By coming to New Delhi to grace the oath-taking ceremony of the new Prime Minister, the leaders of our seven neighbouring countries not only recognised India’s re-emergence in the comity of nations after a dark decade in which relations with most nations were grievously vitiated, but helped to power the … Read More
According to an apocryphal story about Chandragupta Maurya, the conqueror’s first attempt to seize the kingdom of Magadha failed. Wandering in disguise one night, he came across a mother scolding her son for chewing his bread from the middle. “Eat the outer sides first and then move to the centre … Read More
As the beleaguered Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her family brace themselves to face life without power, with the party seeking a change in leadership and the nation demanding greater scrutiny of the affairs of a family that presided over one of the most corrupt regimes in independent India, Priyanka … Read More
Outgoing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who effectively bowed out of office on January 3 when he announced, at his last press conference, that he would not be seeking a third term in office, officially submitted his resignation to President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday afternoon, after the verdict in the 2014 … Read More
The expected unbelievable has happened – Narendra Modi has led the nation to its greatest grassroots revolution since the sun set on one-party dominance in 1977. Taking on the Congress dynastic rule with Sonia Gandhi ruling from behind the scenes, and particularly the misgovernance, corruption, and economic stagnation of the … Read More
Was the ‘Aman ki Asha’ dialogue with Kashmiri separatists and peaceniks in India, which was promoted by Pakistan’s Jang Group of newspapers in concert with a leading Indian newspaper group, a covert Track II gambit by the Pakistan Government and the ubiquitous ISI, or did the latter two merely support … Read More
Narendra Modi’s stunning outreach to political parties that refused to join the NDA coalition, first broadly hinted at in a television interview on May 9, and reiterated on May 12 after the near unanimity among pollsters and analysts of a certain BJP victory, reflects his sagacity and farsightedness. The development … Read More
Climaxing eight months of nationwide campaigning from the time he was declared the BJP’s official Prime Ministerial nominee on September 13, 2013, topped with a gruelling 46-day segment dubbed Bharat Vijay Rally, Narendra Modi gave a clarion call for a strong Government with a robust majority at the Centre at … Read More
Stung by Narendra Modi’s aggressive campaign in Amethi on May 5 and undermined by persistent rumours that its low profile Varanasi candidate Ajay Rai had virtually withdrawn in favour of Arvind Kejriwal, the Congress vice president conducted a four hour road show in the city on May 10 morning, in … Read More
Drinking deep from his secret fountain of energy, an indefatigable Narendra Modi fired a fusillade of charges against the ruling UPA and particularly the Congress president Sonia Gandhi for a relentless campaign of vilification and defamation against him from the time he was anointed Prime Ministerial nominee of the BJP … Read More
