The attempted murder of Sikh separatist, Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a US citizen, in New York City, allegedly at the behest of an Indian government official in New Delhi, has cast a shadow over India’s global image.
For decades after independence, India’s approach to the world was shaped by its historical experience of colonialism.
Rarely have the shortcomings of world leaders and existing institutional arrangements been so glaringly obvious.
The choice is not one hardline faction or the other; it is between fundamentalists and all those who still believe in the possibility of peaceful co-existence.
Israeli clarions are trumpeting vengeance. When they fall silent, introspection will follow.
If we believe that things will fall into place by just letting them take their course, we will end up with multiple catastrophes.
Should we be surprised that so many people view the growing concentration of wealth with suspicion, or that they believe the system is rigged?
For decades, Israel has tried to manage the conflict, only to be managed by it.
Could the debt woes of Country Garden, the behemoth Chinese real-estate developer now facing billions of dollars in losses, augur the cycle’s next turn?
The dollar’s uncontested reign is coming to an end, with far-reaching global economic consequences.
The good governance agenda has lost its label, but it lives on, and it has become an existential threat.
Too poor to affect grain prices in global markets, the chronically hungry are economically invisible.
While the world enjoys the fruits of their labour, they often have no say or control over the land they work.
Modi's recent visit to Washington appears to mark a new chapter in the India-US relationship.
The unprecedented lovefest between India and the United States has been striking and, frankly, puzzling.