T. C. A. Raghavan

The writer is a former Indian High Commissioner to Singapore and Pakistan. His book, ‘The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan’, will appear later this month

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PM Modi in Singapore: A partner in India’s growth storySubscriber Only

September 04,2024 07:49:30 AM

Singapore may have provided the global window that India’s older entrepreneur and financial capitals of Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai could no longer be. However, the trade and investment profile owes more to Singapore’s success in building itself up than any inherent complementarity between the two.

Wed, Sep 04, 2024

A coalition of the PML–N and the PPP, along with smaller parties, has formed the government at the centre, with Shehbaz Sharif as the Prime Minister. (AP/ PTI Photo)

With Shehbaz Sharif at its head, a vulnerable new government forms in PakistanSubscriber Only

March 03,2024 18:39:42 PM

A jailed Imran Khan has made a visible demonstration of his power as an independent political force. The question of whether he can survive without military backing has been erased and the February 2024 elections proved that reports of his charismatic appeal were not exaggerated

Wed, Mar 06, 2024

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History Headline: Pakistan’s Ambedkar, and two stories far apartSubscriber Only

March 01,2020 04:05:38 AM

BJP talks of Jogendra Nath Mandal to argue for CAA, while Yogi Adityanath calls him a traitor. Mandal must be seen in context of Partition, and a failed dream

Sun, Mar 01, 2020

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Hafiz Saeed is a metaphor for Pakistan dysfunctionalitySubscriber Only

November 27,2017 11:27:48 AM

The sense of victimhood in Pakistan is largely self-referential. It is unable to comprehend how feeble these protestations appear to those outside. And however much Pakistan tries to reduce terrorism to an India-Pakistan or an intra-Afghan issue, this tack is not working.

Mon, Nov 27, 2017

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The Empire Gazes BackSubscriber Only

August 05,2017 02:58:18 AM

Edward Said’s theory of Orientalism is applied to British colonial scholarship on India in Arvind Sharma’s book

Mon, Aug 07, 2017

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Pakistan’s game of thronesSubscriber Only

August 03,2017 00:09:46 AM

Nawaz Sharif lost a prolonged chess game that began early in his tenure and to which his own errors contributed greatly

Thu, Aug 03, 2017