Nobel Literature Prize winner Bob Dylan famously sang The Times They Are A-changin. Now, not only does it apply to a singer-songwriter winning a Nobel prize in literature, it also, quite oddly, applies to foreign policy. Quite specifically to Pakistan’s neighbours who are increasingly moving away from the country that cannot get its act right. A file photo of Sheikh Hasina with PM Modi. In an exclusive interview to The Hindu’s Suhasini... 

The Brics Summit this weekend in Goa comes at a time when India-Pakistan relationship has hit a new low. Between Pakistan’s renewed intransigence in leveraging anti-India proxies to prosecute its Kashmir agenda and India’s signal that will meet the same using limited military options, the discussions in Goa will invariably be coloured by the recent events in South Asia. PM Modi and President Xi Jinping shake hands in the G20 summit, 2016. Of... 

PM Narendra Modi. Away from the increasing politicisation of the recent surgical strikes that the Indian armed forces conducted across the Line of Control (LoC), one aspect that is not properly highlighted in our discourse on the subject is the fact that it was a “strategic decision” — a decision taken at the highest level of the political leadership of the country (involving the Prime Minister of India). Such strikes, as the Congress rightly... 

An extremely significant exclusive news report by Pakistani newspaper Dawn has exposed Pakistan’s direct hand in sponsoring terrorism. A file image of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. According to the report, the Pakistani government has also warned the military leadership of the growing international isolation of the country and has asked the military not to interfere with any action against terrorists. The report said that on Tuesday,... 

“Baat niklegi to phir door talak jayegi.” PM Narendra Modi at Red Fort on the 70th Independence Day of India. This otherwise immortal line from Ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh’s rendition appears to have acquired a new, dramatic relevance in the aftermath of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day speech. The prime minister had, just in a passing reference, spoken about the current state of affairs in Balochistan and Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir. Right... 

When US president Barack Obama exits the White House in January, he will leave behind a foreign policy landscape that has more craters in it than a road in Mumbai after a particularly powerful monsoon season. There will be global challenges that will keep his successor up all night, instead of just dreading the 3 am phone call. But as Obama cedes the Oval Office, there will also be the legacy of a relationship with India that is on a high, building... 

As Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s speech at Saarc conference in Islamabad became a talking point on Wednesday, a different geopolitical narrative was unfolding in China’s Xinjiang province. File photo of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Afghanistan’s Chief of General Staff General Qadam Shah Shahim, China’s Chief of Joint Staff General Fang Fenghui, Tajikistan’s Chief of General Staff Major General... 

Taxes are indeed a difficult subject for aam aadmi. It looks like a maze of legalese and maths, signifying nothing much. With the GST, the government is aiming to simplify it for the general public. The government explains the GST in simple terms in the recenlty published frequently asked questions. Here’s what it has to say: GST is one indirect tax for the whole nation, which will make India one unified common market. GST is a single tax... 

Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley’s meeting today (Monday), with state finance ministers on the passage of Goods and Services Tax (GST) is crucial for the BJP to iron out the remaining differences with the Congress party, but doesn’t seem to be the last hurdle in the race. This is because, over the weekend, the political course in the capital has seemingly taken a turn and bad politics yet again seem to trample good economics. The reference... 

New York: Political correctness is a national security threat for Donald Trump, the Republican candidate for president and his supporters. Banning Muslims? “Not politically correct, but I don’t care,” said Trump while weighing in on a spate of recent Islamic State-inspired terror attacks. File image of Donald Trump. Trump told reporters last week that he’d seek to restrict immigrants from “terrorist countries” entering America. It marked...