by Mikhail Gorbachev
(The following article by Mikhail Gorbachev, who was the leader of the USSR as its President from 1985 to 1991 (when the Soviet Union was still in existence), appeared in The Washington Post on October 11, 2017. It is being (...)
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My Plea to Trump and Putin
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Agra Residents veto Communal Utterings on Taj Mahal
30 October 2017MUSINGS
by Humra Quraishi
with the election scene gaining momentum in Gujarat, the Congress should invite the erstwhile civil servants who spoke out against the Modi-led government in Gujarat...who’d dared to hit out at the communal slants and (...) -
China’s Communist Party has come of Age — the West should Wake Up
30 October 2017by Richard McGregor
The Chinese Communist Party Congress displayed all the qualities beloved by Leninist institutions over the ages, of deep secrecy mixed with stern pageantry, leveraged in the service of reinforcing their leaders’ inviolate (...) -
Deterring the Dragon at Dokola: the Lessons of the Crisis
30 October 2017by Gouri Sankar Nag
What began in mid-June 2017 came somewhat unexpectedly to an end on August 28, 2017, when both China and India reached an agreement to withdraw their respective armed forces—hitherto taking up position face-to-face—from the (...) -
Will China Ever Democratise?
30 October 2017by Bhartendu Kumar Singh
This article was written before the Communist Party of China’s 19th Congress. But it is being belatedly published in view of the durability of its content.
China’s emergence as a great power is quite established now. It (...) -
Doubts about the Election Commission
30 October 2017, by Kuldip NayarThe Election Commission has never done it before and had developed an independent status since T.N. Seshan. He had given it a stature which was admired by the electorate. But the way in which the EC is dilly-dallying with the poll dates in (...) -
What Invasion has Shown Up • Need for World Publicity
30 October 2017, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
October 20 this year marked the fiftyfifth anniversary of the Chinese aggression on India. On this occasion we are carrying N.C.’s ‘New Delhi Skyline’ published in Mainstream seven days after the invasion.
A fresh appraisal (...) -
Observing the 100th Death Anniversary of a Great Freedom Fighter—in Memory of Sufi Amba Prasad
30 October 2017, by Bharat DograCOMMUNICATION
This is a time for India to remember one of its greatest freedom fighters who had become a symbol of great courage in his lifetime. In addition, and this is very relevant to our times, he had also become a symbol of Hindu-Muslim (...) -
Trump is Sinking in the Quicksand of West Asia
30 October 2017, by M K BhadrakumarAn amazing week is unfolding in West Asian politics. It began with three dramatic develop-ments on Monday (October 9)—Turkish troops crossing the border into Syria’s Idlib province; announcement in Moscow on agreement to sell the S-400 missile (...) -
On the 70th Anniversary of Establishment of Indo-Russian Diplomatic Ties
30 October 2017, by Arun MohantyNehru had seriously thought of evolving India’s foreign policy even before India attained independence. An outline of the foreign policy had already begun to emerge in his mind even before he assumed any government position in the final years of (...)
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