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September 02, 2010
Amulya Ganguli
Why Sonia's fourth term is not a happy occasion
Sonia Gandhi's unopposed election as Congress president not points to a woeful paucity of leadership material, it also underlines the disturbing presence of feudal characteristics which cannot be welcomed in a democracy, says Amulya Ganguli.

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Rajeev Srinivasan
EVM row: Shooting the messenger won't help
Rajeev Srinivasan on how EVM problems are much bigger than technology or politics. Second and final part of the series.

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M K Bhadrakumar
Pakistani floods: A win-win for the US?
M K Bhadrakumar says helping Pakistan with flood relief may help America win some hearts and minds in that country.

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September 01, 2010
S P Udayakumar: Is Russia bound by the Nuclear liability law?
August 28, 2010
Manoj Kumar and Lydia Powell: How the world perceives nuclear liability
August 27, 2010
Harsh V Pant: Why an India-Japan nuclear deal is essential
Manoj Kumar and Lydia Powell: The loopholes in the Nuclear Liability Bill
August 25, 2010
Manoj Kumar and Lydia Powell: Why a nuclear liability bill is essential
August 24, 2010
Virendra Kapoor: Kalmadi isn't the only one to blame for CWG mess
August 23, 2010
Gurmeet Kanwal: In Pakistan, the army is firmly in control
Wilson John: Commonwealth Games: Protecting Delhi's Metro
T P Sreenivasan: Stars to smile upon Shashi Tharoor after wedding
August 20, 2010
Colonel Dr Anil Athale (retd): How Kalam can help end Kashmir's cycle of violence
T P Sreenivasan: Why the world is not over the moon on Ban
August 17, 2010
Mahesh Vijapurkar: The abject failure of our civic bodies
August 17, 2010
Saisuresh Sivaswamy: This India of the young is brash, impatient
B S Prakash: India's austerity drive made a shaadi happen!
August 16, 2010
Virendra Kapoor: Can Sonia's family ever be wrong?
Seema Mustafa: Kashmir - Delhi still hasn't woken up
August 14, 2010
Sheela Bhatt: Freedom's just another word for Rasheeda
Sheba Thayil: Please, God, give us independence from what ails India
8 things India needs to do urgently
August 13, 2010
Dr A Gopalakrishnan: Nuclear Liability Bill: PM's Gift to the US
August 11, 2010
Gurmeet Kanwal: So, what will the Kashmiri people accept?
Gopal Krishna: Nuclear energy, inevitable disaster: Worth it?
August 09, 2010
Sanjay Jha: Corruption: Where is our outrage?
Virendra Kapoor: Time to drastically overhaul our Kashmir policy
Neerja Chowdhury: Telangana results send alarm signals to Congress
August 06, 2010
Himanshu Thakkar: Why is the UPA disregarding our rivers?
August 05, 2010
Harsh V Pant: Indian influence wanes in Afghanistan
July 30, 2010
Satish Chandra: Our language has let us down in Pakistan talks
Harsh V Pant: Cameron has made the right noises on India
July 29, 2010
Neerja Chowdhury: Differences on the rise within Congress
July 27, 2010
Sandeep Pandey: S M Qureshi, then and now
July 26, 2010
Dr K S Parthasarathy: Delhi's radioactive leak: The other side
Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd): Why India needs Myanmar on its side
July 23, 2010
Harsh V Pant: Forget the peace process with Pakistan!
July 22, 2010
B Raman: By criticising Pillai, Krishna has played into Qureshi's hands
T V R Shenoy: India's disappointing young leaders
July 21, 2010
Mahesh Vijapurkar: Deliver the change, Mr Prime Minister
July 19, 2010
Harsh V Pant: India sidelined in Afghanistan
Virendra Kapoor: A billion people, but where are the leaders?
T P Sreenivasan: Indian Shining in Islamabad
Neerja Chowdhury: Why Omar Abdullah has failed as chief minister
Satish Chandra: It would be an error to talk to Pakistan again
July 16, 2010
M K Bhadrakumar: Pakistan's generals don't want the India talks to succeed
B Raman: Lack of preparation hampered Indo-Pak talks
Saisuresh Sivaswamy: Can we move on from Pakistan, Mr Prime Minister?
July 14, 2010
Sushant Sareen: India-Pakistan: Dialogue without direction
Vivek Gumaste: Kashmir: Protests are fine, not motivated ones
B Raman: India, Pakistan must go the 3 plus 3 way
T P Sreenivasan: India-Pakistan talks: Futile quest for trust
July 12, 2010
B Raman: Why the Foreign Secretary met the Dalai Lama
July 09, 2010
T V R Shenoy: This is the plight of the honest govt official
July 08, 2010
Dinesh Kumar Mishra: A village at the mercy of the Bagmati, officials
July 02, 2010
Brahma Chellaney:Border talks: How India plays into China's hands
June 30, 2010
S K Chatterji: Why the army can fight in J&K but not Chhattisgarh
June 29, 2010
Mohammad Sajjad: Should Nitish Kumar get a second term?
