In 1999, a caretaker Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee led India to war at Kargil against Pakistani intruders. BJP led coalition won handsomely in those polls. Will that template be repeated after Pulwama?
Sanjay Kapoor
Editor of Delhi's Hardnews magazine and author of Bad Money Bad Politics- the untold story of Hawala scandal.
Post date: Sunday, February 10, 2019 - 20:44
There are different ways to rig elections and from Bangladesh to other countries, authoritarian figures are mastering it all over the world. Can our Election Commission rebuild trust?
Post date: Sunday, February 10, 2019 - 19:54
As the race to win 2019 elections intensifies, there are rumors that the law enforcement agencies might arrest some of the leaders that are being probed on charges of corruption. How fair then 2019 elections be?
Post date: Friday, December 28, 2018 - 17:07
Indian government has agreed to grant visa to Karmapa Lama to visit the country, but is unsure about what his acceptance of Dominican nationality mean for exiled Tibetan Buddhist community
Post date: Saturday, December 1, 2018 - 23:01
When hate seeps in to the arteries of peace loving societies- neighbors pitched against each other. Those who peddle violence here in our country do not have a clue on what it takes for a country to turn into Syria or Iraq
Post date: Friday, November 30, 2018 - 15:17
The government of President Ibrahim Solih does not want to go Sri Lanka’s way and forced to compromise its sovereignty under the weight of the huge Chinese debt. It needs India’s assistance to find out what is its quantum- $ 1.5 billion or $ 3.5 billion
Post date: Friday, November 16, 2018 - 19:02
The big challenge for the new government in Male is how to undo the policies of President Yameen
Post date: Friday, October 26, 2018 - 18:05
The interim order by the Supreme Court on various petitions puts the messy face-off between the CBI officials, demand of Rafale probe and issues of autonomy of the probe agency on pause mode till Diwali smoke settles down
Post date: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - 17:38
The return of democracy in this tiny Indian Ocean nation not only constitutes a reversal for the China's much vaunted Belt and Road Initiative, but could also allow India to reassess its battered neighborhood policy
Post date: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - 16:50
The extraordinary meeting between the two competing Karmapas in France lends a new spin to the upcoming Dharamshala Conference to choose the successor of Dalai Lama. What needs to be seen is will India allow Karmapa's return to India?
Post date: Thursday, October 4, 2018 - 22:03
In the past five years, farmers have taken to the streets on countless occassions in an attempt to bring clear focus to the crisis of the agrarian sector and time after time the State has shown no restraint in pushing them back
Post date: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 - 16:46
Was he really in the wrong party? Vajpayee laid the foundations for the expansion of the BJP in everyway from its pro-business slant to its position towards minorities in the country