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By Dilip Cherian When India quietly decided to send Rahul Rasgotra to Port Louis as National Security Advisor (NSA), it wasn’t just another routine posting. It was a deliberate signal. For years, the Mauritius NSA position has typically gone to officers with a strong external...

The BJP-led NDA government’s proposed change in the nomenclature of the Centre’s flagship social welfare scheme for the poor, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), launched by the previous UPA government in 2005, seemingly is a rank, deplorable dishonour to the father...

It is not a bad idea, it appears, if top-notch politicians get incarcerated, at least for some days, so as to understand what prisons, or those that are now euphemistically called correctional homes, actually mean for an inmate. In fact, it is exactly this word...

The United States on 11 December unveiled a new strategic initiative ‘Pax Silica’ aimed at building a secure and trusted supply chain spanning critical minerals, emerging technologies, advanced manufacturing and semiconductors. The members of the grouping are the US, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, The Netherlands,...

Governance is hard and good governance, meaning efficient and effective governance, is harder. Optics is a poor substitute for outcomes, but when outcomes are hard to come by through governance, then optics can be relied upon rather than admitting failure. When the airline business grinds...

By Dilip Cherian   The IndiGo incident has once again reminded us of something we often overlook: India operates one of the world’s fastest-growing aviation markets with a regulator that treats expertise as an optional add-on. Sensible? Not particularly. Across the world, aviation regulators are...

  At a crucial juncture when US President Donald Trump seems to be too eager to make Ukraine a sacrificial lamb to the aggrandisement of Russian President Vladimir Putin, three European countries – the UK, France and Germany – made a reassuring gesture by organising...

He has already earned the sobriquet of Nelson Mandela of the Arab world. Like the crusader against apartheid, he has also been inside Israeli jails for long years - over two decades till date. There was hope amidst international pressure for his release when a...

Tens of thousands of Indians had a harrowing experience last week as air travel virtually came to a grinding halt across the country. IndiGo, the country’s largest domestic carrier, suffered its worst-ever operational meltdown, leaving thousands of flights cancelled nationwide. At the root of the...

On yet another 6 December, one feels obliged to write about the most seminal movement in modern India and one that transformed our politics forever. Forty years ago, the BJP had plateaued, winning 7% of the vote in 1984 and only two Lok Sabha seats....