain untouched by an ism abandoned by history

ROMANCING THE DRAGON

Ullekh NP

Modi played the indulgent host to perfection as he tried to bond with the visiting Chinese president Xi Jinping. Can the mutually suspicious Asian powers overcome the trust deficit?

Let us read the Tea Leaves

Sunanda K Datta-Ray

Times have changed since Mao told Richard Nixon (and Deng Xiaoping repeated to Rajiv), “Business? Discuss with the premier. Here we discuss philosophical matters”

A Tale of Two Leaders

S Prasannarajan

So will Xi update a classic by the Chairman: Let a billion dreams come true? That will be a Xi change

IT’S NOT ABOUT MODI

Ullekh NP

But letting the likes of Yogi Adityanath go berserk can ruin the BJP’s dreams of reviving a hollow organisation and sustaining the magic of Modi on the stump