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How relevant are Gandhi’s teachings today?

30 Sep 2019

As India and the world mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, which falls on Wednesday, it is not unreasonable to ask how relevant his teachings are today....

Modi begins US visit with a PR victory

23 Sep 2019

The United States figures high up in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheme of things for more than one reason. Many Indian prime ministers began their term with a visit to...

More stimuli for growth, but it is still not enough

16 Sep 2019

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman came up last weekend with a new stimulus package to arrest the worrisome slowdown of India’s economy. It was her third package in as many weeks....

Early signs of canker in constitutional system

09 Sep 2019

The recent resignations of a few judges and bureaucrats deserve serious attention. They are early intimations of a canker in India’s constitutional order. Madras High Court Chief Justice Vijaya Kamlesh...

Kashmir: No light at the end of the tunnel

02 Sep 2019

Tomorrow, September 4, Jammu and Kashmir completes one agonising month under the unprecedented lockdown imposed by the Centre to scotch protests against abrogation of the state’s special status under the...

A first step to revive the sagging Indian economy

26 Aug 2019

As India’s economy faced a situation unprecedented in its post-Independence history, the Modi administration rolled out last weekend a stimulus package designed to boost investor sentiment and help businesses in...

Modi’s population control talk raises concern

19 Aug 2019

On Independence Day Prime Minister Narendra Modi caused eyebrows to rise by stating in his address that the rate of growth of the country’s population is worrisome. At the...

The tale of Kashmir behind an iron curtain

12 Aug 2019

A week after the Indian government ordered a lockdown, imposed an indefinite curfew and detained several hundred leaders, including two former Chief Ministers, there is deep concern in Kashmir and...

After the ICJ verdict in Kulbhushan Jadhav case, let diplomacy take over

01 Aug 2019

Amid Indian and Pakistani claims of victory in the International Court of Justice, the fate of Kulbhushan Jadhav, a former Naval commander, held for allegedly spying and aiding terrorism in...

Citizenship review a source of worry for minorities

22 Jul 2019

The sword of Damocles is hanging over the heads of minorities with the Indian government planning to extend to the entire country the scheme to draw up a National Register...

BRP Bhaskar

Indian journalist with over 50 years of newspaper, news agency and television experience.

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