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In a china shop
What did Trump hope to achieve as a mediator?
F.S. Aijazuddin
A dark dawn
India’s action is a unilateral abrogation of the Shimla accord.
Used wrappings
‘My friend,’ he replied, ‘I have done a PhD on the Bhuttos.’
Dignified defeat
The ostensible priority will be a safe withdrawal of coalition forces.
Armchair idiocy
For millions of sports fans, July 14 became a cruel test of loyalty.
Unlikely phoenix
How did the Afghans achieve such competence?
Winds of war
Will such impulses replace sober aforethought?
Too little broth
One dam, however daintily packaged, is not the solution.
An opaque future
Is it to be government by diktat?
Uneasy lies...
Churchill is buried too deep to feel the pain that comes from an empire revenging itself.
Pink turban: II
Nehru’s legacy was to unite India; Modi’s plan is to unify Hindutva.
Cauldron to inferno
Since 1948, the State Bank of Pakistan has seen off 19 governors.
War and property
Throughout the tortuous negotiations ran a golden vein of poetry.
Filling a blank
For modern voters, the most potent blank is still the virgin surface of the ballot paper.
Quit home, go home
One day, rational Indians will regret remaining silent today.
NON-FICTION: STONES WITH STORIES TO TELL
A sumptuously produced book of photographs is an ode to world civilisations and the known and anonymous ancient
Scrap of paper
An emboldened Modi will do exactly what he wants.
A foreign past
They lived in our shared past. They will never see our divided future.
Water wars
Roads can be halted at the border, but who owns flowing water?
Unjustifiable ends
Pakistan can take comfort; it is no longer India’s only enemy.