June 28, 2010
Mohammad Sajjad: Should Nitish Kumar get a second term?
Aseem Chhabra: Recollecting Digvijay Singh, who read my hand
AV Rajwade: Will anyone be ever held accountable for Bhopal?
June 25, 2010
Harsh V Pant: Afghanistan- The US surge to nowhere
Srikanth Kondapalli: N-plants to Pak: Why China won't budge at the NSG
Praful Bidwai: GoM has failed to hold Dow's feet to the fire
June 24, 2010
B Raman: Afghanistan: US should change tactics not generals
Apoorvanand: Nitish Kumar wants to be Bihar Purush
June 23, 2010
Dr Nitish Priyadarshi: Jharkhand- The fire in the earth's belly
Mahesh Vijapurkar: Towards a more civil civic arrangement
T V R Shenoy: Too late for Nitish to mount moral high horse
June 22, 2010
K C Singh: In Pakistan, Chidambaram to face stark choices
Harsh V Pant: China-Pakistan nuclear deal: Why the surprise?
June 21, 2010
Rajeev Srinivasan: Is US considering a long-term stay in Afghanistan?
Kumkum Sen: Extraditing Anderson won't benefit Bhopal victims
B S Prakash: Why I am praying for Brazil to lift the Cup
June 18, 2010
Sanjay Kapoor: Rahul- Why the prince is reluctant to be king
June 17, 2010
Kandaswami Subramanian: Bhopal: The deception by Union Carbide and Dow Chemicals
Amulya Ganguli: The importance of being Rahul Gandhi
Nitin Desai: Naxalism: It's time to redeem the promise
June 16, 2010
Rajeev Srinivasan: India needs a relationship of equals with the US
June 14, 2010
Gopal Krishna: Saving democracy from the corporate veil
June 14, 2010
Brigadier S K Chatterji (retd): Sinking hopes in the Korean peninsula
Shehla Masood: We need accountability on Panna tigers genocide
June 11, 2010
Praful Bidwai: India has learnt nothing from the Bhopal tragedy
T V R Shenoy: Is it too late to ask Arjun Singh about Bhopal?
June 09, 2010
Mahesh Vijapurkar: What use is the Konkan Railway?
June 08, 2010
Harsh V Pant: US-India strategic dialogue: Move beyond symbolism
June 07, 2010
B Raman: Bhopal gas tragedy should be minutely documented
Shiv Shankar Menon: The new dimensions of global security
Gopal Krishna: Is the Bhopal catastrophe like a traffic crime?
B Raman: Why Dantewada's key to the battle against Maoists
T V R Shenoy: What will Mamata Banerjee do next?
June 04, 2010
Obama attempts to impart momentum to Indo-US ties
June 02, 2010
Rajeev Srinivasan: India: The Hanuman Syndrome
Gopal Krishna: Why the UID number project must be scrapped
May 31, 2010
D S Rajan: US accused of strategically encircling China
B Raman: Why Headley's interrogation is a charade
May 28, 2010
Brigadier S K Chatterji: An army officer recounts Canadian visa woes
May 27, 2010
Saisuresh Sivaswamy: Shashi Tharoor is being missed in South Block
T V R Shenoy: Who authorised the Raja tapes?
May 26, 2010
Harsh V Pant: UPA-II loses momentum as challenges mount
May 25, 2010
B Raman: Dr Singh's blind spots: Pakistan and Maoists
Saisuresh Sivaswamy: The prime minister doesn't have all the answers
May 24, 2010
Brigadier S K Chatterji (retd): Nepalese woes require Indian support
May 21, 2010
Praful Bidwai: UPA-2: Time to change course
Neerja Chowdhury: Less proactive but Sonia sets agenda for UPA-2
May 20, 2010
Virendra Kapoor: A wasted year- The common man's woes only increased
Sonia Gandhi: Address the root causes of Naxalism
May 19, 2010
B Raman: US addressing intelligence gaps in Pakistan
May 18, 2010
B S Prakash: Does memory matter anymore?
T V R Shenoy: The UPA, a house divided
May 17, 2010
Tarun Vijay: Delhi sleeps while Manipur burns
Harsh V Pant: The larger issue behind Ramesh's outburst in China
Amulya Ganguli: UPA II is proving even worse than UPA I
Suhasini Haidar: Fear of public backlash restricts foreign policy
May 14, 2010
Brigadier S K Chatterji (retd): SAARC: The Way Ahead
May 12, 2010
Shehla Masood: Roaring in China, sleeping in India
Rajeev Srinivasan: Why India is so full of charlatans
Mahesh Vijapurkar: Why does India want to hide its war documents?
