NATIONAL INTEREST

Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal said that Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity is being proposed and India will take its decisions based on the national interest

Kovind emphasised the value of peace and harmony, saying people have a right to oppose and create pressure to pursue their goals, but their methods must be Gandhian.

Not just Congress but all 'secular' parties like SP, RJD and BSP, which are frustrated with current arrangement under the Modi-Shah BJP, need to answer one question: How did you lose your Hindu vote?

It is naive to expect nations to let their strategic choices be determined by morality. Nations act only in their own interests. All else comes later

AAP lost because it took a communal view of the state, stirred old anger, and embraced radicals

Indian cricket has risen because of small-town, aggressive players who are superior to past stars

Much of the pre-2014 peace in our hotspots is diminished. Kashmir is the boil, Northeast anarchic

Voters don't care if AAP is a party of outsiders, AAP is set to rise as a national force

Social media can be dangerous if it replaces traditional governance, politics or debate

China's superpower goals are known. India must move on from its 1962 mindset & respond strategically

Say Central forces' angry soldiers. They need reform, committed leaders. And very sensitive handling

Market forces have bred Indian sport. Fixing ills with a sledgehammer can fell a game at its peak

That's all it takes to protect an institution - just one person with no past & no greed for the future

The Modi government shows a fascination for rejecting everything Nehru stood for, while embracing his daughter's political economy

The original promise of demonetisation has evaporated. We didn't deserve to be hit by a 1,100-volt shock just to switch to digital payments

Demonetisation is Modi's make-or-break gambit for 2019. Opposition leaders see a vulnerability and won't gift pre-eminence to Congress

The people caught most unprepared by the PM's strike on currency are the bureaucrats. The problem: They've been there, done that

No, it isn't change for Rs 1,000 or Rs 500 notes. It's the reason why a post-ideological majority is turning insurgent

India is complacent if not complicit as in 1975-77. Dangers are bigger now as we have a clear external enemy, strong economy & feckless opposition

Soft power is not just about movies, sport, music and culture. It's also about quality of democracy and institutions, moral influence