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An open letter to President Donald Trump

Dear President Trump: As a Republican, I am totally confused about your infant Presidency, and I will tell you why: You must be aware that...

Facade vs reality of Chinese/Indian politics of growth: Lessons for today

BY PRADIP BAIJAL In my first interview on 'Offensive Defense', I explained the history of Chinese economic rise, based on my book, 'Containing the China...

Indian democracy was tested

BY D.C. PATHAK The episode of legal action against a leading news channel has resulted in the Supreme Court laying down the mandate for...

Between a rock and a hard place: Congress in a dilemma...

BY AHMED ALI FAYYAZ New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) National Conference leaders Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah, PDP President Mehbooba Mufti and other leaders during...

Makings of a new Cold War

BY D.C. PATHAK The international scene is currently marked by a deteriorating US-China trade relationship, emergence of a new level of friendship between China and...

NRIs, OCIs with demonetized currency caught in bureaucratic hurdles

  By J.V. Lakshmana Rao Chicago/Hyderabad:  Most of the Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and Oversees Citizens of India (OCIs),  who live abroad and  dream for an India...

Ram Temple sways the mood of Hindus

BY D.C. PATHAK The nationally broadcast 'bhumi poojan and shilanyas' ceremony for the Ram temple performed at Ayodhya by Prime Minister Modi in person on...

History beckons, Kamala Harris halo blooms ahead of Vice Presidential debate

BY NIKHILA NATARAJAN New York, Oct 7 (IANS) As far as numbers go, Kamala Harris, the first ever Indian and African American woman on a...

Of tricks of trade a veteran diplomat picked up from his...

BY VISHNU MAKHIJANI New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Winston Churchill once defined diplomacy as "the art of telling a man to go to hell in...

Duplicitous dragon at the door

BY AIR MARSHAL (RETD) HARISH MASAND More than four months have gone by since the PLA upped the ante on the borders with India resulting...