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At bullet speed: Indo-Japan ties, beyond the optics

Sep 15, 2017 - 1:47 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

The Indian-Japanese partnership has been in the making for a decade since Shinzo Abe described it as a confluence of two seas while addressing the Indian Parliament. This confluence became a symbolic convergence with the […]

RELIVING 9/11

Sep 13, 2017 - 10:25 am EDT @theindpanorama 3

A co-ordinated al-Qaeda attack on America on 11th September 2001 killed almost 3,000 people. Two hijacked planes were flown into New York’s World Trade Center, resulting in the collapse of the Twin Towers, while another crashed into […]

Gauri Lankesh’s killers must be found; or it’ll embolden those who stifle dissent

Sep 10, 2017 - 5:14 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

The murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh in Bengaluru has set off a wave of protests across the country; the chill that has set in is difficult to miss. It is a fool’s game right now […]

Murder of Gauri Lankesh is an ominous sign for India’s flailing democracy

Sep 10, 2017 - 5:07 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

Gauri Lankesh, a prominent Kannada journalist and a vehement critic of communal politics of the BJP government, was gunned down at her doorstep in Rajarajeswari Nagar in Bengaluru by some unknown assailants. She worked as […]

Decoding BJP after Baba’s conviction

Sep 10, 2017 - 2:32 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

The BJP has been courting the Babas because it embodies the concept of religious men leading the country rather than its politicians. After the Gurmeet ‘Ram Rahim’ episode, the RSS is in a dilemma and […]

Of Donald Modi & Narendra Trump

Sep 10, 2017 - 2:16 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

The affinities between Trump and Modi are striking, but none of them bodes well for democracy. NO two persons are exactly alike. But Narendra Modi and Donald Trump resemble each other to such a degree […]

Viceroy’s House – Featured Article By Mabel Pais

Sep 9, 2017 - 7:20 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

“It’s been the most satisfying thing I’ve ever done” “History is written by the victors” “My intention is to examine how someone like me can look at new historical evidence and explore an alternative historical […]

Babas can’t be stopped from political dabbling

Sep 1, 2017 - 6:51 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

By R K Barik The judiciary has put a spanner in the BJP’s plans for Haryana, triggering an outburst from BJP chief Amit Shah. The BJP also faces hurdles in its Baba-first plan in Odisha […]

‘I don’t share this optimism’

Sep 1, 2017 - 5:21 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

It is too early to feel elated. There is a VIP track in jail as Sanjay Dutt and Mukhtar Ansari have demonstrated. The episode also reeks of systemic failure and it seems odd that the […]

In State of bedlam: Governance under question

Sep 1, 2017 - 5:08 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

“Before doing so she did not call up the CM, not even the Chief Secretary or Home Secretary. Because there was no need since DM is the final authority. But this very DM had earlier […]

The cover-up: Demonetization was more pain than gain

Sep 1, 2017 - 4:56 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

If 99 per cent of the demonetized currency has returned to the banks, as the RBI has said, it means the fight against black money through demonetization was not properly thought through. The Prime Minister […]

The talaq verdict fallout

Aug 25, 2017 - 9:26 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

Judicial wisdom, political mischief “It needs to be noted that the Supreme Court ruling is a very limited intervention in the Muslim “religion” — limited only to a very obnoxious practice; the practice was held […]

And the war goes on: On Trump’s South Asia policy

Aug 25, 2017 - 9:22 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

Donald Trump’s plan for Afghanistan is still too short on specifics U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to deepen the country’s military engagement in war-torn Afghanistan signals a significant shift in the position he has held […]

Trump’s Afghan Shift

Aug 25, 2017 - 9:20 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

“Trump’s remarks on Pakistan and India are of obvious importance. A strong pillar of the new strategy, he declared, is to change the approach towards Pakistan. “We can no longer be silent about Pakistan’s safe […]

The Pathetic & dangerous transformation of India to Crony Capitalism in last 70 years

Aug 19, 2017 - 10:01 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

“India is in the top ten nations with the widest socio-economic gap. It is an economically, socially and politically failed state for majority of its 1.3 billion citizens; who cannot solve its socio-economic, religious and […]

Enough is Enough – By Prof. I. S. Saluja

Aug 19, 2017 - 3:58 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

As we celebrate the 71st Independence Day of India, we remember the valiant freedom fighters who made huge sacrifices to make it possible for us to live as a free people in an independent nation. […]

Why Nehru matters more than ever

Aug 19, 2017 - 3:48 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

“The belittling of Pandit Nehru is odd, because the standing of the current Prime Minister is not validated by writing out a previous Prime Minister from the annals of history. The future will judge both […]

The Last Empress of Music

Aug 11, 2017 - 9:57 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

By Mabel Pais The golden voice of Asha Bhosle, having been dubbed “the last empress of music,” will be ringing in the concert halls of America at Newark, New Jersey; San Jose, California; and Boston, […]

Pursued by danger: on the Haryana stalking case

Aug 11, 2017 - 9:28 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

The issue of women’s safety comes under the national limelight with shameful regularity. The recent incident of a woman being pursued at night by men in a car in Chandigarh is a reminder that neither […]

Are the US and North Korea on the brink of a nuclear war?

Aug 11, 2017 - 9:24 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

Reports say North Korea has developed nuclear weapons that can hit US. Experts, however, say the world is not on the brink of a Third World War. They say if any war were to happen, […]

Trump unveils fresh Af-Pak policy

Aug 11, 2017 - 9:16 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

Even as Trump takes the hard line against Pakistan backing certain terror groups, there are many US generals who do not wish to antagonize Afghanistan’s neighbor “While McMaster is echoing Trump’s hard line, there are […]

The empire strikes back

Aug 4, 2017 - 1:11 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

“The ‘deep state’ has always worked with a king’s party, and there have always been politicians willing to oblige. Gen. Musharraf had encouraged Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain to set up PML(Q) to wean away Punjab during […]

A case of judicial overreach Inculcating patriotism under court orders

Aug 4, 2017 - 1:06 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

“Mature democracies do not punish apostasy and blasphemy. Let us see how America dealt with the issue of national symbols. The classic American case is that of Texas v. Johnson where the Supreme Court opined […]

Dangerous Escalation

Aug 4, 2017 - 12:53 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

Russia’s expulsion of U.S. mission staff could lock the two countries into a retaliatory spiral. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to cut the U.S. diplomatic presence in the country by 755 signals a serious escalation […]

Missed the chance to act, Mr President

Jul 28, 2017 - 1:50 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

A seasoned parliamentarian, the now ex- President, Pranab Mukherjee, is known to weigh his words before uttering them and he must have taken extra caution about what to say in his parting speech. Yet the […]