Colonel R Hariharan (retd): Why do we ignore our war dead?
Nitin Gokhale: Recalling Prabhakaran's end
May 11, 2010
Sandeep Pandey: How Jairam Ramesh has made a difference
May 10, 2010
M K Bhadrakumar: China breaks the Himalayan barrier
Gladson Dungdung: The State has alienated me, should I remain quiet?
Vivek Gumaste: The Kasab verdict alone is not enough
T V R Shenoy: The degeneration of India's universities
May 07, 2010
Praful Bidwai: What the radiation leak in Delhi means
T P Sreenivasan: Pakistan gets nuclear deal by proxy
Harsh V Pant: View - A muddled verdict from Britain
May 06, 2010
Sushant Sareen: Kasab's death will not bring any closure for India
Saisuresh Sivaswamy: Sentence delayed is sentence denied
Rajeev Srinivasan: The banality of evil
May 04, 2010
Harsh V Pant: Looking Beyond Kasab's Conviction
B Raman: Terror in Big Apple: A Pakistani hand?
May 03, 2010
B Raman: Kasab is living proof of Lashkar's role in 26/11
April 30, 2010
B Raman: Is US okay with China supplying N-reactors to Pak?
April 29, 2010
Harsh V Pant: Focus on China, not India-Pakistan rivalry
TP Sreenivasan: Madhuri Gupta maligns the Foreign Service
Pramod Kumar Buravalli: View- Communism is on the wane in India
B Raman: Madhuri case- Making an ass of ourselves
April 28, 2010
Mahesh Vijapurkar: Time to rethink the Mumbai Metropolitan Region
B Raman: Pakistan's IB is back in action
April 27, 2010
Dr Shanthie Mariet D''Souza and Dr Bibhu Prasad Routray: Army's expertise must be used to battle Maoists
B Raman: A mole in an Indian mission can do great damage
Vivek Gumaste: The Naxal problem: Failure of political leadership
Vanita Kohli-Khandekar: Time to change your newspaper
April 26, 2010

Rajeev Srinivasan: View- Fiddling while the country burns
Brigadier S K Chatterji (retd): What India must do in Myanmar and how
Shyam G Menon: Why operation Green Hunt won't win the war
M K Bhadrakumar: India should robustly support Karzai
April 23, 2010
Tarun Vijay: Gadkari has arrived, the hard tasks begin now
April 22, 2010
Dr A Gopalakrishnan: Delhi radiation case: AEC, AERB also culpable
April 20, 2010
M D Riti: India's cryo-engine failure: Beginning not the end
April 19, 2010
Sandeep Pandey: Food Security Bill: Cause of elation or grief?
M K Bhadrakumar: Tharoor will make a great leader
Kalyani Shankar: The mistakes Shashi Tharoor made
Aseem Chhabra: Tharoor was made a sacrificial lamb
April 16, 2010
Brigadier S K Chatterji (retd): Combating Maoists: Into battle sans leaders
B Raman: UN report on Benazir silent on Rehman Malik
April 15, 2010
Harsh V Pant: Foreign policy: India's diffidence problem
Mahesh Vijapurkar: Why we don't need urban political families
T V R Shenoy: The nexus of sports, business, and politics
April 14, 2010
Sheela Bhatt: Has the buck finally stopped for Chidambaram?
April 13, 2010
D S Rajan: Is China sympathetic to the Maoists?
April 12, 2010
B S Raghavan: There is a much simpler answer to Maoism
T P Sreenivasan: Red Lines at the Washington Summit
April 09, 2010
Praful Bidwai: Big Brother is watching you!
April 08, 2010
B Raman: An urgent plan to deal with Maoist insurgency
April 07, 2010
Colonel Anil Athale (retd): The Naxals must be defeated, here's how
April 06, 2010
B Raman: Why Naxals can easily set-up deadly ambushes
B Raman: Attack on US consulate - The Afghanistan of Pakistan
April 01, 2010
B S Prakash: Dancing alone at the Carnival
Raymond E Vickery, Jr: Why the US must not alienate India
March 31, 2010
Mahesh Vijapurkar: The trivialisation of our public debates
March 30, 2010
M K Bhadrakumar: View- Obama kickstarts India's nuclear deal
March 29, 2010
B Raman: Al Qaeda-backed Chechen separatists behind Moscow terror
K Subrahmanyam: India can't object to US sleeping with the enemy
T P Sreenivasan: Kayani and Qureshi did not go empty handed
March 26, 2010
Vivek Gumaste: The genocide we and the world forgot
Brigadier (retd) S K Chatterji: Why India needs to nurture Bangladesh
B Raman: Pak-US- An opportunistic tactical dialogue
March 25, 2010
T V R Shenoy: Why the women's bill is fatally flawed
March 22, 2010
Manjeet Kripalani: It's our turn to help in Haiti
M K Bhadrakumar: The burnt-out case of David Headley
March 19, 2010
Praful Bidwai: The UPA's second great nuclear folly
B Raman: India should now focus on Tahawwur Rana
March 15, 2010
Sharad Joshi: The Women's Lottery Bill
T P Sreenivasan: The unfinished business of the nuclear deal
March 12, 2010
Neerja Chowdhury: Sonia has sent a powerful message to Indian women
March 11, 2010
AMU: Who will stem the rot?
