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Being a good neighbor

Dec 28, 2018 - 7:15 pm EST @theindpanorama 1

India must shed its zero-sum style foreign policy-making, and work towards South Asian integration “The Narendra Modi government’s neighbourhood policy began exceptionally well with Mr. Modi reaching out to the regional capitals and making grand […]

Adieu 2018

Dec 28, 2018 - 6:36 am EST @theindpanorama 1

As I sit down to pen the last editorial comment of the year for The Indian Panorama, a few days before the end of the year, on December 27 evening, to be exact, my thoughts […]

2019 General Elections in India Likely to Result in a Hung Parliament

Dec 21, 2018 - 6:55 am EST @theindpanorama 1

Modi, Mayawati, Rahul likely in Prime Ministerial race “It’s too early to write off Modi’s prospects. He remains a popular figure and powerful orator, and his party is India’s best funded and best organized. Yet it is […]

The slow, tortuous path to justice: Sajjan Kumar’s conviction

Dec 21, 2018 - 6:41 am EST @theindpanorama 1

The Delhi High Court judgment convicting Sajjan Kumar reminds the country that it must not forget mass killings Thirty-four years after the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and the killings of Sikhs that followed, […]

Keep the Pakistan door ajar

Dec 14, 2018 - 8:58 pm EST @theindpanorama 1

India needs to be cautious, but should not completely shut itself to talks “Imran Khan has reached out to India, urging the resumption of dialogue and India’s participation at SAARC summit in Islamabad. Our standard […]

India awakened, democracy restored

Dec 14, 2018 - 8:51 pm EST @theindpanorama 133

“If Congress were to wins elections in 2019, the BJP supporters will go ballistic against the elected government and that is the time Congress party needs to show its civility, and they will, as they […]

Not Much for Congress to Feel Elated About

Dec 14, 2018 - 8:36 pm EST @theindpanorama 1

Recent Assembly election wins may not replicate The recent Assembly elections in India in which the Congress Party wrested three Hindi heartland States from BJP should alarm the BJP. However, the Congress Party had better […]

Honor Sardar Patel, don’t forget Gandhi and Nehru

Dec 14, 2018 - 8:02 pm EST @theindpanorama 1

“It is quite confusing for an ordinary Indian to figure out the motivation for the Prime Minister to honor a devoted Congressman and freedom fighter who is a Gujarati ahead of another great leader from […]

A Relationship Under Stress

Dec 7, 2018 - 8:41 pm EST @theindpanorama 1

“Mr. Trump, wary of not disrupting his West Asia policy, may stay the course on Saudi Arabia for now. But the growing criticisms of the partnership on Capitol Hill can’t be ignored. The Senate has […]

Two Punjabs, one South Asia

Dec 7, 2018 - 8:25 pm EST @theindpanorama 3

“Nothing has worked, and we are today in suspended animation between Mr. Modi’s India-centric vision of the region and the Pakistani military’s control of the geopolitical discourse in Islamabad. At such a time comes the […]

When Guru Nanak Appeared on the World Scene

Nov 23, 2018 - 10:39 pm EST @theindpanorama 1

Guru Nanak is the Founder of Sikhism, the youngest and the fifth largest religion of the world, with a following of around 25 million worldwide. It is a monotheistic faith founded in the Punjab region […]

The Usurpation of Free Speech

Nov 23, 2018 - 6:22 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

The notion that the far right is being muzzled despite the inordinate media attention it has garnered — from print, television, radio and digital — is one that it has managed to project with great […]

How Modi and Jaitley Gamed World Bank’s Doing Business Rankings

Nov 23, 2018 - 6:12 pm EST @theindpanorama 1

BJP government adopted a competitive-exam strategy to improve India’s rankings, meeting minutes and official correspondence show. “The elaborate filing requirements of the Goods and Services Tax had hurt medium and small enterprises while demonetization had […]

Attempts to Undo Nehru’s Legacy: Are we better off?

Nov 16, 2018 - 8:41 pm EST @theindpanorama 1

“Times have changed indeed, and some of the policies Nehru has pursued may have become irrelevant. However, critics would be deluding themselves if they are to deny his extraordinary legacy and his outstanding contribution in […]

India’s prosperity hinges on Religious Freedom

Nov 16, 2018 - 8:34 pm EST @theindpanorama 1

The Indian-Americans have a moral duty to prevent India from being labeled as a “Country of Particular Concern” by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). “The quality of life is directly proportional […]

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What Resignation of Sessions Means for Robert Mueller

Nov 10, 2018 - 8:27 am EST @theindpanorama 1

His temporary replacement, Matthew Whitaker, has expressed skepticism over the scope of the Russia investigation—which he’ll now oversee. Intelligence and law-enforcement experts—as well as sitting members of Congress—have pointed out that the question of whether […]