Nuclear bunker in Delhi, zeitgeist of achhe din
ahmed sabirWe in Delhi live expecting a nuclear attack the way people in Mumbai expect to be stuck in traffic By T K Arun When the cover page of Delhi Times…
Ceri conference on Pakistan & India
By Interaction desk Alain Dieckhof, director of CERI (Center of International Relations) hosted a lively conference this evening at SciencesPo for Christophe Jaffrelot. The subject was “India on the eve…
‘Solution to Kashmir problem is political, not military,’ ex-Navy chief tells president
By Scroll Staff Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas said no amount of force as part of the avowedly 'muscular' Kashmir policy can quell the anger that Kashmiri youth are experiencing. Former Navy…
Shouting hollow slogans will not improve India’s strength
By Li Qingqing As India's general election will take place from April 11 to May 19, Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi used China to attack Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.…
After India loses dogfight to Pakistan, questions arise about its ‘vintage’ military
By Maria Abi-Habib It was an inauspicious moment for a military the United States is banking on to help keep an expanding China in check. An Indian Air Force pilot…
Ballots & Blood Why do Indian voters need to ink their ballot papers with the blood of Pakistanis?
By Fakir Syed Aijazuddin Mrs. Indira Gandhi tried this ploy to secure a landslide victory in the 1970s, and succeeded. Mr. Narendra Modi has repeated the trick, and failed. Gradually,…
Armchair generals are marching India into trouble
By Pankaj Mishra Peace appears to have been given a chance in South Asia. Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, striving to play the statesman, has not only released a captured…
Four reasons India has little cause to cheer the Balakot Airstrike and its aftermath
Its war-fighting capabilities pivoted on air power have been blunted without a fight By Pravin Sawhney The Modi government might still win the war of perception within India, but India's…
The violent toll of Hindu Nationalism in India
A populist Prime Minister has legitimized India's more militant groups, and targeted attacks against religious minorities are on the rise By Eliza Griswold Irshad Khan, a slight twenty-six-year-old with glossy…
Pakistan becomes pivotal to Afghan peace
By M. K. Bhadrakumar The marathon talks between the US officials and the Taliban representatives at Doha through a 16-day period ending yesterday can be seen as a defining moment…