As was only to be expected, our breast-beating Cassandras have once again been proved wrong, and the worst of international hostility to India’s unexpected decision to go nuclear is already behind us. Even as opposition parties, leftists, secular intellectuals, and peaceniks got the knives out for the Vajpayee Government in … Read More
It is an irony that as the secular condemnation of the ransacking of Maqbool Fida Husain’s Mumbai residence reaches a crescendo, saner voices in the Muslim community are being edged out of the debate. As self-styled liberals and defenders of artistic freedom jostle for centrespace in what could have been … Read More
We are currently witnessing a spate of writings voicing misgivings about the Bharatiya Janata Party’s hidden agenda, and rejoicing that the compulsions of coalition politics have forced it to shelve contentious issues, notably the construction of a new temple at Ayodhya, abolition of Article 370 conferring special status on Jammu … Read More
Ms Sonia Gandhi has clearly decided not to repeat the mistakes of her ancient compatriot, Julius Caesar. Indeed, the alacrity with which she has accepted the Congress crown brings to mind the wisdom of another Italian notable and his rather acute observation: “Men more readily forgive the murder of their … Read More
