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Opinion: Modi's <i>Maun Vrat</i> On Farmers' Crisis Says Much

Opinion: Modi's Maun Vrat On Farmers' Crisis Says Much

Mani Shankar Aiyar | Tuesday June 20, 2017

We need nothing less than a revolution in the Indian political mind-set that will respond as we used to do in the four decades from Nehru to Rajiv: "Everything can wait, but not agriculture". We are stoking the death of our democracy by failing to do so.

Opinion: What's At Risk If Triple <i>Talaq</i> Is Declared Unconstitutional

Opinion: What's At Risk If Triple Talaq Is Declared Unconstitutional

Mani Shankar Aiyar | Wednesday June 14, 2017

The lawyers have had their say. The constitution bench has reserved its judgement. We will have to wait till July to hear their final decision. The matter is thus sub judice. So, we have to tread warily.

Opinion: When Army Chief Says He Wishes Kashmiris Were Firing At His Men

Mani Shankar Aiyar | Tuesday June 06, 2017

Of course, we must respect our men in uniform. Of course, we must stand by them when they lay down their lives for the nation. But is this a "war-like" situation, as Arun Jaitley describes it? Or is it a street confrontation with stone-pelters and five-year old kids who kick at soldiers as they do at their own parents to vent their child-like anger? We cannot be at wa...

Opinion: The Danger Of Becoming Jammu vs Kashmir

Mani Shankar Aiyar | Tuesday May 30, 2017

Let us move forward with whom we can - but let us move forward. We cannot remain mired in denial.

Opinion: How India Can Save Kulbhushan Jadhav

Mani Shankar Aiyar | Friday May 19, 2017

The moot question is: have we saved Kulbhushan Jadhav's life? And the sad fact is that we have not. What we have won him is a three-month reprieve till August.

Opinion: China's Smug Forecast About India Proves Right

Mani Shankar Aiyar | Wednesday May 17, 2017

The Belt Road Initiative Forum in Beijing has begun and ended. We have had our say - outside the Forum. The Chinese have had theirs - inside the Forum. How does the score-card read?

Opinion: Modi Alienates Another World Leader

Mani Shankar Aiyar | Monday May 08, 2017

Nurturing relations with Turkey is like walking on eggshells.

Opinion: How We Are Letting Heart Of India Slip Away

Mani Shankar Aiyar | Monday May 01, 2017

The Maoists/Naxals are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their insurgency in the forests of Dandakaranya.

Opinion: AIADMK Could Split Into 4 Factions; What To Expect

Mani Shankar Aiyar | Monday April 24, 2017

The Amma soap opera continues. For a while, I thought I had gone wrong in thinking the Edappadi Palaniswami (EPS) government could not last and that the end must come later if not sooner. Now, it would seem the end is likely sooner than later.

Opinion: 3 Options For India In Saving Kulbhushan Jadhav

Mani Shankar Aiyar | Monday April 17, 2017

Can we get Kulbhushan Jadhav back? If so, how?

Opinion: What TV Channels Got Wrong About My Meeting Pak's Kasuri

Mani Shankar Aiyar | Thursday April 13, 2017

I find myself flayed on certain (happily, not all) TV channels for escorting a virtually life-long friend (who has attended all the weddings in my family, and with whom I routinely stay in Lahore) at a time when, to the deep concern of all of us, including Khurshid, sentence has been pronounced on Kulbhushan Jadhav

Opinion: Why Vajpayee Would Never Pick Adityanath

Mani Shankar Aiyar | Sunday April 02, 2017

Would Atal Bihari Vajpayee have appointed Yogi Adityanath as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh? Asking such a question is not a mindless exploration of the "Ifs" of history, but one way of assessing where we stand today in relation to the evolution of the Hindutva right in the shaping of our polity.

Opinion: Why Congress Feels No Need To Sack The Gandhis

Mani Shankar Aiyar | Monday March 27, 2017

Above all, the party President must be - and seen to be - elected. Rahul is on record as personally favouring endorsement by the party over right by birth to lead the party. His problem, as indicated earlier, will be to find an opponent - like Lee Kwan Yew, he may be forced to nominate his opposition! But the post needs to be transparently seen as won by party support...

Opinion: Mani Shankar Aiyar's Rebuttal To Chandan Mitra On Yogi Adityanath

Mani Shankar Aiyar | Friday March 24, 2017

While Mitra, despite his contempt for the "English-speaking elite" (he even edits, and, if I am not mistaken, also owns an English newspaper - whose most famous contributor was that notorious Imperialist, Rudyard Kipling) only sees in Yogi Adityanath, in his best St. Stephen's English, "an astute political mind" and a "talented speaker" (both of which the Yogi definit...

Opinion: What Sonia Gandhi Did In 2004, Rahul Must Do Now

Mani Shankar Aiyar | Thursday March 16, 2017

Even more important than promoting the composite alliance is for the Congress to put its own house in order.

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