Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Building Brand Bharat

Ram Madhav

As India rises in the new world with self-confidence, it should not be dominated by the old Western institutions. India should assuage today's global anxiety by promoting its distinct ideas

The Slayer of Maoism

PR Ramesh

Amit Shah’s feat of defeating the six-decade-long guerrilla movement makes him the natural inheritor of the first home minister’s legacy

How Sardar Patel Averted an Attempted Siege of Delhi

Sandeep Balakrishna

The other side of freedom

The Age of Creative Conservatism

Swapan Dasgupta

The right thing to do in India today

A Lexicon for New India

Ullekh NP

Deciphering the nature of the nation

The Making of India

Mani Shankar Aiyar

Sandeep Bamzai provides a balanced perspective of Jawaharlal Nehru’s role in envisaging a united and unified India

With many top posts going to specialists from the allied services and the induction of a fresh batch of lateral entrants, the civil services are undergoing their biggest transformation since independence