Harsh V Pant: China slows its defence spending, on paper
March 09, 2010
Nitin Gokhale: Chinese media - Half a step towards openness?
E D Mathew: Tharoor is a victim of Hinglish?
March 04, 2010
Vivek Gumaste: Pakistan conundrum - Dealing with an unholy trinity
March 03, 2010
Rajeev Srinivasan: India's negotiations: Only form, no content
March 02, 2010
Harsh V Pant: Defence Budget - In need of direction
Brigadier S K Chatterji (retd): Global jihad's evolving strategy: Focus Al Qaeda
B Raman: It's futile to expect Saudi help on terror
February 26, 2010
M K Bhadrakumar: India, Pakistan talk -- to catch America's eye
February 24, 2010
Mahesh Vijapurkar: The Illegals- Mumbai's Bangladeshis
February 23, 2010
Harsh V Pant: India's isolation is not good news for the West
B S Prakash: Looking for meaning in multilateralism
February 17, 2010
Mahesh Vijapurkar: A humbled bully, double standards and people's will
Harsh V Pant: The US-Iran confrontation continues anew
February 12, 2010
Harsh V Pant: Bollywood's missed opportunity
Nitin A Gokhale: Nasty turn of events in Sri Lanka
February 11, 2010
Colonel Dr Anil Athale (retd): Peace with Pakistan: Chasing a mirage
Sujatha Singh: Attacks on Indians- Time to go beyond rhetoric
Saisuresh Sivaswamy: The answer, my friend, is blowing in the Hind
February 10, 2010
Mahesh Vijapurkar: Migrants do more good than harm to Mumbai
Satish Chandra: India-Pakistan talks: A counter-productive option
February 09, 2010
Pramod Kumar Buravalli: Why India's military needs an urgent update
Arfa Khanum Sherwani: Main victims of terror in Pakistan are its women
Bharath Gopalaswamy and Harsh V Pant: Does India need anti-satellite capability?
February 08, 2010
Satish Chandra: London conference on Afghanistan: Implications for India
TP Sreenivasan: Substance lies in talks and not in talks on talks
B Raman: Revamping the internal security machinery
February 05, 2010
Praful Bidwai: What resumption of talks with Pak means for India
B Raman: Indo-Pak dialogue: Time to expand basket of issues of concern
February 04, 2010
Brigadier (retd) S K Chatterji: Pakistan remains pivotal to an Afghan solution
B Raman: The Taliban is down but not out
Bharat Verma: India unprepared and unwilling to defend democracy
February 03, 2010
B Shantanu: An open letter to Balasaheb from a Marathi Manoos
February 02, 2010
Vivek Gumaste: Why Pakistan can never be a great neighbour
February 01, 2010
T V R Shenoy: Why transparency is critical for the judiciary
Gurmeet Kanwal and Samarjit Ghosh: India ignored at Afghanistan summit
January 27, 2010
Nirupama Rao: View: India harbours no aggressive designs on Pak
Harsh V Pant: View: There's still time for Obama to redeem his presidency
January 25, 2010
B Raman: An open letter to the new NSA
Matthew Schneeberger: Mumbai a Global City? Not in this lifetime!
January 22, 2010
B Raman: Narayanan: A titan of the intelligence community
January 21, 2010
Nitin Gokhale: Be ready for a long haul in Afghanistan
B Raman: Gates' Delhi visit: Strategic course-correction
January 20, 2010
Rajeev Srinivasan: Khost massacre: a point of inflexion in Obama's war?
Claude Arpi: Why India should not get too close to China
January 19, 2010
Lalit Koul: The night from hell, 20 years later
Mahesh Vijapurkar: Is cycling the answer to our urban woes?
January 15, 2010
B Raman: What India can learn from Headley charge-sheet
January 13, 2010
Mahesh Vijapurkar: Search for aesthetics in Mumbai's facade
T V R Shenoy: Much-maligned Bihar does better than Kerala
Satish Chandra: Why India must push for better ties with Bangladesh
January 12, 2010
Harsh V Pant: India's foreign policy comes of age
January 07, 2010
D S Rajan: How China views India's new defence doctrine
January 05, 2010
Colonel Anil A Athale (retd): How India, China can mastermind the Asian century
Vivek Gumaste: The Ruchika case and the banality of evil
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