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By Ali Aahmed An earlier contribution to The Citizen very rightly brings out the political rationale for the government calling off the meeting of the foreign minister with her Pakistani counterpart set…

By Pulapre Balakrishnan Observing the politics of his day many years ago a wit in Britain is said to have remarked “Patriotism is the last resort of the scoundrel!” The wag in…

By Maneesh Chhibber Make no mistake, Rafale is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bofors moment. A lot will still depend on how the Congress and its chief Rahul Gandhi take the fight forward…

By D.K. insh What might be RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat thinking after his three-day lecture series in the national capital last week? May be, much like Julius Caesar: Veni, Vidi, Vici (I…

By Mohan Guruswamy I have known and seen up close ten Prime Ministers of India and can safely testify that except for Dr Manmohan Singh, all the others collected money. The money…

By Lal Khan The most telling act of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) intent and whom it really represents was laid bare in its first mini-budget. The PTI reversed the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N)…

By Murtaza Solangi That was quick. A quick cool breeze turning into a scorching slap of hot wind of the desert. We had a rocky start when the routine congratulatory letter by…

By Bharat Karnad Rajiv Gandhi “paid the political price…with regard to the Bofors gun. Modi will have to carry the can for this Rafale transaction—a boondoggle in the making … [that] can…

By Dr Qaisar AbbasDr Qaisar Abbas Peace between the two South Asian neighbours was on everyone’s mind when Prime Minister Imran Khan recently sent a letter to his Indian counterpart proposing a…

By Apoorvanand I have been thinking about the statement defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman made this week lamenting the presence of “anti-national elements” within the student community of her alma mater, Jawaharlal Nehru…