INTERVIEW: MARK TULLY
"If anyone speaks about Hinduism, he is branded a fundamentalist!"
Sir Mark Tully spoke recently in Bangalore on How certain should we be? The problem of religious pluralism.
Interviews
October 2010

IMPHAL KILLINGS
Manipur schools closure: boycott enters third month
For over two months, young Manipuris have boycotted the state's schools and colleges. Two killings in Imphal in broad daylight have resulted in the deadlock.
Education | Manipur
November 2009

PRE-EMPTING WAR
Wanted: A peace movement
Arguing against the nuclear enclave and its retainers is a kind of national service, and we must press on, no matter how futile it may appear at times.
Firdaus Ahmed | National Security
August 2009

CORRUPTION AND MILITANCY
In the cross fire between security and insurgency
Plenty of criticism has been leveled at excess use of force by the Army in Manipur. And yet, with much infighting and corruption, insurgents too have lost the moral high ground.
Guest column | Manipur
June 2009

GEO-POLITICS
Military cooperation with the US: A mixed bag
A future government that is without the check of a strong opposition could strike out on a course that is markedly divergent from India's past record of abstinence from geo-political conflicts, writes Firdaus Ahmed.
Firdaus Ahmed
October 2008

TERRORISM
Despair and defensiveness in Azamgarh
The bomb blasts in Delhi and elsewhere have brought this UP district uncomfortably into the national spotlight.
Uttar Pradesh
October 2008

RELIGIOUS CONFLICT
The violence of the virtuous
When the good is almost always defined in terms of one community's ascendance over another, it is not the evil in us that makes us violent. How can we reduce this?
Rajesh Kasturirangan
October 2008

OPINION/DEFENCE PAY
Heed the silent protest
The defence services are unhappy with the sixth Central Pay Commission, and this cannot be in the best interests of the nation.
Guest columns | Public funds
October 2008

SERIES: RECLAIMING GOVERNMENT
Can there be justice without the state?
There has been a massive erosion in public confidence in our criminal justice system. Numerous commissions haven't helped.
September 2008

SECURITY
In Muslim India, an internal battle
The struggle to wrest back interpretations of Islam from the extremists could boost security, and halt the marginalisation and ghettoisation of Muslims in India.
Firdaus Ahmed
September 2008

INTERNAL SECURITY
Rethink needed in dealing with naxalite violence
An Expert Group in the Planning Commission calls for a more development-led approach to people's resistance, and a renewed commitment by the State to the democratic system.
September 2008

OPINION: SECURITY
Mid-year chakravyuh
With the government firmly in ostrich mode on issues of internal security, and the external situation appearing complex, India awaits its Abhimanyu.
Firdaus Ahmed
August 2008

AMARNATH YATRA
Inventing a controversy
Sectarian positioning with an eye upon votes fuelled the controversy over Amarnath land transfer issue.
Jammu and Kashmir
August 2008

THE SECURITY ESTABLISHMENT
Making nuclear sense
As the strategic enclave has grown, the agenda of political discourse has been usurped by 'high politics'. This has wide implications for democracy.
Firdaus Ahmed
July 2008

OPINION
The beauty of compromise
The most intractable conflicts in South Asia have remained unresolved because of the inflexibility and dogmatism of the contending parties.
Ramachandra Guha
May 2008

POLITICAL HISTORY
Is Vox Populi good enough?
In Advani's worldview, populist sorrow and re-election amount to democratic endorsement of whatever happened, and is sufficient political accountability.
Firdaus Ahmed
April 2008

NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Successful deterrence? Hardly.
There have been unacknowledged conflicts, and just as importantly, a closer look at each instance shows other factors are also at work.
Firdaus Ahmed
February 2008