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People should not let the country down

24 May 2021

The deadly second wave of Covid-19 has provoked an intense public debate and anger on the reasons why it was allowed to hit us at all and the points raised...

Farmers’ protests: Revival of agitational politics

20 Dec 2020

The stir led by the agriculturists of Punjab against the recently enacted triple laws that were intended to reform the rural economy and enhance the income of farmers, predictably turned...

Farmers’ stir raises issues of critical importance

16 Dec 2020

The stir led by the agriculturists of Punjab against the recently enacted triple laws that were intended to reform the rural economy and enhance the income of farmers, predictably turned...

US is facing a cumulative socio-political discontent

18 Jun 2020

For the first time in his tenure, President Donald Trump’s personal image as the leader of the only superpower of the world and as the head of the world’s oldest...

Man-made ‘tragedy’ threatens to haunt India Inc.

29 May 2020

A continuing problem with the handling of corona pandemic in India is that even after a long effective lockdown — which did save the country from a surge of infections...

Pandemic puts governance to a test in India

18 May 2020

Addressing the nation on May 12 — in the backdrop of a loud demand for economic stimulus, criticism of the handling of migrants and the growing impatience of the people...

India’s next big challenge after the lockdown feat

07 May 2020

Advent of the Age of Information, attributed to the success of the IT revolution, was defined by an instant connectivity across geographical boundaries that created a new kind of economic...

The advantage of India being a ‘Union’ of states

06 Apr 2020

The episode of corona virus infliction that embraced most Indian states, tested the strength of our federal architecture in a manner that was entirely new — for the first time...

COVID-19: Task cut out for populous India

19 Mar 2020

Perhaps the most meaningful observation about coronavirus that a medical professional made in an interview, was that ‘the virus has understood us better than we have understood it’ thereby suggesting...

Is India really threatened by majoritarianism?

24 Feb 2020

Politics, nationhood and governance are all about people — theories of these concepts are however, drowning the reality of their substance in a sea of words. ‘Right is the new...

DC Pathak

The writer is a former director of the Intelligence Bureau in India.

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