National Security Adviser Ajit Doval’s visit to Beijing should not be dressed up as some grand response to the latest twists and turns in global geopolitics. Nor should every diplomatic development involving Washington, Pyongyang, Islamabad, Riyadh or Ankara be dragged into a Bharat-China engagement that has a very specific purpose. Doval is travelling to Beijing…
The External Affairs Ministry’s decision to deny political clearance to Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s proposed visit to the United States may have triggered predictable political noise, but the decision itself deserves to be viewed with greater sobriety. It is neither unprecedented nor, by itself, evidence of hostility towards Telangana. It is a sovereign…
The Narendra Modi government’s aggressive move to secure urea imports and build adequate buffer stocks may look, at first glance, like an expensive exercise. It is anything but that. It is strategic insurance for Bharat’s farmers—and yet another example of Narendra Modi’s instinct to prepare for a crisis before it becomes one. The geopolitical environment…
The Madras High Court’s observation that there is no legal bar on Tamil Nadu playing its State song, Tamil Thai Vazhthu, before Vande Mataram or the National Anthem may appear, at first glance, to be a narrow question of protocol. It is not. It exposes a far more serious weakness in the way the Union…
The United States’ decision to substantially scale back joint military exercises with South Korea should not be dismissed as mere cost-cutting or interpreted simply as another chapter in Washington’s unconventional diplomacy with Kim Jong Un. It is better understood as strategic triage—an attempt to prevent North Korea from becoming an additional active military crisis at…
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s new national team under president Nitin Nabin is more than a routine organisational reshuffle. Read carefully, it is a political statement: the BJP is putting women, experienced political hands and organisationally tested leaders closer to the centre of decision-making as it prepares for the next electoral battles. The most striking feature…
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President Kalwakuntla Taraka Rama Rao’s (KTR)recent remarks about his daughter choosing to study in the United States because she felt Bharat did not have colleges of comparable quality have opened a debate that goes far beyond one politician’s family. The real question is not whether an individual has the right…
As Bharat celebrates its 80th Independence Day today, there is much to celebrate—and much to be ashamed of. We have every reason to take pride in a nation that has emerged as one of the world’s fastest-growing major economies, a formidable military power and a rising force in technology, manufacturing and infrastructure. Yet, on this…
The alleged theft of devotees’ offerings at the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in Ayodhya is not merely a case of missing cash, jewellery or valuables. It is, above all, a betrayal of faith. Millions of devotees who contribute to the temple do so not as a commercial transaction, but as an act of devotion. To…
The tabling of the 127-page inquiry report in Parliament recommending the removal of former Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma marks an important moment for judicial accountability in Bharat. The controversy surrounding the discovery of large quantities of burnt currency at his official residence has raised disturbing questions about judicial integrity, institutional transparency and…
