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By Niaz Murtaza The post-Cold War era has seen increased identity-based hatred that has often erupted in mass murder. Much of this has targeted minorities in non-democratic or transition states emerging from

By Imtiaz Alam What has so abruptly reversed the Modi government’s consent to a meeting sans the resumption of the dialogue process between the Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers on the sidelines

By Christophe Jaffrelot In his recent lectures in New Delhi, the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat used words that substantially qualified his utterances of the last few years. For instance, while addressing a

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