Opinion

Whether Modi wins the next general election or not, whether Yogi Adityanath is re-elected as Uttar Pradesh’s chief minister or not, the work they have done in Kashi will not be forgotten.

In Kashi, one can find a temple in almost every house. The day begins with prayers to Shiva in nearly every household. Kashi is a temple of the scale of a city.

This week, as we saw the visuals of the mortal remains of CDS Bipin Rawat and others being carried from Wellington to Sulur, I only wished we weren’t talking about Wellington this way.

It was a coincidence that General Bipin Rawat’s wife Madhulika and my wife were classmates at college in Delhi University and their gang would meet regularly to catch up.

The moral and ethical dilemma in a developing country like India is whether a booster dose should be offered when we are yet to finish vaccinating the eligible adult population with two doses.

The announcement on the farm laws will pave the way for former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh to enter into an alliance with BJP in the 2022 Assembly election.

‘It’s (Ram Mandir) a matter of prestige for us Hindus. This is our Bharat that worships Maryada Purshottam Ram. BJP votes will be consolidated,’ says, Ajay Kumar, a small trader in Ataria.

An assertive China which has been aggressive along the LAC may again employ low-cost tactics of supporting insurgent groups operating in Northeastern states, including Manipur.

The problems cannot be solved in one election cycle. It is easier to put up a smog tower and show your voters that you are doing something about air pollution.

Salman Khurshid would have us believe that thousands of those killed by Boko Haram and ISIS died of their own accord, pulling the triggers of AK-47 on themselves!

Xi understands that for his country’s rise to become a firm reality, it has to be China First. When China engages with the world again, it will do so on its own terms.

Both by opening lines of communications with Taliban elements and by engaging with important regional players, India is expanding its menu of options on Afghanistan.

The COP26 at Glasgow offers a ripe opportunity for the world to calibrate a well-thought-out, long-term strategy for the future course of climate action.

While the United States tried to remain neutral on the matter, it indirectly agreed that Goa was Portugal’s province. This greatly disappointed Nehru.

The anti-India sloganeering, the singing of Pakistani national anthem, or chants of ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ were not an effort to celebrate Pakistan’s win. It was a message to India.

Contrast this with India, where the recent e-auction highlighted the immense brand power of Narendra Modi, India and India’s sporting icons.