Ukraine-Russia military conflict: Can there be a universally acceptable mediation
D.C. PATHAK
The Ukraine-Russia military confrontation has stretched longer than expected largely because the plan of Russian President Vladimir Putin to establish a protective presence...
Pitting history against nationalism
D.C. PATHAK
To the narrative being built against the present regime by some civil society groups practising 'politics by proxy', a distorted projection of 'nationalism'...
As Cong seeks out allies, Gandhi trio still calls the shots
DEEPIKA BHAN
The more things change, the more they stay the same. This well-known expression, first used by a French writer in 1949, reflects the...
1971: The Apology question and Pakistan’s army museum
SYED BADRUL AHSAN
New Delhi, Feb 15: Bangladesh Foreign Minister A.K. Momen, on the sidelines of the recent celebrations of Sri Lanka's 75th anniversary of...
Was General Musharraf a man of peace or manipulator with eye on Kashmir?
KANWAL SIBAL
Was General Musharraf really a man of peace or was he a schemer and a manipulator who was determined to obtain his objectives...
Of good governance
D.C. PATHAK
A democratic state run by an elected political executive provides a government that is 'for the people' in the sense that it establishes...
Rahul must go beyond rhetoric, offer credible vision for 2024
DEEPIKA BHAN
Leading a Yatra with emotional and idealistic talks and steering a party to the polls are two entirely different ball games. Ultimately, all...
Did Shakespeare predict J&K’s bigwig land grabbers in his sublime tragedy?
Srinagar, Feb 9 (IANS) In his sublime tragedy, 'Merchant of Venice', Shakespeare wrote: "There be land-rats and water-rats, water-thieves and land-thieves, I mean pirates,...
Musharraf: The commando who could be Pakistan’s last military dictator
VIKAS DATTA
Pakistan's fourth military dictator Pervez Musharraf, who passed away on Sunday, had, like his predecessors, an eventful, even tumultuous, tenure and left a...
Once a ‘madrasa for azaadi’, University of Kashmir will now host G-20 events
AHMED ALI FAYYAZ
New Delhi: The University of Kashmir at Hazratbal in Srinagar has been listed among 15 premier institutions of the country that will...