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The AFSPA is meant for specific use in extraordinary internal situations and is not “arbitrary”,as the army chief has also pointed out.

When the pro-Soviet ‘revisionists’ and and pro-China ‘true revolutionaries’ parted ways

Obama has to recover his old campaign savvy

Why the ‘Three Cups of Tea’ strategy may not be the answer in Afghanistan

Critics should see the strength in NASSCOM’s diversity

Bihar was once India’s basket case; that stereotype no longer holds

China draws thick red lines for Kathmandu

A significant course correction is overdue in Kashmir,and the current events there necessarily push in that direction.

Why do brands fail to engage the below-30 Digital Zap generation?

This is a week when I feel especially hopeless about India’s future. A week in China has caused this gloomy mood.

I went on my first Civil Rights March in Berkeley,California,in 1963.

As India experiences yet another edition of a self-inflicted cyclical crisis in Kashmir.

To coincide with the Commonwealth Games,the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) arranged a series of cultural events for the benefit of visitors to the Capital.

Poverty is a matter of perception and the number depends on where you draw the line. Each line has its own agenda.

For all Rahul Gandhi’s vows,the Congress is hard to change

The government must cohesively respond to India’s gathering defence crisis.

Reforming the Planning Commission to be a thought catalyst.

There is little to suggest that their rhetoric is turning away moderate voters.

Afghanistan votes for its parliament today,and there is hope that the election may be less fraught than the presidential election a year ago.

A register of reports and views from the Pakistan press

How,and how not,to do a Q&A.

He has made a watertight case against tampering with the AFSPA,and enlightened us about the Justice Jeevan Reddy Commission report on AFSPA,of which he was a member.

Between Centre and state,why hasn’t anyone cracked UP’s encephalitis?

We must move towards a credible framework to deliver low and stable inflation.

On the mechanics of an all-party delegation for Kashmir.