Narendra Modi government
Indian democracy’s moment of truth
Once admired for its commitment to pluralism, India no longer stands out as a model democracy.
18 March 2024, 04:00 AM
Is BJP's policy of exclusion and segregation backfiring?
PM Modi's decision to inaugurate the new parliament building himself has garnered scrutiny.
28 May 2023, 13:00 PM
History rewritten is not really history
While it is important to update textbooks with recent events, a deliberate attempt to rewrite history is highly irresponsible.
16 April 2023, 06:00 AM
India’s democracy in detention
What happens to Gandhi has important implications for India’s future.
11 April 2023, 14:00 PM
Two years of Modi government
If I were to award marks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his two-year governance, I would give him four out of 10.
8 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Will Pathankot derail Indo-Pak dialogue?
No one had expected that the Modi-Sharif Lahore dialogue on December 25, 2015 would be challenged so soon.
10 January 2016, 18:00 PM
WHEN THE TAIL WAGS THE DOG - MODI'S RSS CHALLENGE
The news of a mob in Dadri, a UP village in India of beating to death an individual suspected of cow slaughter would have been normally viewed just as another communal incident.
14 October 2015, 18:00 PM
India's economic growth slows to 7%
India's economy grew at an annual rate of 7% between April and June, official figures have shown.
31 August 2015, 14:14 PM
The Gift of the Maggi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi comes up as one of the top of ten criminals. That is according to Google. There has to be a bug in the algorithm.
11 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Unresolved Issues
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh has ushered in a new chapter not only in bilateral relations but in a significant way for the sub-region...
9 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Modi's action-packed visit ends
Indian PM Narendra Modi must have left Dhaka a satisfied man achieving demonstrative success in clinching the deals with Bangladesh that India had been striving for.
7 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Why Bangladesh isn't Pakistan
This week we can bury a misconception that has appropriated the subcontinent's discourse since 1947, when a Muslim League-British project partitioned the land in the name of religion.
7 June 2015, 18:00 PM
The Modi Factor
PM Modi has kept his promise and cleared the long-pending LBA. Certainly there is need for progress on issues of water-sharing, especially on the Teesta river.
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Has Mamata lived up to our expectations?
By all indications from Delhi and Kolkata, it is now clear that there will be no deal on Teesta during Prime Minister Modi's visit to Dhaka.
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM
The importance of seizing the moment
Let us seize it. Let us demonstrate, to ourselves and the rest of the region, that there is nothing to fear but fear itself, and nothing succeeds like success!
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM
“There is still hope for a Teesta deal during this visit"
Dr. Imtiaz Ahmed, Professor of International Relations at Dhaka University, talks to Nahela Nowshin of The Daily Star about contending issues between Bangladesh and India on the occasion of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh.
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Modi's disastrous first year
When Narendra Modi arrived in New Delhi to be sworn in as India's Prime Minister, he flew in a private aircraft of the Adani Group - not a commercial flight or chartered plane.
26 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Emphasis on economic relations
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has visited China from 14-16 May 2015. Modi has been to China before as Chief Minister of Gujarat.
24 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Modi in China
Since taking office last year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sought to transform his country's relationship with China...
19 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Will strategic differences be removed?
India can be a global power if economic invigoration is injected through building infrastructure on roads, highways and railways and he is eager to follow the Chinese model of progress.
18 May 2015, 18:00 PM