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Vijay Gupta Among the privileges afforded a Chief Minister the most precious is an opportunity to change the destiny of his people. Such a privilege afforded Omar Abdullah in the year 2008 when he became the Chief Minister of Jammu and…
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Nadeem Khan The unprecedented havoc wrecked by the sudden floods in Jammu and Kashmir which has resulted in more than 200 people losing their lives and over 2600 villages being submerged is nothing less than the apocalypse. The speed and…
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Vir Sanghvi In the uproar that followed the publication of Natwar Singh's memoirs, one interesting chapter has been largely ignored. This deals with Singh's tenure as our high commissioner to Pakistan. Before leaving for Islamabad in 1980,…
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Gautam Mukherjee The key ingredient in transformational Modinomics is massive investment into infrastructure and manufacturing. Japan is going to contribute to this vision by investing $35 billion over the next five years. This includes…
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Rajdeep Sardesai Politicians are notoriously schizophrenic: I have met any number of netas who can be wonderfully warm and polite when they are off camera but turn into rabble-rousing venomous public figures the moment the camera is…
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Gurmeet Kanwal The situation unfolding in Pakistan is truly precarious and is headed towards a dangerous denouement. Imran Khan, Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party and Tahir-ul-Qadri, a rabble-rousing cleric, have led a march to…
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Ashok K Mehta The anarchy in Islamabad is surreal. Most experts are calling it an army-inspired soft coup to undermine the legitimately elected government. The joint violent protests by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Pakistan Awami Tehreek…
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That the Modi Sarkar will re-establish global confidence in the Indian growth story by pressing the accelerator was well understood overseas. Within the country, the mega vote of confidence the party won in May demolished all doubts abroad.…
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Musafir Was woken up with the news of young champion stone-pelter getting respite and amnesty. Sundays are to laze around and read the papers..This Sunday was no different but the clamour of host of election oriented initiatives  hid all…
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Swapan Dasgupta This irreverent extension of the Modi Mantra, na khaata, na khane deta. (I don't take bribes; I don't let others take bribes), originated in Gandhinagar around 2007 but it has found ready takers among ministers who find…
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